I’ve just got back from a long trip down to the Mid North Coast in New South Wales to catch up with my parents. I also went further down to Newcastle to catch up with a huge amount of my family at a big family gathering.
Last Wednesday Sienna and I left at 5:30am. We stopped at Grafton for McDonalds for breakfast. Yeh I know it’s not great but the breakfast is okay. I had a Deluxe roll with Bacon and Egg and a Hash Brown with a coffee. Sienna had 3 Hash Browns. Now, I had bought FOUR all up so I could have two and she’d have two, but she had other ideas. She had a quick play on the playground equipment while I got breakfast then we ate and jumped back in the car. We drove to my parents’ place and got there around 2pm. We stopped a couple of times for coffee and petrol or a loo break.
Thursday we drove to Forster to do some shopping. I picked up some socks for myself and Sienna was spoiled with some books and things. We also picked up some sparklers which has become a family habit due to Sienna remembering it from last time we were there. Every time we visit now we have to have sparklers every night. We also got a new pair of school shoes for Sienna since she goes through hers rather quickly.
Friday afternoon Sienna and I drove to Newcastle and stayed overnight with our cousins. Saturday morning we drove to the Blackbutt Wildlife park in Lambton Heights and met up with Chris and Jo and their daughter. Sienna and Caitie had a fantastic time running around and playing on the slides and swings and stuff. We headed back to my cousins’ at about lunch time and got there just in time for the family cricket match. Sienna had a bat (with my help) and did well. I had a go and had some good runs. We also later played soccer. Our team won 5-4. I was the goalie for our team and fended off quite a few goals from the younger ones on the other team, so once we got to 4 I let Sienna take over as goal keeper and I went in to actually play. My cousin’s daughter is about 6 or so and every time she got the ball I’d run up to her going "RAAWWRRRRR!!!". She got a fit of giggles and I stole the ball. After we’d had enough of that, we had a BBQ lunch and a chat with everyone. Sienna played with her cousins Caitie and Jessie and Ivani and so many others I can’t remember all the names. Another cousin’s daughter whom is about 2yo came over to talk to Michael and I and was telling us not to go near the Billy Goat because he will bite us. She was very entertaining. Michael and I wanted to have dessert, but could not be bothered walking all the way over to the table from our spot on a grassy knoll so when Sienna came over I sent her over to pick up a couple slices of cheesecake for us. Kids are really handy for that sort of thing haha. We left about 3:30pm and headed back to my parents’ place and picked up some chicken and chips to eat.
This morning we got up about 7:30am. Well.. I did. Sienna says she was up at 5am and it was still dark. Her poppy got up about 6am and she was already in the lounge playing my Pocket PC games I put on there for her. We left about 9:30am and came back home. We stopped a few times for rests and food and loo breaks. I was getting over driving by the time we got to Ballina so we stopped yet again and Sienna had a go on a swing in a park for 15 mins while I took a break before we hopped back in again. We also stopped at Nerang so I could use the Laserwash high-pressure jet gun to rinse my car. I can’t wash it properly due to having Paint Protection, but a blast of water never goes astray. I also filled up the petrol tank and put water in my windscreen washer reservoir due to it being empty. I dropped Sienna off home about 6:30pm and came home. I put on some food and had a shower then put my clothes in the washing machine and watched Dr Who and Rove then next is Dexter.
We had a fantastic 5 days of holiday away from home and work. Mum and dad are coming for a visit in September so there should be more fun then. In October, Michael (Mouse) is coming to visit for a few days as well.
