After only one week of school the kids have yet more vacation. It was good to have that week to get used to going to a new school in a different country. Let’s hope that going back after the break is more seamless than it was last week. But more vacation means finding more things to do. Not that we have run out of things to do in the city, but Anna has school to deal with as there are assignments due. That leaves me to activate the kids and we did get around to a few things this week.
Swim class for Isabelle
The local swimming pool that is about a 20 minutes walk away offer intensive swim lessons during school break. That means a 30 minute lesson each day, Monday through Friday. Perfect! So each morning Isabelle and I headed out the door at 9 o’clock. Almost like as if she was going to school. The class only has 4 participants and they are grouped by skill level. That meant Isabelle got to learn with kids her own age and at her level. She really enjoyed herself and had some good progression during the week culminating in swimming unaided on her back across the pool and back. All in all a great experience for her and definitely something we will go back to next time school is off.
Still settling in
We might be approaching a month in our apartment, but we are still getting things together. This week we got some shelving so we don’t need to store things on the floor. A nice improvement as it feels less cluttered. The washing machine we purchased was a little wonky, but the company we bought it from were very helpful trying to troubleshoot the problem and in the end they came and exchanged the machine. If you ever find yourself looking for white goods in Melbourne I can highly recommend DMS Appliances. I have rarely experience such great customer service.
Back to the Zoo
We are experiencing a resurgence of summer as the temperature got up to 30C (about 86 Fahrenheit). We debated going to the beach, but in the end we figured going back to the Zoo would be more fun. This time we brought a pick nick and again we had some great animal experiences. As we didn’t get through everything last time we got to try a few new exhibits like the reptiles. There were some amazing snakes and lizard. But we of course had to see our favorite exhibit which is the Kangaroo and Emu enclosure. This time we got to get up close to a Kangaroo and she had a Joey in her pouch! Amazing.
Not sure what we are doing today yet. We were planning on going to the beach, but after yesterday another day in the sun doesn’t sound too appealing. It should be just as warm, if not warmer today. So maybe we will try the movie theater. The coming week also has plenty of warm weather predicted so we can save the beach for another day.
Have some technical issues this week so no pictures.