Hard to believe that it has been more than a month since we last visited Perth. We had a busy week planned with visits with SIDE, J working for a few days, a little shopping and a party planned for Kyla's birthday {early but it means she could celebrate with all her friends}.
Driving up, heading to my folks place was very confronting, surreal and harder to see than I expected. The smell at Dad's place was so strong and in your face, I wasn't expecting that at all! Our first afternoon there there was a mass off White Tailed Cockatoos which was just amazing to see. They spent the afternoon hanging out at the horse trough which Dad continues to fill, even though Mary is having a green paddock holiday in the southwest.
We hit the ground running with Kaleb going to work with J and Kyla heading with me to SIDE to have a meeting with her teacher. I have been very conflicted when it comes to us continuing our current lifestyle and the impact it is/isn't having on the kids schooling. Actually if I have been honest I have been conflicted on many aspects, this just happens to be the biggest 'issue' in my mind.
After our meeting with Kyla's new teacher {both kids got new teachers this year}, I am feeling 200% more confident that we can get her to where she needs to be and am thankful she took the time to listen to me and to assess Kyla. It is true what they say 'it is the teachers that make the school', before this term I saw SIDE as a means to an end in terms of it allowing us to live our current lifestyle. I know realise that with the right teachers, I can get the support that both myself and the kids need. AMAZING!
Friday and Saturday to be honest are a little bit of a blur. We visited ALOT of people and managed to get a heap of other things done. There is always something we need to do when we are in the 'city'.
Sunday we had a slow start to the morning preparing everything ready for Kyla's party in the afternoon. We went to the fabulous park in Woodbridge again to celebrate her birthday {I know a whole month early}. She thankfully didn't want an ice-cream cake like Kaleb but I did take the cheats way out again and we brought her a heap of lovely, amazing and sugar filled cupcakes.
We all had a wonderful afternoon catching up with everyone. Kyla was most impressed she got to share the celebrations with her little friend, Xavia, who had her birthday on Saturday.
Monday was packing day and then Tuesday morning we woke the small people up and it was time to head to the airport for our much needed R&R holiday {I know I know, the majority of people believe we are on a holiday already}
