A Very Thin Visitor

Flat Stanley and Gavin
Originally uploaded by ami_arsenault

We had a very special visitor at our new house in Sydney a few weeks ago. His name was Flat Stanley. He was sent to us by my cousin Harrison. Gavin and I had a great time showing our guest around, taking some pictures, and keeping a journal. Some of the things we did were:

• Walk across the Harbour Bridge.
• Explore the Royal Botanic Gardens.
• Eat crocodile pizza.
• Watch a rugby game.
• Visit the Opera House. We ran into another Flat Stanley on the steps.
• Visit Luna Park.
  

At the end of two weeks we packed him and the journal up and sent him back to Harrison and his class at Southern Kings Consolidated on PEI. Check out some of the pictures from his visit.

Double Denim

Gavin Turns 30
Originally uploaded by ami_arsenault

Gavin entered his 30s on the 30th of April. How did we celebrate this momentous occasion? With a double denim party. Before coming to Australia I was unfamiliar with the term double denim. Double denim is when a person wears both jeans and a jean jacket (apparently it also call it the Canadian tuxedo). We had lots of denim jackets and jeans at the party. We also had denim hats, shorts, dresses, overalls, slippers and headbands. Good times. Check out the pictures.

I Smell a Rat

I'm considering changing the name of this blog to Dancing with Pests and Vermin. First we had cockroaches, ants and slugs. Then then there was a million little spiders. Now we have a rat living with us. Not a little mouse but a big brown rat. He has just moved in. We chased him out the back door on Sunday but I think he is back. Hopefully he will like the little treats I have left for him.