March flew by without us realising it. It started with the Sydney Road Street Party in Brunswick which was full of terrific craft, food and all sorts of stalls. We really loved the bags, wallets and plates made from recycled materials - bike inner tubes, toothpaste containers and old magazines.
The following weekend we went to see Bill Viola's installation (video), Bugatti exhibition, Animals in Asian Art and Remaking Fashion exhibitions at the NGV. Katya and Ben made origami cats, dogs and cicadas. All of the exhibits were amazing. It was a long weekend in Victoria so we went to the Moomba Parade on Monday and saw many wonderful floats including a beautiful and huge Chinese dragon.
We caught up with my friends Pat and Christine on March 14 and also saw the Rosalie Gascoigne exhibition at the Ian Potter Gallery. Her art is made from things she finds - shells, bottles, sticks etc. On Sunday, we went to Avalon for the International Airshow. Unfortunately it was really windy and raining, but there were some amazing aircraft including a jet engine on the back of a truck!
We visited Pat and Terry on the Mornington Peninsula the following weekend and spent Saturday night with them. Saturday was warm so the back beach was beautiful and we found a rock pool to have a quick dip. Sunday we ventured to Portsea for a great pub lunch and then Katya and Ben took turns jumping off the jetty and swimming the 50 or so metres to shore. I was really proud of them as it was quite a long way and a little scary!
Katya went to two birthday parties in the last week of March - Emily's and Maddy's. Maddy's was at the zoo and while Katya looked at the animals, Ben, Paul and I went to the Queen Victoria Markets. Sunday we went to the Dandenongs. At Sky High we were amazed at the view, harrassed by wasps, found our way out of a maze and enjoyed the beautiful gardens. Katya and Ben decided to do a bit of rock climbing and scaled a wall. On the way back down we stopped at Olinda and took a look at the wonderful craft, gift and antique stores.
Ben and Paul went to a practice session of the Grand Prix and saw the F1 and V8s. Ben loved it although he said it was really loud - we could even hear it in Richmond.
School weeks have been just as busy as weekends. Ben finally got his splint off and went back to swimming lessons. Katya has been doing great at squads, although finding the going tough. Tennis is now over and this final week of term one has been full on with Katya's excursion to the Melbourne Museum, Katya and Ben's Greek Assembly, Ben's wheel-a-thon, Ben's birthday and finally today, the Easter Hat Parade!
Ben had a great birthday yesterday going to McDonalds for dinner as a special treat, having all his friends at school sing happy birthday in class (and getting free time in the afternoon to celebrate his birthday) and finally getting a Nintendo DS which has not been put down. With his birthday money he has bought a number of bionicles and lego, a Cars DS game and still has a little left over.
Three months to go - it is going so fast! April will probably be just as full on and include a couple of Dockers games (hopefully with at least 1 win!). Looking forward to seeing John, Cam and Mick over here as well.
Karen
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