Watch out! all you drivers

She's hit the road! Yes, Elsie has had her first official onroad driving lesson. I got scared and organised her professional lessons. After a couple more, I'll be game enough to take her out. Apparently she drove well. Talk about throwing her in the deep end... the weather was shocking today; windy and raining. And while I was sitting on the verandah waiting for her instructor to arrive, I witnessed a postal van doing a u-turn -- straight into the side of a 4WD. Very reassuring.
Elsie will be driving to work with the instructor in the morning. That half hour drive goes through inner city, suburban, highway and rural/bush roads, and finally through the village in which she works. She'll be fine...I keep telling myself...she'll be fine.

slippery slimey

This isn't the best photo, but is shows Benjamin eating. It's actually Josiah's meal of beef stroganoff, which he wasn't real keen on. Benjamin thought he would give it a go, so he dived in, hands, face and all. Within moments he had it spread over the table cloth and himself. Dinner - an experience of textures.

Routine

Doesn't take long to get back into routine. Normal stuff today; lessons, games, crafty stuff.
Beth made some bread rolls to store in the freezer for her and Jess to have. We picked up a whole box of KFC sub rolls, but they aren't 'friendly', so they can't eat them. They'll have Beth's rolls instead.
Elsie took Jess and Billy for a walk to the park which left us to do what we needed to do. It made the house a whole lot quieter.
Emily has been typing out her bible story book onto a word doc just for fun, interspersing pictures of puppy dogs. (Correlation unknown)
Tildy and Lilly are playing raquet ball on the back patio, Beth is rocking and humming to Benjamin, Josiah is helping the little girls play Hangaroo. Elsie may well be snoozing, and dinner needs cooking.
Yep, it doesn't take long to get back into the routine of it all....