Our turn to have mum and dad stay with us and it's been a wonderful week. They pretty much fitted into our lives from the minute they got here, and it's a compliment to them that we were relaxed enough with them here not to have to make an effort all the time!
Unfortunately Darren and I had to spend the week days in work, but we went for a nice lunch on Sunday in St Kilda and in the evenings it's been nice just to catch up in front of the telly.
It's become a regular thing to get in from work and find mum and dad sat out on our courtyard with a box of red wine and inviting us to join them. Well I'm not one to argue with them (ahem!) so I had no choice but to do as I was told!
And it was a real treat to get in from work on Wednesday and have mum cook us sausages, mash and onion gravy....mmmmm.
There was a funny 'lost and found' moment on Tuesday with dad - and he won't thank me for putting it on here, but it did make us laugh and I think it deserves a mention. Dad had been on the MCG tour for the afternoon with Mark, and it was only when it got dark and we hadn't heard from them that we began to wonder if dad was ok getting back on his own. We sent Mark a text with no reply and we tried ringing Mark but there was no answer, so I began to make the tea thinking he'd be home when he got hungry. Mum casually said 'You don't think he's sat outside on the doorstep do you?'. Sure enough, Darren went out and found Jimmy sat on the step - he couldn't work the buzzer and it was too dark to read the instructions! We did have a giggle and were glad that he was safely home - perhaps a label like Paddington might help in the future!!!
Today we put them on the bus to the airport for 10 days at the Great Barrier Reef. The place seems quite empty now without them, but we hope they have a lovely time and we'll see them again soon!!!!
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