It is early Sunday morning here (6 am). Things are going well. Everyone is dealing with jet lag better than I could've hoped. We went to bed on Friday night at 8 pm and woke up at 3:45 am Saturday (okay, that is a little too early!) We got up, Pat made breakfast and we stayed up till about 7, Everyone stayed up til about 7 then went back to bed for about 1 1/2 hour nap. When the kids woke up again, we decided to just get up and get on with our day.
We showered and caught the bus to Milson's Point (a town just over the harbour from the CBD (Central Business District - where the opera house is). We walked around a local Saturday market and then walked across the Sydney harbour bridge. They have security all over I guess for jumpers. Kind of sad. Anyway, we walked around another Saturday mraket and then all over the CBD. We pretty much walked around for about 5 hours. Brooke took a nap in the stroller and seemed content to just sit there and take everything in. Sean hopped in and out of the stroller to check things out as they caught his interest including a Street performer dressed as a statue. Cute pics. Will send once we upload them.
We ate lunch at the Opera House Cafe and were sad to find out that there weren't any tickets available for a show there today called Babies in Tutus. A ballet performance geared for the kids where the girls are invited to wear tutus (I brought Brooke's). Pat has been trying to get tix for awhile now with no luck. We had hoped for a couple last minute ones to open up but I guess they didn't.
We ended up catching the 4:45 ferry back home (only an 8 minute ride). Saw Russell Crowe's house which is immense and overlooks the harbor bridge and is directly accross from the Opera House. Go figure. We then ate chicken parm (one of Sean's favorites) The kids and I were in bed by 7:30 (Pat at 9) and then we all woke up at 5:30 am. Going to try to stay up and power through the day (giving Brooke a nap this afternoon) and then going to sleep between 8 and 8:30 (a normal bedtime for the kids). Hopefully we will wake up a little closer to 7 am tomorrow (a normal time for the kids).
I think we are doing pretty well adjusting to the time difference. Let's hope I didn't just jinx it!
Heading to church and Target today (so sad that we need to hit a target within 48 hours of landing but I just can't get away from that place!) Hoping to explore Mossman (the area of Sydney next to us) if nap schedules permit.
Every morning at about 5:30 or 6 we can hear the cookaburra (sp?) birds outside. They make a crazy noise! Kind of a cool way to wake up.
Brooke can say, "Thank you" now. So cute!
Found milk duds yesterday. I can hang out here for another month! :-)
Going to go have breakfast now. Love and miss you all.
Kristin
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