Busy, busy ...

This past week has been a busy week! I got the chance of a ticket to see Robbie Williams and he was great.
I'm not a huge Robbie fan but the gig has been the talk of Perth for sometime now. I went with the wife of Nige's work mate. She's a huge Robbie fan having been to see him 6 times already! She is a member of his fan club and so managed to get us some tickets right near the front ... I could see the white in his eyes!
Which is a big thing if you think that there were over 65,000 people at the gig! The crazy thing is, is that he bought his mates with him (Jonathan Wilkes and Max Beesley) and none of the Aussies knew who they were.... he also talked about Take That and sang one of their songs and this guy next to me asked me who Take That were ... and he wasn't kidding!! - MITCHEL YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED IT!

I also went on the parents night out with school. It was a good night. We went to an Italian restaurant in the posh area of Applecross. In true Aussie style, there wasn't one thing on the menu that was vegetarian. Vegetarianism in Australia is very unusual - they definitely like their meat. In the supermarkets there is NO pre-packaged food AT ALL. It's not a problem as their fruit and veggies are superb, they just don't have quorn etc. In the restaurant I had to ask if they could do me some pasta without the meat. I ended up with pasta in a vodka sauce. It was yummy but very potent!

Anna also "graduated" from Playgroup yesterday. It was quite sad seeing her saying goodbye to her friends but now she has turned 5 and is starting pre-primary she is no longer able to go.

It's Anna's last day of school today and her last day in Kindy, she starts back at the beginning of February in pre-primary and I think that she's really ready for it. They still don't teach reading in pre-primary but it's more constructive learning rather than play and they get allocated a "buddy" - which Anna is most looking forward to! The buddy helps at lunchtime (they eat their packed lunch outside on the grass) and when it's assembly. Anna will also wear a uniform in pre-primary (which I have bought) and is allocated into a faction. She will be in Stirling and on a Friday will have to wear her red shirt and black PE skirt. The factions are generally used for sports etc. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that one of her friends is in Stirling! The school is so organised that in the weekly newsletter there's a stationary list included. It's detailed down to the number of tissues that I need to provide her with!

Nige is out on his first bike ride this weekend with his biking buddies. No doubt he'll do a post for it. They are doing a night ride through the Australian bush! Should be interesting ... just a bit more "dangerous" than the Thrunton Woods rides he used to go on!