Thursday 23rd Feb.

A I have no idea where Wednesday went, days are already starting to just be days, without any significance of them being weekdays or weekends. Have stopped wearing the mobile phone on my hip, not very good reception here, but that is not the main reason. Spent this morning putting the first coat of paint on the roof of the bus, who I am going to call Bessie. Got pretty warm up there today. After lunch Rennie and I went out with one of the school groups onto the Gellibrand River for their canoeing activity, while Jarra had a sleep, and just before dinner we all went down there for a swim and a paddle. I managed to hit Jarra in the head with the paddle while he was on my lap and he got an immediate half egg lump on his forehead. Tal has been spending quite a bit of time with the groups on their activities and he really enjoys it. Rennie is finally looking a bit like her old self and is almost better I think. This evening at bed time she wanted to stay up longer and said, “Dad, I wish we were nocturnal” Jarra is just full on, no fear and so much energy. The kids had their first day of “school” today. Tal does not really want to learn from us so it is going to be interesting to see how he handles it, Helen tried to show him something he wasn’t doing quite right with his subtraction and he ended up storming off. It is really nice being here at Kangaroobie ( www.kangaroobie.com) We have our own space so we do not feel like we are imposing on Matt and Soph. Will finish the roof tomorrow and we have decided to paint the front of Bessie as well.