Cross Country at Norton's Park

Hi everyone, We got up bright and early to meet at Norton's Park off of High Street for Blake's second Saturday of Cross Country. It was a bit cooler than I thought and was quite glad I had my HOT cup of Choco bean coffee and coat! I love that skinny cafe latte. Blake was in the first race of the morning and it was a very hilly terrain. He was a bit daunted about it because usually the course is quite level. So it was going to be an interesting race. There were 11 under 7 boys and 16 under 7 girls,. They also run with the under 8 girls and boys and there were approx . 20 of them so quite a big turn out.

Blake placed 2nd in the race but was first in his age group. His time was a bit slower due to the hilly course but he did really well. I think he was a bit surprised how much harder it was with this kind of course. His friend Reece came in 2nd and Kaya placed 3rd for the under 7's. The three of them are very competitive in athletics but are great mates and very supportive of each other which is very nice to see. So nice to see them shake hands after the meet and congratulate each other ..no matter where they place. All our training as parents is paying off lol. The Manner police has done her job so far..hehehe. Next week they will be back at Jell's Park so should be fun.

Alissa stayed the Night at Yaya and Papou's house and was having a sleep in as we were freezing at the park lol. It did end up being quite a nice warm day and we never got the bad weather that was forecasted. We then headed off to The Glenn for a spot of shopping..which Nick no doubt just loves... It is just so busy on a Saturday so we didn't stay long and ended up having lunch at our Favourite Vietnamese restaurant called "Indochine". We had our Bun salad.. All I can say is YUM SCRUM!!! I am so going to find out how to make this and make it at home.

After wards, we headed over to Kareen and Arthur's place for a cuppa. They have listed their home and purchased a nice block of property a few streets away. They will build a new home on it. Looks great. Hopefully, the building side of things will go quickly for them. Maybe Nick will be interested in selling here and building in the future....ugh NOT! lol We love where we are cause everything is so convenient but I secretly would love a new house. I love the old farm style homes /cottages near the beaches. Maybe that will be our plan for when we boot the kids out at 18....lol.

Tomorrow morning we have Blake's under 9's football game at 9 am.. fun fun. WE DO NOT SLEEP IN AT THIS HOUSE!! He is having a ball playing footy and it's good to chat and catch up with the parents while we are there. Mind you Nick does the duty for footy which is a load off my shoulders..Bit of the princess I am lol. Hopefully the weather will hold out.

I am taking Alissa out of school on Tuesday and we will be touring Mater Christi ..a private girls school in Belgrave. She will go to this school (if accepted) for year 7 thru 12. It is a very nice school and has a huge selection of sports.. especially softball which she loves so she was quite surprised about that. She desperately wants to go to the public school near her primary school but this will not happen. We can only hope it will all work out for her. Jessica Bouloukis (Ali's godparents daughter) is going there and started this year and loves it. She has a few girlfriends who are hoping to go here also so should be fun to watch it all unfold. The plan is for Blake to go to St Joseph's ..which is the private boys school and is affiliated with Mater Christi. Quite a few of Blake's friends will go here also . I have included an arial view of Mater Christi.

Mater Christi is not very far from here and is near the Puffing Billy Steam Train. Mom and Dad..remember we went on that train a couple of times when you visited..? It's near there. I really like Belgrave..very quiet and there is a lovely coffee place I go to with the Mum's sometimes. Has a recycled book store next door. Love it....

I will continue my job hunting in the week. Am trying to redo and update my resume so I can post it out to a few jobs I am looking at. Well... Nick and Kids are watching the footy and I will go and try and sort some of my photos for cropping. I am going away to Phillip Island at the end of may for a retreat. We will go for 3 days ..should be fun. All the ladies that go every year are so fun. There is about 45 of us all and Dawn will be coming in from Singapore also. Will be good to catch up with her. They are in Singapore for 2 years. I think she is homesick and she says it is very hot and muggy there.

Any way Chat soon. I missed a week or so and didn't write. Am very impressed that Kareen is reading the blog :P (you are full of surprises lol). Bye for now....