A super early start of 6.15 is how we greeted today, and amazingly we all managed to get ourselves ready and out the door by 7.03 to start our trip to Ikea. We met the Morgans for breakfast at Goulburn, which must have been laced with sedatives as Maddie slept the rest of the way to Sydney. When we drove past Ikea it seemed like we were going to be taken out by a giant plane coming into land, which stunned us enough to not notice the giant Ikea building and then miss the second entry. At least that is the excuse we will go with, rather than Nathans navigational skills.
Ikea was awesome, and for the most part the girls were perfectly behaved the whole time we were there. Maddie did get ratty when she wanted out of the trolley, to be fed and right at the end when she had just had enough. I am super excited by my umbrella purchase, so I will have to get back onto nagging Nathan to finish the paving so I can set it up.. Thank you Simon for bringing it back for us!
Before we departed on what seemed like the longest trip home ever, we went to the park and ovals on Princes Highway to let the girls run for a while. Maddie ignored me when she ventured too far away, not showing any sign of hearing me when I called her which was a little worrying. I will definitely have to keep an eye on that, but otherwise she managed to convince some older girls to play ball with her and had a great time playing with Grace. I think my favourite memory from today would have to be when Maddie pretended to fall over and Grace went to help her up. Maddie would not get up without Graces hand, and Grace helping was very cute!
I think Maddie was very happy to be home in her bed as she rolled straight over to cuddle her bear when I put her down tonight, and hasn't stirred since. I am totally exhausted so I am hopeful for a good nights sleep too!
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