Tally woke us up at 130 am pacing and I wasn't fast enough to save the floor from double trouble! She woke Katharine too and Nick and I fell asleep to the sound of Katharine settling her back down again - Tally cried until Katharine put a torch on for her!!! We were next woken at 450 am and again were too late to save the floor. This time Anna woke up and Tally and Anna both climbed into bed with me while Nick cleaned up. Tally wasn't interested in going back...

No one seemed to sleep very well last night. Both Matty and Anna woke in the night with a nightmare and even I had one. Knowing we needed to be awake by 7 am meant I woke up at every hour to check the time and when 7 am finally came round it was very difficult to get out of bed!! The kids all woke up very excited too and rushed through breakfast to hop in the car, as we were heading out to Moore Creek to pick up a new puppy! Moore Creek is north of Tamworth...

It rained on and off throughout the night and it was still raining when the kids woke up so there was no hurry to get out of bed. We eventually surfaced around nine, had a quick breakfast and spent an hour covering the basics in schoolwork before heading off in the car to explore Tamworth. The drive took about an hour and a quarter and was very scenic - lots of green rolling hills and paddocks full of cattle. Once we got to Tamworth it started to absolutely ...

We woke up to warmth for the first time in ages and all the kids got dressed in shorts and t-shirts! I wasn't quite that brave but it was nice to shed a few layers and have breakfast sitting in the sun. We spent the morning completing schoolwork. It feels as if we are reaching the end of the year's syllabus for everyone and the next few months will be spent recapping areas of weakness!! We had lunch and then went out to see Tia Falls. The drive out to the ...

We woke up early this morning to find the caravan park shrouded in mist. After a quick trip to the toilets with the girls I climbed back into bed and by the time I got up again it was a beautiful sunny morning. We had coffee and breakfast in the sunshine and then began a morning of schoolwork. While the kids studied I made a lemon and poppy seed cake which turned out a treat in the turbo oven! After lunch we drove out to Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and ...