We had multiple trips outside during the night but at least there were no accidents inside. Tally woke up for the last time at 5 am just as the sun was rising over the lake. I got dressed wearing at least 4 layers and then sat outside with her watching the sunrise until everyone else woke up around 7 30 am. Breakfast seemed to take forever as the boys and Anna are eating at least three bowls of cereal in the morning plus toast! We spent the morning doing sc...

I'm not sure if it was me or Tally who was more on the ball over night but there were no accidents in the van!! She still woke up at 530 am wanting to play and sitting with her outside surrounded by mist was freezing while waiting for the others to wake up. As soon as Katharine appeared I left her to it while I warmed up with a hot shower! We had a large breakfast and then packed up the van, hitting the road for 10 o'clock. We had only gone about ten minute...

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 ...