Back to "normal"

So the Bearsley's left yesterday. Our final night together we enjoyed a little party for Seb and then went to the Night Safari which met our high expectations. The only problem being is that in order to see the show, do the tram ride and take a night stroll it becomes a very late night. Sebby, Anna and Felicity began to flake half way through. Tam and Andy managed to keep them a wake by promising a 5 minute fish spa at the end of the tram ride. It proved sufficient motivation, although the taxi ride home meant they had three sleeping children they then had to manoeuvre out of the taxi, up the lift and into bed.

Matt, Alice, Terri (a colleague from Matt's work) and I continued our exploration. Our highlights were discovering the Binturong (which is a cross between a bear and a cat) and smelled like buttered popcorn, watching the giant flying squirrels glide across their enclusure above our heads and seeing real R.O.U.S. (Rodents of unusual size). We arrived back home at 11.30pm. We then all got up again at 4.30am to wave Tamsin, Andy, Anna and Seb off. We shed our tears, climbed into a bed and an unusual lull fell over the house. Not for long - the girls were up at 7am.
Now life is back to normal - Alice is at a friend's today and we have one of Felicity's friends over for a play. I'll be organising a few more playdates too and plenty of day excursions because we have a month off school! Yes that's right - we get four weeks in "summer" which at the moment doesn't feel any different to spring and I hear not a real lot different to autumn or winter either.