A Busy Weekend

Last Friday, Caitlin had her annual heart check up in Ballarat. We left by 7am and arrived in Ballarat two and a half hours later. There was a light frost on the side of the road as we left Coleraine, but it had warmed up quite considerably by the time we got to Ballarat.

The check up was good. She's due for another one in two years, at which time Dr Weintraub will organise a MRI for her.

After the checkup, we headed into the city to do some shopping. Long live Big W! The girls ended up with new bathers and some summer clothing.

Then it was out of town and back to Beaufort for some lunch at a lovely little bakery. And then high tail it to home.

We arrived home in time for Jemima to jump through a shower, put her leotard on, have her hair tied up in a bun and makeup put on, then I drove her into town for her ballet performance. Afterwards, she had dinner at Maccas and came home to shower and wash hair and go straight to bed!



On Saturday morning, I had to be down at the showgrounds by 8.30am to help out at the Kindy stall for the Coleraine Show. We made lots of sandwiches, but because it was a hot day it was a very slow start. The cordial and jelly sold well early on but by the end of the day, all of the sandwiches had been sold and most of the slices/cakes.

Michael brought the girls down around 2 and we wandered around the exhibits and the animals. Michael came across one of his ex Casterton students who was exhibiting cow/bullies (as Mim calls them) so we chatted to them for half an hour. Then had a ride in one of the horse and carts that you can hire for weddings. Mim sat beside the driver and chatted to him, while Michael, Caitlin and I sat in the carriage. We were halfway around a lap when we were stopped and asked if we wanted to go in the Grand Parade.

And what an experience that was! The Grand Parade consisted of five old tractors (one of which had broken down, so had to be pulled by another), the firetruck, two horse-and-carriages and about six cattle. We did two laps of the main oval. Woo hoo!!! As Michael said "grand" and "coleraine" should not be used in the same sentence.

The girls went on the dodgem cars, jumping castle and the Char-Char-Char. We left at 4.30pm to go home and get Mim ready for her concert. I took her into town and then brought her straight back after her concert. We then went back to the Show to catch the fireworks and then a few more rides on the Dodgems before heading home.

We were able to have a sleep in on Sunday before Mim's concert in the afternoon.

It was an exhausting weekend, quite hot, and Mim has been sleeping in a fair bit since.