I Could Be So Lucky

This week marks the second week for the boys return to school in Australia, well a return for one and a new start for the other.

As the school year approached Smiley turned off his food for several days, then while shopping for back to school books he suddenly doubled over in pain and broke out into a cold sweat!  The Officeworks assistant offered him a chair, but it turned out he was just hungry and not having a severe reaction to the back to school hype, like I was.  Seemed he was over his fasting and ready for feasting.

I was starting to feel nervous, once the boys were back at school, I was to begin finding work. Two days before the start of school I bumped into an old work mate at Coles, who recommended me for a job.  Could I be so lucky!

 

The night before school I tackled the boys haircuts myself as making a hairdresser's appointment was just a bit too hard.
  

I should have made an appointment, even Dee Dee looked terrified at the prospect of me giving her a lopsided do.

The boys first day was a success by their assessment, they decided school in Australia has a lot going for it, compared to school in Samoa. 

Playgrounds are a definite bonus.

Music lessons and a library with computers.

'Circus' for sport and in a gymnasium with mats!


Long playtimes.

It was a successful day all round, I got a job, one day a week in an area I had hoped to get into, I can't believe my luck!

There have been more wins, the boys can now tie their laces, after two and a bit years of wearing thongs or jandals as they call them in Samoa.

 

I took this photo at the end of the first day of school, guess which kids are mine?

I wonder if Smiley will manage to wear shoes all the way through today, he hasn't yet?