early birthday!

I was going to wait to open it but then I saw the contents written on the box and got too excited so I just had to have an early birthday! 

"I am so excited, I love birthdays!!!"

the box was completely taped...

it took at least 5 minutes to open it

"yummm soup!"

YES! I have been looking for a one of these (heating bag) since we landed!!! Now, I can be toasty warm while sitting on the couch... or sleeping in bed... I seriously have been wanting one of these in a bad way!

ohhh my mom thinks of everything....

"awww"

"YEAH"

I saw this on Martha around easter and I thought that it was the coolest little project I had ever seen. And the best part of all is that I never even told my mom that I wanted it... she just knew!

"um, excuse me, they opened my package... I wondered why it seemed disheveled in the box."

Thanks Mom and Papa!!! 

the treasure hunt

my mother sent me a package for my upcoming birthday. she told me that it was going to come on a certain day and i was to wait for it because it needed my signature. so the day came and i got up early. i waited and waited. around noon, i went outside to see if the mail had come... it was a rainy day. i found a note in my mailbox. it said that my package came and i was not home. the note said that they came at 7:30am. not only was i home, but tyler was home as well. I KNOW THAT THEY DID NOT KNOCK ON MY DOOR. so when it says "sorry we missed you" on the top of the note, they really must mean... "sorry you were not standing in front of your mail box on a rainy day, when we brought your birthday surprise". so as quick as i could i showered and got ready and marched as fast as i could to my post (they don't call them post offices... only posts) which was a 30 min walk. i was so proud as i walked up and handed my ticket to the post lady. "where do you live," she said "middle street" I replied. she shook her head with disappointment... "you are in Randwick, you need to go to the shopping center in Kingsford". i did not know there was a shopping center in kingsford, but i had seen a post near the university from the bus, so i walked to that post. it was not the right one. i was lost. i went back to the uni and got tyler. we looked on the map. we walked to kingsford. we found a shopping center. it was not the correct one. it was 4:10 and I was about to cry, because i was sure they must close at 4 because all the shops close at 4 here. BUT, i was not going to give up.  i found a lady in the parking lot and asked, she pointed us in the correct direction... and we found it! it was open until 5:00 and we made it!!! I AM SO GLAD THAT THERE WAS A TREASURE AT THE END OF MY HUNT!!! the most annoying thing was that there was a space on the card that was for indicating what post to pick up your package at, and it was blank. 

Finding Nemo!!!

I was so excited to go to the aquarium and find nemo... I was told that they had an exhibit featuring all of the characters from the movie. I was not happy when I realized that it was spongebob square pants instead...

sydney aquarium

With our year pass to the wildlife world we were also granted a year pass to the aquarium, so we went to check it out! 

koala video

How cute is this! 

Koalas!!!

This was the best ever! You can get so close to the Koalas and even feel them if you ask! We were so lucky as well because there were two babies out with their mums! I only wish that I would have brought my big camera so that the photos would have turned out better. However, I got a year long pass, so visiting the animals may become a weekly event! 

Kangaroos!!!

We finally got to see some Kangaroos! We were so close to them, if only they were in the wild...

sydney wildlife world

What a great day! We had so much fun! 

Day 30

Well, we have been here a month now! We both have good routines going... Tyler goes to work (school) everyday around 8 and comes home around 4. I lounge around, walk to the grocery store, head to the beach, read magazines, clean, and enjoy my life as a woman of leisure. While I was walking to the store I saw this.... 

It was funny enough, but then a lady walking by said, "oh, the baby is sitting on its mum".  I think they were just being silly. It made my day for sure! 

HAPPY 4th!!!

(happy 4th)

Hope everyone is enjoying the hot weather and firecrackers for us!!! We miss you all! 

The Harbor Bridge

you can pay to climb the bridge

Tyler took this sweet photo!

Sydney Opera House

it was cold that day, but we had fun!

bats from the botanical gardens

So we are walking along in the botanical gardens and all of a sudden we hear all sorts of squawking; and we think, hmm there must be birds. So we look up and what do we see? Hundreds of large fruit bats above us, that is what! It was so cool!