
The weather changed on Monday. After weeks of hot, sunny weather the clouds rolled in and it began to rain, and it rained and it rained and it really hasn't stopped much since.
Olivia has been making friends at school. This is Georgie (who was in James' class last year) and her sister Lucy (who is in Olivia's class). They came over after school on Tuesday and had a great time, if the laughter coming from Olivia's room is indicative.

James enrolled in AFL (Aussie Rules) during the week. (He's in the green near the front). This means we have a busy weekend of winter sports ahead, with James' soccer on Saturday mornings mornings, Ken's soccer on Saturday afternoons, and James' AFL on Sunday mornings. Olivia does do something but fortunately during the week - ballet on a Wednesday after school.

The weather has been so lousy this weekend it's been a quiet one, with the exception of going to the Star Wars exhibition in the city (we've been watching all the films in order since Christmas). The kids had a great time looking at all the costumes, seeing the models the films were made with (though I'm not sure they really understood this) and playing with the interactive exhibits, including making robots and 'flying' trains. We had a great time, though Olivia was scared of quite a lot of things and hence refused to have her photo taken.