Music and lyrics

Ellie has been singing a Katy Perry song lately. She sings it loud and she sings it often. It goes like this,

"Someone, call the doctor, got a case of over-ripe peas"

Unfortunately those are different from the song she thinks she's singing. The lyrics to Hot N Cold go, "Someone, call the doctor, got a case of love bi-polar"

Those lyrics make even less sense than Ellie's version. So I'm sticking with her lyrics.


"Someone, call the doctor, got a case of over-ripe peas!"

I love it.

Lone Pine

Lone Pine is the world's first Koala Sanctuary. We've been a couple times and the kids love it. We can cuddle with kangaroos, emus and wallabys. For $25 we could cuddle with a koala, but we haven't done that yet.

Here are some pictures of Beth and the kids at Lone Pine while Rich was in Africa.

School holiday at Australia Zoo

Today was a school holiday for the Ekka. All schools in Queensland got the day off. The intention was that all those kids and their parents would head over to Ekka. Since we already had our Ekka fun, we decided to go see Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo.

It's a huge memorial to Steve Irwin; but it's also a really great zoo. They have an incredible animal show where they feed the crocs Steve-style, and lots of opportunities to interact with the animals, including an Elephant feeding time.

Ekka

Today we went to Ekka. Ekka is the equivalent of a huge state fair. Lots of animals, ride, junk food and carnies. We loved it. Gus and Beth rode roller coasters, Gus and Rich rode sky swings, and Ellie and Gus went into the fun house about 10 times.

Unfortunately, my camera ran out of batteries, but here's a link to the Ekka site if you want to see more.

http://www.ekka.com.au/

Birthdays!

This weekend we celebrated Rich and Ellie's birthdays. Ellie turned 8. Rich is a tad bit older.

Ellie took three friends to see "Fame: the Musical" at the Queensland Performing Arts Center. Twins Kyla and Holly and Ellie's friend Georgia came with us. The performance was very good. The Australian cast was incredibly talented and all the naughty bits went right over the girls' heads. Thankfully.

After the show, we walked around in the central business district (CBD), grabbed some dinner and took the City Cat back to Toowong. It was a great birthday, and Ellie had a blast. I'm so glad she has made friends so quickly and easily.