This morning, Beth decided she didn't want weetbix for breakfast... she didn't want toast... she didn't want anything except cherries... Thank god I have a cherry pitter... but what a mess!
Today we went to church at Inala (the "vietnamese ghetto" as Phan calls it). Mass was at 9:30am and we thought Beth would nap in the car on the way there... but nope... she was chipper and chattering away most of the way there... She actually lasted through mass without any dramas... playing with the newsletter and eating (sorry, scoffing!) a container of grapes and reading her books... and then having a little walk holding Phan's hands or my hands around the side of the church. It was a really lovely mass... a wide mix of nationalities (Australia, Vietnamese, Samoan... some African... and probably a heap of others too) and the music was great... they had a choir that sang normal hymns and a couple of more contemporary ones that I knew as well... I really loved the music. There is also a *huge* garden next to the church that has these statues of the Stations of the Cross in it... it's beautiful... couldn't get a close look because it was pouring with rain, but next time we go I'd love to spend some time in it...
After mass, we found a set of vietnamese/asian groceries so we could pick up some asian food staples that I've been missing... it's hilarious, because there were like there 3 asian groceries and 2 asian butchers in the same shopping complex as a woolworths! It's the equivalent of having a part of Hanson Road in Centro Arndale back home in Adelaide! Weird... but very convenient. Stocked up on things we needed and then we headed home and Beth crashed and fell asleep straight away. It's about a 1/2 hour drive from Inala from our place, so Beth got a decent nap and then woke up and had lunch and played around.
Tonight, I made cha gio (spring rolls) for dinner .. I've never had to make them before because Phan is not a huge fan of spring rolls and we always just have them at Phan's parents place when we need a fix, but Beth is fan of springs rolls and since we have no grandma around in Brisbane to make them, I have to make them! It's the first time I've had to make them since Phan and I have been married and they turned out pretty well... Beth enjoyed them ... ate 2 of them and a heap of bun (rice noodles) and cucumber. Then for dessert she had mangoes... then sultana grapes and watermelon ... she is an fruit eating machine I tell you. I made some small packages of spring rolls up and have frozen them so that we have them on hand for a snack for Beth if she wants them.
That's pretty much all that happened today... The weather forecast is for rain, rain and more rain this week (but it is hot and humid... so weird!), so I'm not too sure what we're going to get up to...
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