Back in our hometown...

Well... we made the trip back to Adelaide uneventfully... Beth was really good on the plane... it helped that we had a whole row to ourselves, so Beth got to sit in her own seat for most of the flight and she spent most of the flight eating (she had 1/2 a chupa chup (just for takeoff to help with ear pressure), 2 mandarins, 2 chocolate biscuits (one of which, she just stole from her Daddy!)and 2 honey oat biscuits... We had bought a portable DVD player to entertain her (which is did), but discovered that the $3 pack of stickers I had bought purposely to use as a distraction entertained her more... she spent a good part of the flight peeling off stickers, sticking them to the napkin... sticking them on her leg... sticking them on Phan... sticking them on me... and then transferring them everywhere inbetween! So - handy tip for anybody taking a flight with little ones - buy a pack of stickers! They are a fabulous cheap distraction! Our flight made great time and landed 20 minutes early... which meant we got back to Phan's parents place with lots of time for dinner... Beth recognised everybody... although was a little shy to being with... but by the end of the night she was breaking out the dance moves.
She fell asleep alright (although, she knew she was in a different place and needed me to pat her to sleep)... and only woke a couple of times during the night.

This morning we went to Thorndon Park and Beth wandered around the grasslands... walked through the park without much interest... and then went running for the lake when she saw it... she wanted to go for a swim! When Phan scooped her up and took her away, she got really annoyed... so we had to leave.

In the afternoon, Phan and I got a little "us" time and went and saw the U2 3D movie at Greater Union Marion... it was *GREAT* and the next best thing to actually going to a concert (since we never made it to the original concert). Phan's parents' looked after Beth and took her with them to a doctor's apptmnt that Phan's mum had... and Beth was very well behaved and had a great time playing with toys at the doctor's surgery. She didn't even get annoyed when she saw me after spending several hours with her grandma and grandpa... (she normally makes annoyed noises as if to say "where did you go? why did you leave me?" but today, she was fine. We had pho for dinner which was yummy and Beth ate 1/2 a bowl!

Lots more dancing post dinner and post bath, and then bedtime... it had been a big day... which reminds me, I should go to bed too!

I'll finish with a photo of Daddy and his girl running to the lake - Happy 30th Birthday Phan... we love you to the moon (or maybe we should say the lake) and back!