ANZAC day....

We celebrated our first ANZAC day this Sunday. According to Wikipedia (font of all knowledge):

"Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, and is commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. It now more broadly commemorates all those who died and served in military operations for their countries. Anzac Day is also observed in the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tonga."

Thye have poppies, like we do on Remembrance day in Canada, but the poppies are a bit asymmetrical, and in my opinion look a bit like red ukeleles. The also observe it at dawn, rather than at 11:11.

Sunday we went to a nature park (aka zoo with smaller animals). Rowan and I saw the elusive kiwi (the bird, not the mammal) - but since they are nocturnal you can only see them in the dark. Rowan thought it was scary to walk through a dark forest with strange noises (but he was still very quiet, what a good boy!). I thought it looked like a dark kiwi-shaped blob with a beak.

Aya's favourite was the eels, of course. Who cares abour farm animals and monkeys when you can pet eels? She does like predators....(although she was dissapointed that there was no giraffe. She even brought a branch from home, just in case she saw one)

Trent cut Rowan's hair. He was very still (what a good boy!). He looks cute and taller.

Trent's back is getting slowly better, but he still sleeps on the couch, and still takes pain killers.

He also heard back from MacEwan - they hired someone else. Poor guy! (although I think he is a bit relieved too!)

Next we will both apply to TRU in Kamloops and Trent will apply to Vancouver Island University. There are also positions at Wilfred Laurier in Waterloo, and one in Sydney (Australia) that he might apply on but doesn't really want anyway. Ugh - they are so much work. Days just to get an application package together, and then not even a letter telling you you didn't get an interview.

More later....
love shelley