Tweedles in Japan

Due to lack of a holiday we went crazy decorating for Pi Day this year.  It rained really hard all day yesterday, and we really needed some cheer.  Luckily Pi Day is coming up on Saturday! I think we'll celebrate by eating pizza, making pie, and doing some craft projects ( https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/math-art-for-kids-pi ).  I also ordered a book Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi , but for some reason it hasn't arrived yet. I've had a lot of people ask how we are doing here during all of this Coronavirus stuff.  The kids have been off school for almost two weeks now.  Husband had the great idea to make a schedule to stick to during the break, and that has really saved some sanity.  We don't end up following it 100%, but it gives the kids an idea of what to expect and keeps our day moving along.  Plus, husband also had the great idea to add quiet time to our day.  Yes!  It's a small house here and we can get on each other's n...

Not too long after we moved to Japan we started planning what we'd like to do over winter holiday.  It's always been on our bucket list to go to Australia, but we thought it would be more like after retirement and without kids.  Then we heard that Australia is closer to Japan than to the USA.  So, we thought- let's do it!!  Only after researching it more did we realize that it was still really far: maybe 12 hours of just flying time?  And that's without trains, buses, and layovers.  I forget how long it took us to get to Australia, but it took us a little over 27 hours to get home. When we arrived in Sydney we checked into our hotel and ate at an outdoor cafe (yeah avo toast!) and then later walked to the water and found a playground. We were pretty exhausted, but did our best to make it to bedtime. Our first full day in Sydney we went to Cocktoo Island, which was a prison and naval yard,  and also a really sketchy girls board...