2006-12-12 Uncle Dave!

A: Uncle Dave visited us on the 28th November 2006, and we had the best time! We did so many things, and he made me laugh so much! On the first day, he taught me a song that Grandad Brian use to sing to Daddy and him when they use to go to school - it went "It's time to get up, it's time to get up, it's time to get up in the morning" - and woke Uncle Dave up every morning with this song - even though he smiled, I'm sure he was very tired and did not like hearing that song, but it made me laugh, and I just shut myself in his room and talked to him. It was funny!

He loves our house - he finds it very relaxing, and he getting use to eating in the Frog House!

After dinner each night, I always shout "Everyone on the sofa!", and Mummy, Daddy and Uncle Dave jumped onto the sofa and watched me run as fast as I can onto it from the corridor! We laughed so much! I also played cards with him so much - playing pairs, and then describing what objects were on the cards for the other person to guess - I loved that game, and it was so different as I had to describe things really carefully!

When we went sandboarding in Lancelin, it was amazing - it almost looked like snow! Daddy and Uncle Dave took me down the slope sitting down, even though the wind was so strong the sand stung my face. I went 4 times, then went to the beach with Mummy! I really enjoyed it! We stopped off in Yanchep on the way home to look at the Kangaroos and have some carrot cake, which was really yummy - we all kept on having just a little bit more cake, tee hee...

Matilda Bay was funny. Uncle Dave and Daddy went windsurfing while I went to the park - I did the wobbly monkey bars, and Uncle Dave was very impressed! I couldn't do them at first, but I worked them out pretty well.

On the first day Uncle Dave was here, Mummy was not well, so Daddy and Dave took me to Mullaloo beach, and we walked along, and Uncle Dave and I build the best castle - with bridges, barriers to the sea, and tunnels which I made too! It was brilliant! Once we completed it, I made Dave play shops, but he laughed at that.

We went out to dinner at The Mussel Bar - I got my fish and chips first, and everyones wanted some as we were all so hungry! Uncle dave stole some fish, and Daddy and Dave stole my left over chips, but I didn't mind. They spent ages bringing our food and my ice-cream, but when our food came, it was lovely! Dave had a whole snapper turned upside-down on it's mouth!

When Grandad and Grandma arrived, we went to Mullaloo Beach with Hannah, as she was sleeping over. We had such a funny time. Hannah and I went in the dinghy, and we also jumped in the waves with Mummy, then I sat with Uncle Dave and Hannah sat with Daddy, and we faced the waves together! Daddy and Uncle Dave then went running together, and we all went back for lunch. Unfortunately, Uncle Dave got burnt really badly on his back - a bit like Daddy did last year at Margaret River - looked very painful...

He kept on trying to convince me that he was the best Uncle/Aunt, but I said him and Auntie Lizzie were equally favourite. He wasn't too happy with this answer, and kept on trying to make himself the favourite - he's a cheeky one!

Had my last days at Tiny Beez, Harmony and Kindy, and it was so much fun! I dressed up in my Santa outfit for each, and we had lots of parties! I am a bit sad about leaving, but I'm sure I will meet so many new friends! I got my certificate from the Headmaster at Newborough, and I was so proud!

C: Boys will be boys...

S: We had such a great time, and did so much!

We decided to let Dave do his own thing during the first few days, and then I would take 3 days off in the second week to do loads of stuff. He went into Perth, Fremantle, and relaxed around our house, which he enjoyed thoroughly! He even turned the barbie on and did some bacon for lunch - amazing!

The first couple nights we devoted to Go!, which was a wicked board game. The first night Dave tried to explain everything to me, but I prefered to just learn as I go, and I won 5-3 in games - he weren't too pleased. However, he got his own back the next night - I played really badly, and he slaughtered me, together with adding his slight patronising tone when offering advice/comment, which didn't please me much. Once we had our fill of Go!, we got into PS2 - firstly playing Revolt, which is a great game once you get into it, but Dave couln't control his car much, and blamed it on the controls, as usual, not him. We then continued on PoP, andwe were nearing the end, and we knew it - we spent 3 nights on it until we finally made it to the last fight, and it took us another 2 night to finish that fight, dodging tornados, using up slow-mo's, and we finally defeated her! What a great game! It was such value for money, and we completed it! Very satisfying! Dave had a look at some new games we could get, and narrowed down to God of War, and Ico, as well as The Two Thrones. We went out and got GoW, and it was magnificent! Only had one night paying it till late, but enough to confirm how good it is - the graphics, fighting and action is amazing!

We went to see Borat one night in the first week, which was hilarious! I was prepared for disappointment, but it was excellent!

Dave also took my place in the mixed Touch Rugby, and played very well considering he didn't know the team - scored a great try! Such a shame I injured my knee the week before!

The first priority was to do some windsurfing, and we got out at Matilda Bay on 3 occasions. The first was very blustery, and I had trouble controlling the board, and Dave really enjoyed it - we could really get up some speed. Julius let us use last years card for the last time. The second outing was a lot calmer, and just as we were coming in, the wind began to pick up, which was a real shame. The third time was the best - we had races between 2 buoys - Dave won the first race easily, and I got into a right mess and lost one of my rings, the second I won, as these 2 gits decided to race with us and got in Dave's way. Dave whinged about me taking a dummy turn on the last lap, when he had trouble taking a turn earlier in the race, but realised he was on a loser - tee hee...

Rottnest was amazing! I took my bike (24 gears), and Dave hired a 4-gear bike - slightly more difficult to cycle on, or so he said! It was a very blustery day, and there was a strong southerly, which meant that the wind was coming from the south (as someone advised - doh!). The boat ride was pretty turbulent, and there were quite a few school kids getting ill, not really knowing how to avoid it. I was surprised at how I didn't get ill. We got there and the wind was pretty strong, so I thought we should try and get out of the wind by heading round to the east, then the north of the island. Unfortunately, it seems that the wind just blew into us wherever it went, as Dave kept reminding me. We cycled all the way around the island, and the beaches were just amazing. We stopped at Parakeet Beach for a bite to eat at 9.30, then continued around. It seemed too chilly to go in the water, although we saw loads of kids snorkelling. We made it all the way around the island by around 12, then found a lovely beach to eat our lunch. Quokkas were just everywhere! We tried to find some shade, but Dave had a bit of trouble understanding what that meant. He also spilled almost all our cheeseballs on the beach, and the gulls picked them up, dipped them in water, and ate them. We finally plucked up the courage to go snorkelling off the southwest side, probably the windiest, but saw some amazing plants and some huge fish! We went for a coffee and cake, which we couldn't finish, and then went along to a beach on the east, and did some snoekelling there, and skimmed a few rocks with 'The Judge', a boy who joined in, who really couldn't count! We headed back, and the girls picked us up. We couldn't fit the bike in, so I had to come back for Dave. What a day! Paradise!

Driving up and down the coast to City Beach, listening to England lose the 2nd test disastrously, easting cakes on Scarborough Beach, and just relaxing was one of our more hectic days - ahhhh!

One morning we went for a walk around Edgewater Lake, which was lovely. We went for 45 minutes each way, and it was so peaceful. We passed Hawkins Park, and walked to a lookout where we met some English who were asking us about a tiny bird which lived in a tiny nest in a tiny tree - hmmm, I think they picked the wrong people to ask, as we can't even identify a normal pelican, let alone a rare miniscule bird.

Mum and Dad arrived on the Thursday 7th, and I picked them up from the airport with Aiysha - she was so excited, and followed them everywhere until we were out of the airport! They all relaxed on the Friday, and on Saturday we went straight to Mullaloo Beach for some surfing, running and ball throwing. Hannah was a bit late, and met us down there - her and Aiysha had so much fun surfing on the waves, eating, and then jumping up and down in the waves with Dave and I! We threw a ball around with Mum and Dad, and then Dave and I went for a run up and down the beach, which was lovely! Been a long time since we did any sort of training together...

On the Sunday morning, we were set the task of cutting down our tallest tree, and make it into a christmas tree - ended up being pretty tricky, as it was next to our mango tree and we didn't want to knock off the 2 budding mangoes! We managed, and we pulled it into the lounge, and it is huge! We have now decorated it, and it looks wonderful! We plan to put more lights up around the house, which will make it feel a bit more like Christmas...

Dave treated us to dinner out at The Mussel Bar in Fremantle, and it was lovely! It was situated on the jetty, and we could watch the boats sailing in and out of the quay. We went outside and tool several pictures after we ordered. Aiysha's fist and chips came first, and it looked lovely - she gobbled it down right away, but with a little help from Dave and I. We had to wait ages for our food, and had to ask the patronising "I'll tell the chef how good the meal was" waitress that it was very late. When it came, though, it was worth the wait! We had mussels and scallops to start with, then Dave had a snapper which stood on it's head, Claire had fish and chips, and I the chef special with asparagus, and a creamy sauce. All our meals were lovely, and Aiysha got herself a vanilla ice-cream with chocolate sauce. We got home, Aiysha fell asleep in the car.

We got onto series 3 of BSG, but only got to Episode 2, which was a shame. What a great show!

Shame we didn't play any tennis, mainly due to my knee, but June will be wicked! Can't wait!

Another great holiday with Dave. We all had so much fun, and wishing it could have been a bit longer...

Meals: Chicken Wings, The Mussel Bar, Fresh Chicken, Spaghetti Bolognaise, Hock, Bacon and Eggs, lots of cakes