New Years day was stinking hot. Ugh, grossly hot. Turn-on-the-air-conditioner-and-it’s-still-way-too-hot hot. 39.1 degrees celsius (102.3F) hot. Needless to say, we didn’t really want to stay in the house (or play outside) for fear of melting. Instead, we went to Bunnings to check out BBQ’s. They have little trolleys for kids to push around which Hannah loved. They have an indoor playground, and lots of display cubby houses and slides that you’re not really supposed to play on, but everyone does anyway. Hannah had lots of fun there, giving me a good excuse to try out my new little pocket digital camera that Aaron bought me for Christmas (that just so happens to be purple).
Hannah hung out with me in the bathroom while I got ready to go. Unfortunately, she found my stash of tampons and decided it would be a grand idea to take every single one out of the box and open it. I would have stopped her, but it was hilarious, so instead, I got the camera out.
In the afternoon, Grandma, Hannah, and I went to the club (Penrith RSL club), which isn’t really a toddler place, but it’s big, air conditioned, and has plenty of room for rambunctious toddlers to run. “Can’t someone make that girl be quiet?” A rather haggard looking oldish man said to me. “No.” I replied. He looked annoyed. His friend smiled and gave me the thumbs up. She wasn’t even being loud, she was just running. Eventually she slipped, hit her lip on a table, and bled a little. Time to go.
Next stop Kmart. Again to look at BBQ’s. Only they ran out and didn’t even have any display models. We grabbed a large ball and I gave it to Hannah. Kmart of course, is an awesome place to kick a ball around if you’re a tiny toddler in need of lots of space. She also enjoyed the pets section, particularly the dog shampoo which had pictures of “dog-dogs” on the front. People probably thought I was mad letting my little girl kick a ball around Kmart, but whatever, I don’t particularly care, she had a great time. Plus it was nice and cool in there.
It finally started getting a bit cooler when we got home, so Hannah helped Daddy wash the car. Give her a task to do and she is in heaven. Actually, we didn’t ask her to help, she just started helping. That is Hannah. She helps me put all the clothes in the washing machine, she washes up any spills she makes, she helps sweep the floor, she tries to clean the bath tub when she is in it. She just loves to clean. She gets cranky if I don’t let her help. Despite the disgusting heat, we had a great day.
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