4 bunnies, 1 owl, and 1 flat tyre...

And that was just on the way TO Loxton! (We didn't hit the bunnies or owl, just saw them). An hour out of Loxton at 11:30pm, in the middle of nowhere, with no mobile coverage, we got a flat tyre that was actually more like shredded than flat - we were very lucky and didn't lose control or anything. It was very bald (i'm talking more than Al-bald, but Dad-bald) so was lovely to get 2 new tyres as a souvenir from our last trip to Loxton. We unloaded the car and changed it (well Al did) and Jacob stayed asleep and got safely to mum and dad's a bit later than anticipated. Jacob did like sleeping in Nanna and Pappa's room and we liked it too! We had a very relaxing few days away, and saw some Christmas things, and had coffee at Berri, and chilled and it was good. Thanks for having us! We had a pretty uneventful trip home on Saturday arvo but was about half an hour too long for the boys. Was certainly lovely that they slept for half of it, but Jacob had had enough by the top of Cross Rd and Sam cried on and off from about Murray Bridge (more off than on really).

We had a busy day yesterday too. Al went to church in the morning (we put up the Christmas tree!) and got home about 1:30, and we got organised and went to Mt Barker for Dan and Bron's engagement party. Jacob went to sleep on the way of course but as soon as he woke up he was excited about the Party. We left there at 4:30 (and hour after I had been hoping to, but we only got there at 3!) and picked up a few things from home and went to our Playgroup Christmas Party. I think we all had a great time, and everyone appreciated Al entertaining the kids! Sam slept very well last night cos he really didn't get much during the day, and after screaming and bashing on the door for 25 minutes Jacob seemed to sleep well too. (It was at the 25min mark that Sam was woken up, so Al sat with Jacob til he went to sleep which was what J wanted in the first place! *sigh*) It's nice to have a quiet at home day today!