Theatres, Cups and Complications

Last Friday was the last proper day of the school hols and I took the boys up to Perth city to see a musical Scooby Doo show. It was really very good fun and once the kids realised they were supposed to shout and enjoy themselves spotting the "ghosts" mayhem ensued and a great time was had by all. Even better they sang the original "Scooby Dooby Doo, Where are you?" song so all the parents could join in too. I do wonder if I enjoyed it even more than the boys!!

Very blurrry Scooby and Shaggy.

The boys and their schoolfriends, who by some wierd chance were sitting in the row directly in front of us.

That evening, because they had behaved well all day and earned stickers for their chart, both the boys managed to reach their "goal number" of stickers and earn themselves a reward. On this occasion the goal they had been reaching for were Gruffalo mugs. Alfie's has a saucer for biscuits, Ruairi's has its own bag to carry it in (when not full obviously!). I fired up our coffee making machine and frothed some milk so that their night-time milk drink was a "babycino" (frothy warm milk with a light sprinkle of hot choc powder on top for the uninitiated). Alfie even wrote down his order and brought it to me in the kitchen. He didn't get the spelling quite right but it wan't half bad- began with BAB and ended in NO , just a bit wonky in the middle! I was so proud that he had tried.

The boys enjoy their in-house cafe experience with new Gruffalo cups!

Meantime we've had word that work would ideally like Brian to be in Singapore full time for the next 6 months! We only just got here!! He'll get away with doing 10 days on, 4 off or some such rota though, so having talked it over, we've decided I'll stay put with the boys so as not to disrupt their school/ lives more than necessary. However it's led to an even bigger decision. We may try to move house. The house we're in is lovely to look at, but it is overly big for us, and expensive to boot. The boys don't even like to go down the corridor to their room because it feels a long way away! So the thought is that economically and sensibly, we should downsize. Smaller house is cosier for just me and the boys, easier to heat and cheaper in rent. Can't lose.
Hmmm. Trouble is, I'd forgotten how hideous the Perth rental market is. I saw a house yesterday lunchtime on an open viewing. Really liked it. Rang the agent today to speak to her about it, only to be told it got let this morning first thing. You have to literally get in the door within the hour with your application or you don't stand a chance. I'm already wondering if I can go through it again or whether I should just hunker down and keep going as we are.
Watch this space for the answer in the next few weeks...