Ready, Set, Out of the Box....

okay first official posting from the bondies....
out of the box has already started and well, for us it is another four more sleeps til our first event. you know you've got kids when every life event is measured in 'sleeps'! anyway, friday for us involves mum & kihi having the day off (from work & school) to check out - more fun than a wii, my place your place & flight deck. I remember reading Nadia Wheatley's story My Place when I was in primary school and I loved it (particularly the acknowledgement of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal family life) so I was really excited about introducing kihi to this story. As the recent owners of a wii and a child who wishes he could play it more often than mum & dad allow I'm also keen for my son to experience things more pleasurable than that machine. And, lastly, I chose flight deck because kihi loves making paper planes and inventing and creating stuff. We are "out of the boxing" it on saturday, sunday, and monday too with dad, maya, eliakim and nanna watego too but we will you fill you in over the weekend. We've strategised the staggering out of our family's participation at OOTB because sometimes taking a 7yr old, 5 yr old & 3 yr old out with a stressed out dad can be far more traumatic for mum then it needs to be. So some events are with the whole family and others are for just a couple of us. We will keep you posted on all of our adventures!!! Bring on the long weekend!!!!