Sheila's Last Day In Oz

This is to wrap-up my sister's superb stay here in the Land Down Under . . .

Sheila had such a fabulous 3 months here in Australia, from October last year till January! And I love having her around. It was a lovely 3 months of bonding with my youngest sister and a chance for her to really get to know B as well. She used to get shy because she haven't spent a long time with B around, unlike my other sister Tyn who's been like forever with us. It was also a time for Kaiden to get close to her, because she used to tease Kaiden a lot. Well, Sheila loves to make kids cry! I guess being the youngest in the family for years, till our youngest brother Jay came; she's used to being the "bunso". Most of our nephews and nieces shy away from her because she loves to annoy them till they cry. And she was like that with Kaiden. When Sheila had the Little One 24/7 in almost 5 months (from the start of Sept till the end of Jan), those teasing came to a minimum; which I think made Kaiden love her more! He actually misses her and looks for her more than Tyn!

Sheila coming here with us was a very good timing because we needed an extra hand setting up the house. We bought our present house just days before we left for Latvia. Most of our old stuff were sold at a garage sale, so we needed to furnish the whole house and put the ornaments around. Sheila was such a great help. She decorated most of the stuff here, so the house set-up has her touch in it.

05 January 2009
On her last day here, we booked a dinner at Hog's Breath in Indooroopilly. We left the house early and got a lot of time to kill so we went to Mt. Cootha first.


The view of Brisbane City from Mt. Cootha.


Took some snaps of us.





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We still have so much time left so we drove around the area and B saw his old primary school. We went there and played at the playground while B watched some men playing cricket.




The 3 of us played there, and obviously the little one enjoyed it more!

We were still early but we decided to go in anyway. Us 3 adults ordered what Hog's Breath is famous for, steaks! Kaiden had fish and chips. I love this restaurant so much! They are known for their 18 hours slow cooked steaks, which are just to die for!



We ordered their biggest dessert, the Hoggies Rocky Road Sundae! It was very delicious but just so big! Nevertheless, it was such a pleasure! We went home with very full and very satisfied tummies!



Sheila brought an almost empty suitcase here and went back home with a fully loaded one plus 3 hand carry bags and even lots of stuff at my and Kaiden's luggage! An indication that she really had a blast here!

This sister of mine is such a lucky girl. There was a surprise waiting for her at home in the Philippines! Her friends skipped school to welcome her back! They put up a big tarpaulin with a bouquet of flowers and big party poppers. As she entered the family room, her friends came out and pop the poppers. Kaiden loved it!

Sheila must have missed her friends so much that even without any sleep from the flight, she went out and party with them that night! Well, that's my sis!
06January 2009

Gorgeously . . .