Yesterday evening the boys refused to eat dinner together so Joe kept the food and Charles did not eat his dinner. We kept asking them to come in but Chantz came in ten mins before we keep the food and Charles just simply turned a deaf ear to our urgings. Joe felt that he should be taught a lesson of not being able to listen to instructions. In the end, Charles and Chantz decided to camp outside for the night but came in at 8 plus as they claimed they were afraid of cockroaches. I think more likely they are afraid of the darkness. Whatever they want, we let them be. They have to be responsible for their own actions.

Today we went to the schools nearby to have a look at how it is like in the new school term and to look at the uniforms. For Campsie Primary boys have REd top and black shorts and girls have checker dress. Charlynn likes the uniform very much. The other school Harcourt Primary has Yellow Top and Green pants. Funny but I think I preferred Campsie Primary as Harcourt Primary looks a bit disorganised. After that we drove to MarrevickVille. We had Dim Sum with Jean and then the children have their Art lesson at Jean's place. The Dim Sum was not cheap. We ate a total of $77. We ate only $38 last week but this week I think we ordered too many dim sum with prawns. Children will not have their Art lesson after they come back from Singapore in March. Joe, Channery and I went shopping while the kids were having Art lesson and we bought a lot of food. After fetching the kids, we went to reverse Garbage whereby we can buy second hand appliances, furniture and other stuff. Today we are there to get free mulch. We had taken many bagfuls of mulch but my backyard still needs a lot of these stuff. Children and Joe went shopping at the Bower- another shop selling recycled products and Charlynn bought a 50Cent doll. Joe is very supportive of recycling products but somehow for personel things I still prefer to buy new things.

When we reach home, it was very hot and humid. Children were made to do their chores and I went to prepare some vegetable fritters for them. Children went outdoors for their tent building. At dinner time, it started raining and their effort gone to waste. Now it's cool and wonderful and it's now my bed time. zzzzzzzz Sweet dreams