Just when things are starting to head back to normal, my grandfather passes away.  Strange in a sense as he was perfectly healthy but also not so strange given he was 93.  A very good innings if you ask me.

I guess the hard bit is it is dad's dad and with losing my mum only 6 months ago this is hard on him.  Mia and I are flying to Melbourne with dad next week for the funeral.  Mia wont actually be going she will be looked after.  She did go to my mum's funeral but she had alot to do with her, I don't even think she would remember who my grandfather was, she only met him once and that was 1 yr 1/2 ago.

Wish us luck for the flight, it has been a while since she has been on a plane.

There are so many times when you look at your child in amazement and this is one of those times.

Mia started Kindy this year and little did I know they were actually teaching her things.  Now don't get me wrong I am a big believer in school but I thought Kindy was more about learning structure and listening and social skills.

I was Kindy helper last week for 3 hours but didn't really get to see what they do as it was also school photo time so it was all a little chaotic.

On Saturday Mia was going to a birthday party and she wanted to write on the card.  As per usual she wrote her name followed by the number 4 (her age).  But then she surprised me.  She asked to write Ryan's name (the kids whose party it was), so my sister wrote his name on a separate piece of paper and she copied it perfectly into the card.

As you can see from the picture we then gave her lists of people's names and mostly she managed to write them all very well.  I asked her where she learn't all this as it certainly wasn't from us and she said Kindy.

I was very impressed and extremely proud.

I have to post a blog about my weekend away at The Mahogany Inn here in Perth.  It is approx 30min from Perth right near the John Forest National Park.  I believe it is the oldest Inn left in Western Australia.

I am a very big believer in service.  Coming from a customer service background I know it isn't hard to give, but there just seems to be a lack of it everywhere I go whether it is retail or hospitality.

The service we received at The Mahogany Inn was excellent both by owners and staff.  I understand that the current owners only took over a couple of months ago but the staff are long termers.

Everyone seems to enjoy their job and we even ended up having drinks with the owners and staff after everything closed.

The food was amazing, the servings huge and the price was extremely reasonable.  They have 12 accommodation rooms if you want to stay the night at a hugely reasonable price of $120 for Saturday night and $100 for other nights.

Seriously cannot speak highly enough of this place - everyone should go.  Check out:

www.mahoganyinn.com.au/

Strangest thing, these two normally don't go anywhere near each other unless it is the dog (Bailey) chasing the cat (Pixel) and Pixel hissing back.

For some reason on this night they found the peace of sleeping together.  It was short lived but the quiet time was great.

They are back to normal now.

I picked Mia up on Friday afternoon from daycare.  It is always awesome seeing her after the 6 day break.  She gets really excited and can't stop talking and I get really excited and can't stop talking.  It takes us a little while to settle down.

We tried ballet class again on Saturday morning with only slightly more success.  There was foot movement but no arm movement.  1 week left of term.  Lets wait and see.  I really thought she would be better this week, we took her friend Zali with us and she has extra sleep given the change in daylight saving. 

I have now booked her into swimming lessons after school on Thursdays.  Something she has mentioned before and I think a great idea.  They start on the 1st of May.

I competed in the ASICS Bridges Fun Run yesterday.  Never quite sure why they put the word fun in these titles.  It was a 10km event starting in front of Perth City and going around the bridges and back to the start.  Not sure how many people competed but it seemed like a lot.  It took a few mintues to be able to get any sort of pace going with all the people in front.

I was a little disappointed in my time but happy overall that I got up and did it.