My toes are wet

Today was not a good day for Dunlop Volleys

You probably can't tell from the photo... but my poor canvas shoes were no match for the crazy amount of rain today brought forth. My toes are still thawing. for future reference... if your feet are already soaked before you get in the car to go to work, go back and change the shoes. haha.

It pretty much poured all day today. My kiddlies are a bit cabin-fevered since the whole long weekend (Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth) was wet! Being inside all day made for some great conversations about the convicts crammed in the First Fleet ships for 8 months. I think some of them almost vomitted when we were talking about the lack of toilets.

We talked about how coming to Australia for the British was almost like us travelling to Mars (good link between our Space unit and our British Colonisation unit) and setting up a community there (well apart from the gravity, oxygen, atmosphere etc)... as in they really didn't know a whole lot about Australia, it was a long way from what they knew, they had to start pretty much from scratch in building a society.

It was fun asking my kids what we would need to take if we were planning an expedition to Mars to start a new society...
Kid: We will need phones
Me: How will you power them?
Kid: Electricity
Me: Where are you getting the electricity from?

Kid: Power lines
Me: Where will you get the powerlines from?
Kid: We'll bring them with us from Earth.

It still seriously amazes me that in 1788 eleven ships sailed to the other side of the planet to start a new colony with a bunch of criminals.
Fun times!