This weekend was Anzac Day in Australia. Anzac Day is best compared to Veterans Day in the US. There are parade and dawn church services.

We had a long night with Sydney needing some attention and certainly did not get up for a dawn service. Instead we attended our regular church service. It turned out to be special. We ended the service by singing "Advance Australia Fair". These are the moments when we are glad for modern communication. Thomas managed to quickly pull the lyrics off the internet. So we stood and sang the hymn peeking at the phone with the lyrics. Later on, Thomas was asked to give the closing prayer.

Monday was a public hoiiday and most stores kept closed. We took the opportunity as a family to go to theĀ Collington Children's Farm.

The day was nice and warm and turned into a roaring success. Sydney started with feeding the horses. A bit hesitant at the beginning, after all horses are really big, she overcame her fear and gave the horses some grass. We then continued into the farm and made it just in time for the Guinea Pig cuddling. Sydney was all excited and took several turns to hold, pet and feed the animals. Once the cuddle session was over, we headed on to the chicken and geese. Luckily we had some bread with us. The animals were quite aggressive, something Sydney did not like. Still she loved feeding the chicken. After a quick visit to the goats, with another attempt to feed animals, we had to return. Christy got us some fantastic, organic lunch. It was great!

We yet had to see the rest of the farm, but this is for another time.

PS: did I mention, that Sydney loves to cook? She starts the morning with helping to cook some bacon; or pasta in the evening when daddy comes home.

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