March for Babies

Overall we had a good day at the March of dimes yesterday, despite the chilly weather the walk was a success. My parents, Mina, uncle Khosro & my father and mother in-law and our friends Natalie joined us for the walk. Kids took turn sitting in the wagen, but when the wind took off my Dad and I were hugging them. Matthew walk almost half way this year, I think he was discouraged by the weather. Afterwards, we had a few hotdogs and then except for uncle Khosro, everyone else met back at our place. Linnet made lentens soup the night before and we each had a cup of the warm soup with some lunch meat sandwiches. Later on we had strawberry shortcake and tea for desert, in honor of my father-in-law's birthday. So far, kids are well and didn't catch a cold from our walk yesterday.

First half of April

So far this month we visited with family and returned to our normal routine after our trip. Kids received NouRooz gifts and understood the celebration a bit better.

We found out that we have at least a raccoon in our attic and paid a professional to remove them. John from ACE Animal Control setup a cage by the vent that raccoon got into our house and last night she got caught. He's currently upstairs removing the animal and next will set a cage around the vent to prevent future accidents. He'll then visit the attic to remove any babies that are there and assess the damage they've done to the attic. I guess this raccoon is lucky, I like the wild life otherwise not sure what would I have done with her after spending close to $400 on removal fees.

Feb. 27th - Sydney's Temple

Sunday we visited the Baha`i Temple in Sydney and met old friends of mine from my days in Pakistan. Bahman, Roya, Farshid, Rohi & their mother Parvaneh khanom, were among those we had the pleasure of meeting. We also met with Kamran's old friend Chris and Freida who promissed to visit us this year on their trip to US. I caught up with my friends over the lunch, at Hungry Jack's that was very similar to the Burger King's. Kids played and we talked for hours. Later on that evening we attended a party in grandma's honor at Kamran's friends' Peyman & Nina. We spent the rest of the night packing up in preparation for our trip back.

Feb. 26th - Canberra

On Saturday, we visited Donna and Michael at their new place in Canberra. Food was excelent and eveyrone enjoyed themselves. We went to the pool with the kids and I had a very nice nap by the pool. Michael brought popcicles for the kids while they were at the pool. Matthew (as well as other kids) enjoyed the chocolate fondue Donna set up for them. We took many fun pictures with Ardeshir and family and left for the Sydney. On the way over, we stopped at the Baha`i centre and had dinner and enjoyed the Ayyami-ha program there.

Feb. 25th - Taronga Zoo

We visited the Taronga Zoo with my cousin Niloofar. There we saw a lawn clock that was about 5 minutes behind and coo cooed every 15 minutes. We also saw a Tasmanian Devil, Pelicans and attended two shows about birds and seals. Matthew had fun at the children's zoo and found new friends when he pretended he was driving a golf car.
Later on that evening, Kamran gave us a ride to uncle Jalal's place and later on his own. On the way over, we stopped at a local beach and enjoyed a beautiful scenery of the beach and city.