We are the proud owners of a motorhome.

And we're even members of the Campervan & Motorhome Club of Australia! How cool are we. We will take lots of pictures of our new home on wheels tomorrow, and I'll post them here, so stay tuned.

Yesterday was awesome. We got a call at 7am from a woman who wanted to buy our car (which was the last stressful thing on our agenda - it needed to be sold because we had plans for the money we would get from it). This woman didn't want to come see our car or test drive our car, she wanted to BUY it. She asked if we were negotiable on the price, which we were, and if she could bring us a bank cheque. Nick asked her if maybe she wanted to at least come and look at the car first, but she said that she has an Avensis already and knows how great they are (and they really are), and her daughter wanted one too. Nick insisted, and they came sans cheque to see it in "person", dings and scratches and all. We do have three kids after all. They were rapt with the car and shortly returned with a bank cheque. Goodbye car! Now we're back in the old Daewoo which has been our dedicated market car for quite some time now. It is very reliable but completely worthless, so there is no rush to sell that one.

After our happy morning, we headed off to our weekly homeschooling play group. We have been going for a few years now, and for the last year or so it has been our Monday, every Monday, rain or shine, for the better part of the day. It has made Mondays a highlight of my week, where my kids could run wild through this big wonderful park they knew so well while I chatted with their intelligent, like-minded, thoughtful, amazing, inspiring adult parents. Yesterday was to be our farewell, and rather than leaving at 4ish, we planned to stay for a barbeque dinner as well. It was after 9 when we left. What an incredible day. I feel so surrounded by love, and the kids thought it was so special to be at their beloved park at night in the dark!

After a late night and a sleep in for some of us, we had a very busy and productive day today. Collecting of settlement cheques, visiting banks, paying off loans, and of course the picking up of our motorhome (which Maya is still calling a "camphorban" - and I remind her with a smile "it's a motorhome honey, not a campervan"). We showed the kids all that we had learned from Barry the motorhome guy - the appliances, the toilet, the shower, the beds that become tables and chairs. Nate noticed the TV which had escaped his view on our first tour, but I'm hoping we'll be able to avoid the topic in the future. Maybe we won't, and that'll be ok too.