Happy Tuesday to everyone. Lastnight Kelly and I decided to take dinner into our own American hands and make dinner for our host family. We made an "American" style meal which included grilled chicken, potatoes, brocoli, peppers, and cucumbers all baked in the oven, with sides of baked beans and gucamole/chips. We had quite the feast. Normally when we have dinner there's no more than two dishes on the dinner table. In our "American" meal, we beat that number two, showing Australians how much Americans eat. I suppose you could say we did a good job. For dessert we had scotcheroos. Scotcheroos (otherwises knowns as special K bars), are special K cereal with chocolate and peanut butter. It was fun to introduce this new dessert to the family, and they enjoyed it very much! Tonight we ... read more

I'll be in Carins for the weekend. It's up in the air wheater or not I'll have access to internet, so don't be shocked if there is not a blog entry for a few days! Happy Weekend everyone :)... read more

Happy first day of the week for me :) Today was my first day of my head week! With it being my first "head week", it's pretty similar to the past couple weeks other than I lead a few lessons and some songs. I read the children a book about snow and they were very interested in this! It's neat that the children are still aware of what snowpants, boots, mittens are when they don't ever need to use them. The title of my blog "Paper Airplanes" is because the Australian preschool children truly are fascinated with paper airplanes. The children enjoy flying, racing, and making the airplanes. It's a fun, creative experiment for 4 year olds. And rather cheap! I re-leanred how to make a paper airplane myself....(Yes, I forgot, and I hope all of ... read more

It's a fun weekend in Gold Coast, and we still have 1 night/1 day remaining! For now, here's a video to keep you folks on you folks on your toes with my blogs! This video was made shortly after my run on the beach.... read more

The day was another rainy day in Goonellbah! We were inside all day with the children which makes the day seem to go a little slower, but it was still a good day! I must admit, one of the highlights of my day was the lunch served. We had pizza with fresh veggies on it from our wonderful chef. Our kitchen chef used to work at cafes with his mother, so, when I brag about how good of a chef/barrista he is, I truly mean it. This man's experienced. We're gourment style and spoiled at Netle In when it comes to the grub! I've noticed that a chunk of the children's songs here are sung in differnt variations, and today I was really happy to hear that over here in the land down unda, they believe ... read more