The Wishing Tree.

Today we made the trip from the City out to the foothills of the Dandenongs, to Anth's sister's house. For our last night, we're staying out at Casa Del Jenny and Haircut. It's been a good day, considering that last night I succumbed to my gambling vice, and spent a good part of the evening throwing money away at Crown Casino. We traveled up here in the morning, and then I even got a quick kip in.

We took Rex up with us so all the kids on Anth's family side were together once again. Everyone except Callum and Aidan headed off to the movies to see Ice Age 2 which was a lot of fun. We said our last goodbyes for this trip to Uncle Woo Woo and Rex, and left them at the cinemas for the return trip back to the house. After dropping off most of the kids, and picking Aidan up, Aidan, Melanie and I drove up to the top of Mt Dandenong to take in the view back to the City.

The picture at the top of this post is the view back through the haze to the City. The camera is a simple digital, so it hasn't come out great, but you get the idea. Aidan hassled some o the other tourists there, but generally was pretty good, with Mel keeping a great eye on him. We even went to the Wishing Tree. Aidan was the only one of us guaranteed to get his wish, as it was "I wish I was in the car." Granted, within minutes!

Tonight we are enjoying a night of family fun with bad karaoke. At the moment the dulcet tones of Islands in the Stream are wafting in from the lounge room. I think I'll go join them to sing A Hard Day's Night. Hopefully John and George won't roll in their graves.

Ciao for Now, Wishing Angry Dad.