I bet that title had you interested in this post...too bad you'll have to wait a bit to find out what it is all about!
This week has been crazy and filled with events, but we are still doing a theme of the week. This week is dance and here is my pretty little ballerina!
She has learned about the ballerina costume, a few steps, and we wiggle around to her favorite song every day! Is she ready for lessons? You bet! The first day we talked about the costume that a dancer wears, she asked for toe shoes! Made me laugh out loud! Gotta love this littlie!To celebrate Aussie day, we did SO many things. First off was a Wiggles concert on Australia Day Eve :)
The concert took place on the Parliament lawns (imagine a wiggles concert on the capital lawns in D.C....funny to picture). We arrived 2 hours early to find almost NO seating. We squeezed our little behinds in between some nice Aussie families! 
There is Parliament.
As we were walking in, they gave us these cool blow up seat cushions that the girls enjoyed jumping on, rolling over, and sitting on while we waited in the hot hot sun!
The heat and crowd started really getting to Addi. Just as she started screaming her head off I found our saving grace...AN ICE CREAM VENDOR!!! 
Ice cream man to the rescue!
Just as we finished the last bit of our ice cream, the Wiggles appeared on stage! Addi clapped along with nearly every song!
Destiny did the dance moves :)
We were seated so far away that we could not "really" see the stage so we mostly watched the concert on two large screens on either side of the stage. I told Matt, "It's like coming to a crowded place, spending two hours in the sun, to watch the wiggles on tv!"...haha! Complaining aside, I am really happy we went and got to experience the event.
And here he is, folks. The 5th wiggle! Al Roker...I was just as surprised as you! He helped the announcer say "happy Australia day" and then danced with the wiggles (in a grape costume) to the Fruit Salad song! In all my life, I would have never guessed I would see Al Roker in person, let alone in a grape suit in Australia! oy!
As we were returning to our car, 6 jets flew over head. They did amazing formations! They reminded me of the blue angels at SeaFair in Seattle. It was so fun to watch and I'm happy I captured it on film.
Watching to planes fly over the Old Parliament House.
The next day (actual Australia Day) We headed off to Commonwealth Park to participate in some fun FREE kids activities. It was a hot one so we only stayed long enough to see what was going on for entertainment, one jump in the bounce house, and 2 balloon animals. It was fun, but oh so HOT!
Destiny in the bounce house!
Addi and Daddy.That evening, we headed out to Lake Burley Griffin to see the fire works! Addi cuddled up with mommy
Destiny held daddy tight.
And we enjoyed a whole bunch of this with a couple of our friends from the Embassy! It was a lovely Australia Day and I look forward to celebrating it again next year! Aussie word of the day: "Good on ya" -- It means what you think it means. Al Roker said that right after he said "Happy Australia Day"...I think it's the only Aussie slang he knows...oy!
Try that one out on your friends today!
Another Aussie word o' the day: True Blue -- Patriotic
Enjoy today!
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