Featherdale wildlife park

as part of our plan to do more with boo before baby #2 arrives, we took him to Featherdale wildlife park. Jim scored a good deal on scoopon, instead of the usual $29 per ticket, we paid $28 for all our tickets (entrance for boo is free). 

the park started off pretty good. as we walked in, we were greeted with wallabies and we got to feed them too. boo was not keen to get out of his stroller because he doesn't like unpaved ground, especially one covered in animal poos but as we spotted a little joey in its mother's pouch, he was distracted and forgot all about the poos and unpaved ground.  

after that, we got to pet a owl like looking bird which i've forgotten the name followed by a koala. boo was very excited when we got to the wombats enclosure. 

most of the wildlife are Australia natives like the Tasmanian devil, kangaroos, emu, echidnas . there's also a farmyard nursery with bunnies, chickens, pigs, sheeps and guinea pig. as we continued to explore the rest of the park, we realised a lot of the enclosure are repeats of the animals we've seen in the other parts of the part and there are multiple enclosures of the same wildlife. we have only arrived less than an hour ago. 

all in all, i think boo had an enjoyable time at the park. whilst the park is nothing like Taronga Zoo, at least he got to see and learn about most of the native animals. 

next up, we wanna take him to either Taronga Zoo or the Sydney Aquarium.  

low maintenance husband

Father's Day is just around the corner so it's about time i start planning. we didn't do much last year even though it was Jim's first Father's Day. we're not big on buying gifts for each other on special days but i did get him a card and let him off all his daddy duties for the day. 

Jim on the other hand, took me out for a Mother's Day lunch, gave me a day off mummy duties for the day and he also bought two pandora charms for me (after i told him not to get anything for me). he got up a couple of times throughout the night to tend to boo and by lunch time, he was exhausted. nevertheless, i had a nice relaxing day. 

i was planning to take him out for a nice lunch at a restaurant of his choice but instead he wants a Ploughman's lunch with Italian cold cuts. i thought that's easy, we can have a picnic in the park. before i had a chance to suggest to him that we could have a picnic in the park, he told me he would be happy to enjoy his Ploughman's lunch at home on the verandah. this husband of mine is so low maintenance. he doesn't shop, doesn't like going out and he's very easily pleased. 

to make it a little special for him on Father's Day, i also let him choose any desserts he likes and i'd make it for him.  i was 90% sure he'd ask for a black forest cake but instead, he wanted Donna Hay's panna cotta. i first made Donna Hay's panna cotta at his request six seven years ago and i haven't made them since because i didn't think they turn out that good. guess i'll have to give the recipe another go or find a new recipe. 

i better pick up a nice bottle of Chianti to go with his Ploughman's lunch from Dan Murphy's and do a test run of the panna cotta. and if boo lets me, i might even bake some fresh breads for our Father's Day picnic lunch.