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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 12153" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Good morning (Aussie time) on Australia Day. We're heading to the local zoo as soon as we can get out whatever together. difficult child 3 has been up early watching his b'day present from his siblings - Cars on DVD. We're still scraping ourselves out of bed, I've got some online paperwork to do before we go, then it's a holiday. Until I get home to more paperwork (two articles to write).</p><p></p><p>Australia Day - it's midsummer, so we eat summer stuff. Salads, barbecues - the emphasis in ads is on eating lamb because it's patriotic (supports our farmers). There is still some controversy over the Aussie flag flying, because some thugs have used it in the recent past to bully people (especially those with apparent Middle-Eastern descent). And today we have our state opposition leader (flamin' idiot) making a speech in our area (where the riots happened so recently) talking about 'practical multiculturalism', which even his own party are nervous about. And it's pure electioneering, which shouldn't be happening today.</p><p></p><p>Today is also a day where we increasingly have to be sensitive to the Aboriginal communities, for whom this is a day of invasion. We have a lot of reconciling to do.</p><p></p><p>For us - Aussie burgers after the zoo. They're still beef burgers, but each one is the size of a dinner plate, it's loaded with salad and sliced beetroot as well as the beef pattie. Options to include are cheese (Aussie cheddar), bacon and egg. And pineapple. Try and wrap your laughing gear around that lot!</p><p></p><p>We showed easy child the photos we took at the filming yesterday. We weren't allowed to take photos of any stars but the costumes were more important to our kids anyway. And after having heard that blasted Animal Conga music for hours and hours yesterday, I still can't get it out of my head. It was playing in my head ALL NIGHT!</p><p></p><p>They said to us as we left, "See you at the wrap party!" This was from the director, so hopefully things should eventuate. We'll keep you all posted when it comes out but from what we've seen in the attention to detail in the filming and the script, this is going to be a great film for families with kids like ours. VERY difficult child.</p><p></p><p>And why? The director is also the writer, she's based it on her own family. Her brother was there yesterday - it was his birthday, we all sang for him. He is non-verbal but can sign. It was interesting - at a glance he seems normal, but not to a difficult child or a Warrior Mum. difficult child 1 saw him first and asked, "Is that bloke autistic?" and within seconds, a couple of other mums wandered past and asked me the same thing. All we could see of him, in the crowd, was fifty metres away.</p><p></p><p>I've gotta go, the kids are getting impatient.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 12153, member: 1991"] Good morning (Aussie time) on Australia Day. We're heading to the local zoo as soon as we can get out whatever together. difficult child 3 has been up early watching his b'day present from his siblings - Cars on DVD. We're still scraping ourselves out of bed, I've got some online paperwork to do before we go, then it's a holiday. Until I get home to more paperwork (two articles to write). Australia Day - it's midsummer, so we eat summer stuff. Salads, barbecues - the emphasis in ads is on eating lamb because it's patriotic (supports our farmers). There is still some controversy over the Aussie flag flying, because some thugs have used it in the recent past to bully people (especially those with apparent Middle-Eastern descent). And today we have our state opposition leader (flamin' idiot) making a speech in our area (where the riots happened so recently) talking about 'practical multiculturalism', which even his own party are nervous about. And it's pure electioneering, which shouldn't be happening today. Today is also a day where we increasingly have to be sensitive to the Aboriginal communities, for whom this is a day of invasion. We have a lot of reconciling to do. For us - Aussie burgers after the zoo. They're still beef burgers, but each one is the size of a dinner plate, it's loaded with salad and sliced beetroot as well as the beef pattie. Options to include are cheese (Aussie cheddar), bacon and egg. And pineapple. Try and wrap your laughing gear around that lot! We showed easy child the photos we took at the filming yesterday. We weren't allowed to take photos of any stars but the costumes were more important to our kids anyway. And after having heard that blasted Animal Conga music for hours and hours yesterday, I still can't get it out of my head. It was playing in my head ALL NIGHT! They said to us as we left, "See you at the wrap party!" This was from the director, so hopefully things should eventuate. We'll keep you all posted when it comes out but from what we've seen in the attention to detail in the filming and the script, this is going to be a great film for families with kids like ours. VERY difficult child. And why? The director is also the writer, she's based it on her own family. Her brother was there yesterday - it was his birthday, we all sang for him. He is non-verbal but can sign. It was interesting - at a glance he seems normal, but not to a difficult child or a Warrior Mum. difficult child 1 saw him first and asked, "Is that bloke autistic?" and within seconds, a couple of other mums wandered past and asked me the same thing. All we could see of him, in the crowd, was fifty metres away. I've gotta go, the kids are getting impatient. Marg [/QUOTE]
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