Last weekend I took Sienna to the racetrack. They had a Family Day.
We got there about 10:15am but found out they don’t start until midday so we went to find a train into the city. It turns out there are no trains to Ascot on weekends and you need to find a bus. The train station is unmanned and they don’t have a map to the nearest bus stop, just a timetable saying to get a rail bus at whatever street. We walked around for a bit until we found a bus stop, but it wasn’t the right one. Then we found a major road with bus stops. Just after we got there a bus came and we got on and headed for the big city.
I took Sienna to the Krispy Kreme shop and we picked up a donut each. They also gave us free donuts to eat while they served us so we had two donuts each. I also had a coffee and Sienna had some of a boysenberry icecream in a cup.
When we finished we checked out Harvey Norman and the Rocking Horse record shop. I showed vinyls and a record player to Sienna and we headed back to the bus stop as it was nearing time for our ride back. We caught the bus within about 10 minutes and got to the racetrack just after they opened.
They had fairy floss so we got some of that and found a big wind tunnel for kids to run through so she did that a few times then she went on a swinging boat and saw Shrek walking around.
We bought some lunch and sat down to listen to the races and watch one race. I wanted Sienna to get her face painted so we lined up and she sat next to some kids sitting opposite the face painter. After some time it became apparent the kids were not in line so we found the line and lined up behind some kids. Unfortunately, some women in their 20s said the line was further down behind them because they were there to get their faces painted like fairy kids too. What the hell? I said "You are getting your faces painted too? What??" They said yes and that we needed to line up behind them as well. Since there was about 10 women lined up revisiting their childhood I said there was no point waiting. At 6-7 minutes per person and about 20 people (including kids) lined up before us there was no way we were waiting over an hour in line. I could not believe that grown women would make 5yo kids wait an hour behind them so they could look immature.
We left and headed home for some rest.
Sunday we got up and went to the local Bowling Alley. Sienna had never bowled before so it was a treat for her. We played a couple of games and had lunch there. We also played on the arcade games in the alley and won some tickets which SIenna cashed in on a candy bracelet. She’d never had one before so I had to show her it’s okay to eat the candy on the bracelet. As she ate it, we drove home. On the way I passed a paddock with a windmill and saw a big sign out the front FREE FAMILY SHOW! I turned around and came back. We drove in and walked around to see what was there. They had a guy demonstrating sand sculpting. I helped Sienna make a big castle. The sand had clay in it so it was easy to sculpt. After we did that we lined up with the face painter there. We were lucky to be the second last people to be served as they were near closing. We lined up for about 45 mins and Sienna started races with the girl behind us, running back and forth. She got a flower painted on her face which she was very proud of and we headed home again.
A week or so ago Mil suggested I try out a Facebook application called "Human Pets". She said you meet people there and make friends and it’s a lot of fun. You can also go to HumanPets.com and sign up and link it to your Facebook HumanPets account. I paid the USD$15 and it came to about AUD$15.71 Gotta love it when the American dollar tanks! I’m on HumanPets quite often now. I am on every morning and every afternoon until about 11pm or so depending on if my friend in Western Australia is on or not. She usually is 
It’s about time I got ready for work so now I’m off!
