On the last day of school, Kate’s friend Jessica threw a surprise pool party for her, and a whole group of them spent the afternoon splashing about in the pool. Kate loved it. She will miss her friends next year, but is looking forward to making a whole lot of new friends, in fact she has already been emailing some of the girls in Canada, getting to know them already. On the other end, after much deliberation the Graces have decided to send Charlee and Adam to Picnic Point Public School, where Kate currently attends (and Alex used to). Even though PPPS is not the closest school (Panania is the closest), it seemed more logical for the kids to go there since there is a ready-made support group of parents, staff and kids who are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our Canadian friends.

The other key factor was Natalie, who looks after Kate before and after school on the days Donna works. While we are away, Natalie offered to look after the Grace kids, which would be really useful if Heidi is planning to pick up a bit of work while she is here. Not only that, but Charlee and Adam are the same ages as Nat’s kids, Brittany and Ethan. After talking with the principal at PPPS it was agreed that the four kids could be in the same class together, which will be an excellent arrangement. Added to that is the fact that when Kate gets back from Canada early, she will be able to go back to school where Charlee attends, and in fact has been also placed in the same class. Kate’s looking forward to this, so she gets to spend a bit of time getting to know Charlee while she is in Australia as well.