She arrived in Ottawa early, early in the morning on Saturday after 48 hours or so of travel, delayed flights, landing in Ottawa (and not being allowed off the plane since it had been re-routed from Toronto), going to Toronto, being denied a night's sleep in a hotel since there were only 5 Aussie girls and no chaperones, then landing in Ottawa at 1:15 am.Phew!
She was able to get a little sleep on Saturday morning before some time with the family and sharing presents. She brought us many wonderful things from her homeland, including some outstanding Aussie national footballs shirts for the all of the boys, including daddy, some really neat books, boomerangs for Big C and Monkey, delightful artwork and candles for Saje and some great songs on CD (and that was not even the complete list). Here is Aussie reading the book about 'The Cocky who cried Dingo!" to Monkey
and here's Big C sporting his new shirt on the runway. 
We were blown away by the generosity of her and her family. With just a few short hours to settle in, the party was ready to begin, but not before a quick break outside in the 10 degree 'heat' of a fine November day to blow some bubbles in the yard.
We invited over a few teenage girls her age who'd be going to her school
as well as about 15 adults and their children (about 22 or so of them too). 
Aussie had a fantastic time and got to meet many of our friends while sharing some turkey dinner and all of the fixin's. A great time was had by all.The boys have already taken to her like a big sister (here she is with Big C playing Lego in the basement)
and we already think of her as a daughter. We're overjoyed she's a part of our family for the next few months and can't wait to make some fabulous memories together.
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