It started with this little invite the night before. Don't fret my friends. I made it cute with leftover scrap paper
How are we traveling in style to Australia (well our TX version)
in my car. But did you catch that I AM DRIVING. Its kinda a big deal bc boys generally drive in my relationship.
Our first stop was the zoo. Since down undah' there are loads of animals I thought we would go on a scavenger hunt for all sorts of animals. I found animals from Australia that would also be at our zoo. I laminated the paper and each person had a dry erase marker to check off what animals they saw.
(If you wanted this to be really cheap you could find animals at the library or bookstore)
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{and here is where I 'ess-plain that I have managed to loose the scavenger chart in just 4 days so you will have to use your imagine chit-lins. Losing things, well, that happens quite a lot around me. Marbles???? }
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yes, the monkey is in fact mooning me
two little cave men
Momma giraffe and new baby giraffe.
And this is what inspired the date.... a high school fundraiser.
Im sorta a big sucker for kids selling things.
We had never been to Outback before as a couple so it was a FIRST!
I heart firsts.
And since this was to the zoo it was really kid-friendly so we brought along our favorite kid.
(yours truly is on the right. The other right. The one WITHOUT heart-shaped glasses)
But we were not quite done so after stuffing ourselves like true Australians
(I have no research to base that on btw)
We played a game that I KNOW is played in Australian because it involves Tim Tams and one of
my best friends is Australian and she told me about it so it must be true...
(that was a really long sentence to say in one breath)
You have to eat as many as possible without using your hands.
for the record... its hard. So back off!
Makana! What a blast! Okay, so Tim Tams... if you don't already know this, you need to: The Tim Tam Slam. You get e cup of delicious and hot hot chocolate. You bite off opposite corners of the Tim Tam (top left, bottom right...), then dip the bottom half into the hot chocolate and suck up the hot chocolate through the cookie through the top half of the cookie. Wait until the chocolate begins to melt in your fingers, then pop the whole thing in your mouth.... it's life changing! It's an official Australian tradition and I've taught it to friends and family for years- it's a huge hit!
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