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Lockdown fun

 Q: Things to do stuck at home that we’ve never done before?


A: Depends on what you want to achieve. We’ve been in lockdown since 5 August last year and only started going out end of March this year. So we’ve celebrated quite a few birthdays at home. 


Plenty of stuff to do. Our lockdown Birthday tradition includes a bubble ball bath if there’s such a term — bubble bath with pit balls. 


If it’s summer where you are, there’s plenty of outdoor fun. There’s the blow up pool, with super cool floaters with sprinkles or you can make your own water sprinklers. So much fun. Go all out.


Lately, we’ve been feeding the cockatoos and colorful birds at 6pm in the evenings. They also feed early in the mornings but the kids can’t get up on time. I have learned what different species of birds love eating — the colorful birds love fruits while the cockatoos love bread. The magpies eat about anything but they’re too afraid of the cockatoos to come near. I know it’s feeding time when I hear pterodactyls screaming from the rooftops. Cockatoos are really loud.


If indoors, we run a restaurant or cafe with real but different cuisines depending on which real life cafe you want to go to but can’t because of the lockdown — Google Images the menu, and photo reviews to choose our order from that particular restaurant or breakfast cafe and cook it up. Ordering has to be a few days in advance so ingredients get delivered on time. Yes, we’ve signed up for free online delivery for groceries above a small amount. So we end up going to healthy breakfast places — smoothie bowls are so healthy and fun and there are some super cute smoothie bowls on Google Images to compete with. We also love baking, etc. My daughter wants to be a hotel manager so she loves fine dining and decorating the dining room to look like a hotel. She also does Room Service. Haven’t tried the in house laundry yet. It’s free. 


Did I mention the masseuse? They use their feet…. I’ve yet to draw footprints on a t-shirt for them to step on.

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