Finally, another blog from me!  It's been 2 weeks exactly since we got back and I've been very busy with everyday life and catching up on all the things that pile up over 5 weeks...  One thing I really noticed (other than my own bed!) was the sound of frogs at night and birds and crickets during the day - the sounds of God's nature around our house. 
The last morning in KL, we had a wakeup call at 5am and we were in the taxi to the airport by 6am.  We only had a little bit of time to spare once we had sorted out our problems with our baggage...the good deal (I thought) of 80 euros each for the extra boxes to get to Australia, was actually only to KL!!  That could have been because we had a 2 night stopover there, but be warned!!  I was sure they had told me on the phone it was for Holland to Australia, but anyway...
We had a really good flight from 9.30am to about 3pm.  Maddi slept well twice.  She was well behaved and easy (as usual) while another baby nearby was crying and screaming a lot.  Once again, I'm very thankful for how easy Maddi is!
I got through customs etc. relatively fast because they let the people with little kids through first.  I nearly thought I was going to have trouble with the customs lady I went through as I accidentally ran over her toe with my (very) heavy baggage trolley.  I didn't realise it was so bad but she got quite mad and really limped back to her desk and acted quite grumpy.  I apologised again and she finally got over it.  I had all the food and wooden items etc. I had bought in one suitcase, so it was just a matter of her checking it all and it was all fine.  I couldn't push Maddi (in the pram) and the baggage trolley very well (Dad and Wiwik were way behind me) so the lady offered to help which was nice, though I did warn her to stay right away from me and the trolley!!
We stayed at Howdie's (Steve's brother) for the night before we travelled back to Albany the next day.  The kids loved playing in his pool that night and in the morning, though they were a bit scared of his (big) Great Dane puppy!

The kids waving to my plane

Yay!  Finally home!

The kids were really happy to see Maddi (and me!)

A hug from big sister

Maddi wasn't too sure about Steve at first, but she
got used to him pretty quickly!

The teddies decided not to stay in Holland and
asked if the kids (with Anne Bosveld in the photo)
 could adopt them.

Back to our crazy family

Being back home is very nice, especially when you have
some different things to play with...

...or a good book to read.