In late Jan as per tradition we camped at our favorite spot in bundeena at the royal national park. We met up with a two of our favourite families over the four days. The kids had a blast playing together. They weren’t fussed by the ominous clouds overhead or the intermittent rain. Every time we […]
Archive for January, 2014
For something different this year, we booked the reptile man to come to Tomas’ birthday party. What a hit! He brought snakes, lizards and a baby crock! As Tomas was the birthday boy he was invited to hold all the reptiles before Matt (aka reptile man) brought the animals around for all the kids to […]
Surprise surprise….in the Hunter Valley, wine tasting is free! Couldn’t believe how much wine we tasted over 2 days! Once again Baka and Dida watched the kids for a couple days so mike and I could get away to the hunter valley wine region – another first for us! We went with Damian and Maddie […]
So with grandparents in the house, Mike and I took the opportunity to get out as often as we could! We went to a bar for new years (a first for us in Oz), went to the movies, and even saw Vampire Weekend in concert! Thanks for that Baka and Dida!
I didn’t think our holiday could get much better and then the in-laws arrived! Yippee! The kids got spoiled -totally expected and welcomed for that matter as that doesn’t happen often! We celebrated Baka’s and Tomas’ birthday; saw the fireworks at Coogee Beach for New Years, went to Taronga Zoo and the Maritime museum, and […]
On boxing day we were expecting our amazing friends Maddie and Damien for dinner plus Maddie’s family who were here from NY! How festive! And they brought a turkey – all dressed and ready to bake! Yum! How I’ve missed turkey! It truly felt like Christmas with these good people at our table. Then there […]
Because we moved on Christmas eve, things were a bit hectic (understandably). We managed to move everything by 4pm Christmas Eve with the help of two movers and our dear friend who watched the kids all day. We invited our dear friends who had watched the kids all day to join us for a BBQ […]