Helloooooo one and all.
As we hurtle headlong towards Christmas I have to say that it is difficult to feel Christmasy. It is very strange indeed. Despite people putting in lots of effort and tastefully and splendidly decorating their homes with thousands of Christmas lights you only get to see them late at night. Our lovely neighbour Graham for instance has bedecked his house creating a wonderland complete with near full size dancing singing Santa and much more but in order for our kids to stand there slack jawed in awe (which they have done) we have to keep them up until gone nine pm. No problem I hear you cry, tis Christmas after all but then we have to endure tired stroppy kids the next day as they still insist on getting up the same time.
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| Graham and Joylene's house, our lovely neighbours opposite. |
Rob and Alison (aka Grandad and Gran) have arrived with us to spend Christmas and New Year. I hope they bought Factor 1000 suncream and the forecast for Christmas eve is 37C. and it is on line to be the hottest Christmas day in Adelaide since the 1980's. Tom took the morning off school to come and meet them from the airport.
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| Welcome Gran and Grandad! |
Lucy's birthday unsurprisingly was a pink affair. She decided she wanted a princess fairy castle birthday cake so we had a go. It was much harder than anything else we've tried but she loved it. Although I am sure if we had just piled up a large quantity of pink icing and written her name on it she would have been equally happy!
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| Cake glorious cake! |
It was also Rob's birthday and he wanted a princess fairy cake but he had to make do with a piece of Lucy's.
Tom had his Christmas concert at school which was a cute little tale about a wombat trying to get a part in the Nativity Play. Tom and his friend Jack were the narrators and Tom just lapped it up, loving the limelight. He had learned his lines really well and even had to prompt the prompt when she got lost!!
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| Tom and Jack |
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Tom also had his last day at school and it was a non uniform day. Tom needed a haircut badly so I cut his hair badly for his last day. He wanted a mohican and that is roughly what he got. He was as pleased as punch but I removed it after the weekend
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| Before! |
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| After! |
Tom and Lucy have been getting on so well with their swimming. Tom is always first in the pool at home but also the first out as he has zero fat or chub to keep him warm. Lucy on the other had take a little longer to get in but would stay in for hours if you let her. They can now both swim the width of our pool without armbands.
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| Lucy contemplating a career in synchronised swimming! |
We went to Victor Harbor (no U) last weekend and just as when Paddy and Val were over and we went there it also rained nearly all the time. It didn't dampen our spirits just our clothing!
We did the usual tram ride and the lovely driver let Tom and Lucy hold the reins all the way over and feed carrots to the Horse that was also named Thomas.
Tom has had his operation this week. He had his Tonsils out, his Adenoids done and both his Grommets in his ears redone. He has managed really well although he has been quite tired since.
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Anyway, it has taken me about a week to get this blog out, snatching a few minutes here and there to get it done so it has rolled on and is now Christmas Eve here and five to one in the morning of Christmas eve in the UK. So Merry Christmas to you all and have a wonderful fun filled Christmas time and a peaceful New Year. We'll see many of you very soon.
