Sydney for the Weekend

As swimming lessons were cancelled for the weekend due to a carnival, I took the girls up to Sydney to see everyone. Had a great weekend but I was so exhausted when we got back. We had a great morning tea with some friends from school, then went to a work function with my sister Monique which had a kiddy farm, face painting and Squeeky the clown – too much fun! We had a lovely afternoon tea for my Nanna’s 75th birthday. On Sunday mum and Dad had a BBQ and I got to catch up with my cousins from Adelaide. Nikki has been living in Japan for the past 18 months. I caught up with her when she got back and popped into Canberra, but I hadn’t seen Sara since I got married almost 5 years ago. It was the first time that we had met Sara’s fiance Josh.
I love being in Sydney but the travelling takes it out of me, plus I find it so hard to catch up with everyone that I really want to see. I missed out on seeing my friend Shel and her family because we simply ran out of time.

This is Kya (wearing my boots) with Fred. I got Fred for my 1st birthday and he has been much loved and played with (so much so that this is not the original Fred, it is replacement Fred!)

My sister Kat HATES having her photo taken, but she really is so gorgeous and should let us take more pics of her.

Happy Birthday Papua New Guinea

On 16th September we celebrated the 32nd anniversary of PNG Independence. We attended the Ecumenical service and communal lunch with Tangis. The girls dressed in their meri blouses that Bubu sent down from Alotau (they looked absolutely gorgeous). We had a lovely day catching up with everyone. I miss spending time in the PNG community and hope that as the girls grow older that we can get a bit more involved so that they can be involved in the traditional dancing and singing learn different things about their culture from their elders.

Father's Day

Daddy came over for lunch on Father's Day and the girls gave him the fantastic gifts that they had made at day care. Mali had done a special hanky with her handprints on it (I got his framed) and Kya had done a "World's Best Dad" Award.

Swimming Lessons

Kya and Mali have started swimming lessons this term and they are absolutely loving it. Their lessons are more about water awareness than actual swimming, with lots of singing and games. Great fun! Daddy takes them in and he is enjoying it too!

The Lunar Eclipse

We were fortunate to see a lunar eclipse on at the end of August which was really spectacular (it was also a blood moon). Kya was quite fascinated by it.

New Dollies!

Dear Sarah,

Thank you so much for giving us your beautiful dolls – as you can see we are having so much fun playing with them.

Love from Lulu and Mimi xxx