Aunty Tan Tan, April 2006 in Sydney

Here is Tan Tan with Ben (above) and Chelsea (below) at dinner. Chelsea is in the background on the piano. We were pleasantly surprised at her innate ability.

The girls are playing with Ben's Bob the builder toy tools, they are trying to floss Tan's teeth with her underwear!
I am going to get this photo printed for Janny.....

At home in Sydney, 9-20 April 2006

Georgia has got into Aunty TanTan's makeup, luckily there were no smears on Janny's (grandma's) white lounge.
Photo taken by Chelsea, Janny, Georgia and Jen at dinner.
A very tired Chelsea with her makeup well applied by Georgia.
Ben's had his third bath of the day in the laundry tubs after missing the potty and making a huge mess (yes, both types of mess!) during dinner.
Here is Ben with makeup and a bloody nose from banging into Jannys bedhead.

Sat 15.4.06, High Tea @ The Intercontinental

We had a girls day out today at the Intercontinental for HighTea.
http://http://www.sydney.intercontinental.com/the_cortile.htm
Highly recommended, service was great and buffet was well stocked and maintained. I loved how they served champagne with your tea!!! The girls loved getting dressed up, but the highlight for them was riding up and down in the old wire cage lift. Greg took Ben down to Collaroy beach for his special day out.

Good Friday 14th April 2006

On day 5 of our Sydney holiday, Tanya and I took the kids to Taronga Zoo. Greg was lucky enough to enjoy a day of solitude!!!! Tanya and I were fortunate to grow up only 15 minutes from the Zoo, so it is very familiar to us. I think that it is one of the best Zoo's in the world. It was Ben's first trip to the zoo and he loved it, boy he was exhausted by the end of the day. The new elephant exhibit was open but no elephants, apparently they are still in quarantine. The new food court was good, great skinny mocha's. Perfect Sydney weather then home to Mum's for champagne, fresh prawns and Atlantic salmon on the BBQ, cooked by master chef - a well rested Greg!

12th April, 2006 The show

My sister, Tanya and I, took the girls to the Sydney Royal Easter Show. This is the first time the girls have been. I haven't been for nearly 20 years (showing my age here!) Of course Sydney had a heat wave on the day we went, it was 32 degrees. We had a great time. The new venue is great, no seats in the shade though. It was a very expensive day, I spent about $250.00 for the 3 of us. We didn't go on any rides as we go to the Gold Coast theme parks at least 4-6 times every year. The show bags were only average, the girls loved their Winx club ones and Ben thought that the Bob the Builder bags were fantastic. We all got 3 bags each. The best value ones were the womens magazines ( Donna hays, Better homes and gardens etc) I have got a taste for the new "CHAI" coffees from a sample in a bag. http://http://www.eastershow.com.au/
The girls can't wait until August when the show arrives in Brisbane http:///www.ekka.com.au

Something for Ben's 21st Birthday

This is the typical face of a two year old. I will be saving this one for Ben's 21st birthday.

Camping at Neurum Creek Bush Retreat (near Woodford).

We had a great weekend camping last week, 24-26.3.2006 at Neurum Creek Bush Retreat (near Woodford). Excellent facilities, we will definitely be going back. Check it out at http://www.ncbr.com.au . There was a great creek with a hiding platypus and a waterhole.

The top photo is Georgia swimming at the creek.

The 2nd photo is Chelsea

The 3rd photo is the girls and their cousin Brooke.
It was Ben's first time camping and he loved it!!!

Cubby house outside 03/2006

The kids built a cubby house, they did it all by themselves and had a great time. Of course they left everything outside, but this is just what kids do!!!

Tired flat day

Ben had me up at 4.15 am today, I couldn't get back to sleep, so I just stayed up..... Paying for it now!
Went to the Gym to get rid of the tiredness and sore neck- too much time on the computer researching Shanghai. It worked for a while, but I am tired and stiff and sore tonight.. Hopefully a second champagne will cure me.
This photo is from last week, it was my Birthday!!! I have decided to stop being 32 ( I have been this for a few years now) and upgrade to 34. Not the truth of course but who is to know!!!

Day 2 of Blog

Here we are day 2.... what do I write, do I spill the beans of everything... or do I think about who is going to read this and what they will think?

It is the middle of March and still stinkin hot , I so can't wait for winter. I love my jeans! I want a day temp of 23 degrees, perfect for jeans t-shirt and joggers. I also want a night time temp of10 degrees, perfect for flannette sheets and a doona.

I am still madly researching Shanghai , where to live, what school for the kids and where to go shopping!!!!! etc . I wonder how we will go living through a Chinese winter? ( I am definately weather fixated today.

Georgia is home sick today, nasty cough and runny nose. She is so sick that she wasn't overly worried about missing her friends birthday party this afternoon. Chelsea is still going and we will leave Ben at kindy until the party is finnished. Greg's associate from Sydney is up for 3 days and will be staying with us. Thai tonight.. Darryl knows how much I like this for dinner!

We are looking forward to our trip to Sydney for Easter ( I might have a chance to wear some of my new jeans). My sister, TanTan has got lots planned for the girls, poor Ben though, at 2.5years of age he is too small to go.

No photos today, I have tried 3 times to upload but it is just not working.

My first ever Blog

How exciting, a blog of my own!
I want to get this up and running in preparation for our relocation to Shanghai, hopefully later this year.
Now all I have to do is lerarn how to work everything!
This my favourite current photo, Christmas day in the pool.