Christmas Day Highlights

Daddy's 40th Birthday

Christmas Eve, Dec 24 was Evan's daddy (DH) 40th birthday and the day was pretty much full of celebrations.

DH and I went to Catalina at Rose Bay for a nice leisurely lunch. We were there for over 3 hrs. The food was great, the view amazing and to top it off DH favourite celebrity chef, Neil Perry was also there having lunch with his wife. DH was suitably impressed.

After picking up Evan from my mums we headed over to DH family for more birthday celebrations. There was lots of presents and a great Bob the Builder Ice Cream cake. Evan was very excited and "helped" his daddy blow out the candles.

We finally headed home at about 9pm and quickly got things sorted for Santa. Evan (helped by DH) left some carrots and apple for the reindeer, some cookies and a Bacardi Breezer (Watermelon flavour) for Santa.

Then it was sleep time and I am sure we all went to sleep dreaming of the man in RED.

Another Murray Experience

The second Wiggles concert was just as good as the first. Only this time they were filming it for a forthcoming live DVD.... gulp, wish I had known as I would have got a bit more glammed up.

We had front row and lets just say the cameras were constantly in our faces and on our kids. My sister and her 2 kids, plus my mum were part of the group. Of course mum and sis were fully made up, so they will look great.

Murray came down into the audience again and Evan went running up to him and pulled his sleeve. It was so cute, Murray remembered him from the day before and asked his name, then said "hello Evan" and gave him a hi5. Evan was pretty excited.

Lights Camera Action.... Wiggles!

Today was the first of two Wiggles shows that Evan will be going too. He is such a lucky boy to be going twice. We had 2nd row seats today, so of course I was able to get some great pics and video of the show.

Evan was pretty much awestruck for the first 3/4 of the show... lol. Hopefully by tomorrow he will be an old hand and be singing and dancing from the begining. By the time he got into it today, the show was almost over.

We were in a great position near the stairs where the performers (incl. Wiggles) went up and down the stairs to go out into the audience. So Evan got to shake everyones hand.

The highlight was when Murray was collecting Roses for Dorothy and came over to Evan to get his, he said to Evan, "love ya shirt!" and gave him a pat on the head. Evan (and his mummy) was very excited. Anthony also pointed to the shirt from the stage and gave him a thumbs up.

Tomorrow we have front row seats so it should be just as interesting.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Our Christmas tree has been up for a couple of weeks now, its definitely a work in progress. We seem to have aquired decorations for every pixar film or Disney character. Evan loves the Cars decorations, but gets a bit frustrated that they won't move along, as they don't have spinning wheels.

He loves his Christmas tree and tells everyone to "come and see my pretty tree" ... LOL its so cute.

Wait till he sees what Santa puts under the tree for him....

What A Beautiful Day

Last month U2 finally came back to town after an absence of more than 9 years. I went to all 3 Sydney concerts and the show was just amazing. Here are some pics of the show. My friend Sandra and I were against the barrier (stage) for the 3rd show. It was amazing.

One of the security guards took this shot, look at the crowd behind us!! It was great to be so close.

Happy 60th Birthday Mum

My mum recently celebrated her 60th birthday. We all went up to visit her at their holiday place at the Entrance, then headed for lunch at the Mingara Club. Evan had a great time as usual with Yaya (my mum) and his cousins. He was so exhausted that he fell asleep before we even got out of the car park.

Mum looks pretty good for 60. What do you think?

Jumping Castle Fun

Last week was Evan's daycare Christmas party. It was held in the adjacent park and was lots of fun. They had 2 jumping castles which were a hit with all the kids. Evan didn't want to go near them for the first hour, but then realised that all his friends were on there having a great time. After a bit of prodding, he finally gave it a try... and wouldn't get off...LOL

Gingerbread Making

I can't believe its been almost 2 months since I last updated. I just never seem to have enough time to get online these days. Working fulltime has its advantages and disadvantages, however I really value the time I spend with Evan and don't want to waste it being online.

Last weekend we went over to my sister's house to bake gingerbread for Christmas. Evan had a great time with his cousins. Helping to roll out the dough with his little rolling pin and cutting out all the Christmas shapes. Rollie helped with the rolling too.

We even managed to make and decorate a gingerbread house. Here is the end result, as you can see my neice is pretty proud of it.