Sunshine Christmas

This is our fourth Christmas in Melbourne and finally a proper hot one. So far each year has managed to be only around 19 or 20 degrees, but clearly since we have a pool this year we were hoping for something a little hotter. Today has been around 28 degrees so we've managed to spend a lot of it outside. We've had a busy 24 hours with Stacey & Kai's wedding yesterday which was also outside at Mt. Waverley in Melbourne. You can see some of those pictures here. It was another scorcher so the kids were wilting in the sun a bit. Christmas Eve night was spent putting up a neighbours trampoline and getting our own two's pressies ready.
So today has been quite a relaxing Christmas, the kids got up about 6:15am and Ethan was the most excited we've ever seen him. I think by 5 you REALLY look forward to Christmas! The pair of them have been high as kites all day - still playing as I type. Ethan's main present was a new bike while Aidan's was a pedal tractor - but they've spent most of the day playing with the myriad of Lego, Playmobil, Wall-E stuff etc etc. You can see some of todays pictures here.

Hope everyone reading this is well and have a great Christmas too !!! Merry Christmas all.

Ethan Graduates

Hopefully not for the last time in his life...... Ethan has graduated. OK, it may only be his graduation from Kinder, but its a start for the boy! Lets see if this blog is running in 16 years time and he's getting his real one. We hope so.... In Feb he starts primary school, which is 6 months later than he would of started in the UK due to when the school years start here. They recon that they are better prepared to cope if they go later. So watch out for the Febuary update of blubbing parent / grandparent leaving him on his first day!