Having a newborn in the house again has been fun but you definitely have to plan better and prioritise things so unfortunately the blog has been low on the list. So this is a recap of the weeks leading up to Christmas.
The arrival of Por Por
My mom arrived from SA a few days after Zach was born and we are so thankful that she's here to help out. The kids are loving having her here and she's enjoying the interaction with them. Soon after she arrived, we celebrated her birthday, the first one that the kids have celebrated with her.
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Por Por's birthday
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Visitors to Sydney
Then my cousin and her boyfriend are currently traveling around the world and had a pitstop on Sydney. It's been 2.5 years since I last saw my cousin and the first time we met her boyfriend. Again, the kids loved having these visitors as it meant more play mates, desserts after dinner and late nights.
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| Heng and Thomas meeting Zach |
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| Heng and Thomas entertaining Justin and Ava |
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Just chilling at the beach one Friday evening
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Zach's Moon Yuet
Zach turned one month old at the end of October but instead of having a moon yuet for him, we invited the family out for dinner at a Chinese restaurant. On the menu...lots of seafood...yummm
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| Proud Por Por |
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| Kau Kau and Kau Mo snuggling the newest addition |
Getting ready for Christmas
Justin and Ava had their end of year concert and it was so cute seeing the kids singing and dancing. Ava was very shy (which is very unusual hahahaha) and Justin was concentrating really hard on his dance moves and the words to the songs. Our little big boy also graduated from pre-school...the first of many graduations we hope. Even though it's only pre-school, we were all so proud of him and made it such a big deal....next stop...kindergarten or BIG school! Yikes...
In the main shopping strip in the city, there was a massive Christmas tree made of Lego. Seeing as Justin loves his Lego, we thought it would be nice to take them. It was pretty spectacular but we didn't see the light show at this tree as it was late afternoon. We then meandered over to Martin Place to see their annual light show and Christmas tree but it wasn't as impressive as the previous year because we missed the light show.
However, we made a separate and special trip into the city to see the lights at St Mary's Cathedral and that was pretty spectacular. The theme this year was the '12 Days of Christmas'.
On another Sunday we braved the crowds and went to Carols at Coogee. We only went at 6pm but most of the people seemed to have been there the whole day. Luckily we found a spot close enough to the stage with no drunk people around us. I'm glad we went so late because the concert was only starting at 8pm but at 6pm it was still hot and not a single cloud in the sky so at least we weren't unbearably hot for a long period of time....2hrs was enough! We decided not to pack a picnic but instead bought take away burgers from Moo Burgers which I had been craving even while I was pregnant with Zach so that really hit the spot. We all enjoyed the carols concert and the fireworks show at the end was quite a sight.
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| Justin and Ava made and decorated the 'smallest gingerbread house' (Justin's exact words!!!) |
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| End of year concert |
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| End of year concert |
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| Our graduate |
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So proud of Justin
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| Martin Place Christmas Tree |
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| The light show at St Mary's Cathedral |
