Melbourne cup lunch

Tuesday 6 November

 

Eleven of us met at the Manly Bowling club

for a Melbourne cup lunch.

 

My first Melbourne cup lunch since I retired.

 

 

My friends use to go every years.

I use to be very envious as I had to stay back

to look after the children whose mothers

were enjoying themselves

 

 our table

pre-dinner drinks

L-R Rhian, Todd her husband, Ian, Martha and her husband.

We did not know that we will be having a glass of

champagne with a strawberry before lunch was serve.

 Jenny and Anne

Tricia, I love her hat

 

 

me and the chef

 

 cold chicken, ham and pasta salad,( I did not have any)

 rib, I had one and cold beef, did not have any

 

and tomato, I did not have any my plate was full

 roasted vegetables

 potato salad

 the green salad was left intact.

they should have put it at the beginning.

I usually put the salad on my plate and the meat on top

 

there was also a curried prawn

and rice (not photograph, you know what it look like)

enjoying my rib

you bet Claude did not see this photo that Martha took.

she just e mail it to me.

 Tricia and Martha

 

 in the spirit

 

 

Tricia pretty hat.

 

Martha and Camille had big black hats

 

 that remind me, I was wearing this pretty clip

of 3 frangipinis on the left side

Claude took this photo today but I had my hair cut

this afternoon so it look a bit different.

Around the lake

Sunday 4 November

 

 

I packed up a picnic and we went for a

walk around (nearly around)

Narrabeen Lake.

 

We started at the new refurbished park

and walk to the sailing club,

where we had our lunch

 

 on our way back, we stopped at the Boatshed cafe

for a coffee. And we watched the people, quite

entertaining.

view from our table

 a bit further we saw a duck with only 1 duckling.

I took these photos for Summer, Pam 4 years old

grand daughter who love duck.

Furthest point we walk to.

They have not completed the loop yet.

They have to build a bridge across to the sport

academy. It should be finished by 2015.



School fete

Saturday 3 November

 

 

Again we were up very early.

Joshua cry very early but I did not

go to him and he slept again.

 

Mykaela's school is having a fete.

Jo is one of the organiser.

Shane, Claude and Paul are some

of the helpers

 

Joshua enjoying the activities

 

Maddie is in a band

 Amelia and her little friend from Kindy

are butterflies.

Amelia does not like the feeling of the paint

on her face.

 Joshua love the lambs

 Claude and Shane selling rides tickets

one of the teacher being dunked

 



Amelia is VERY BUSY

Friday2 November

Awake at 5am.

We were then 4 in a bed, but not for long

as both children were ready to start their day.

 both children love that horse.

we moved Joshua a bit forwards and then he

could have 1 foot on the bar and rock himself.

 Claude must a done a wrong move.

he suddenly had a backache.

Amelia told him to lie down.

and she covered his bottom with a scarf

and proceed to make him better.

We were so amazed, our very own doctor

Doctor Amelia Kay Andre.

(sound even good)

 

Fixing grand dad's hairs

 it took a lot of concentration.

 oh so pretty!!!!!!

 meanwhile, Joshua was having

a photo session.

 wearing his daddy's pants

I did a photo of Amelia with the same outfit.

 Morning tea at Gloria Jean

New tea set....

well this tea set was for Joshua as she is always

complaining that he take cups and plates away

from her game.

But she conned him out of it and gave him the

old tea set.

 

 

The tea pot has 4 or 5 different lids

and they all play a tunes, or make noises.

 

 the little mother.

one baby in bed

 

and the other in the pram.

 

Joshua was funny...he try to sit in the pram

and it kept on moving away from him

and he was quite aggro, then I found him

in the cot....

 

 

 

 



Jo is sick

Thursday 1 November

I had a very busy morning:
7.30 am Mall walk
9. am weekly shopping
10. 30 am Home to bring the shopping
11am gym for a stretch class
12 aerobic class
1.35pm home for lunch
Around 3-3.15pm phone call from Shane
IN CHINA!!!!!
He rang to let us know that Jo was sick
and if I could go and collect the kids.
I left straight away, in my dirty gym clothes.
At that time of the day with so many school
zones and 40km/h it took me more than 1hour
and the same coming back home.
The kids were great.

 Happy little man

Playing with my serviette ring

Grandparent morning visit

Wednesday 31 October
Mykaela' school is having a dress rehearsal for
their concert. Only 2 tickets per family.
So the director being a new grand mother
thought of the idea of inviting the grandparent
to the dress rehearsal, followed by a morning tea
and a look in the classrooms.

 stage ready

 on the left Maddie, she is Mykaela friend.
I could not take a photo of Mykaela she
was too far on the other side and too
many heads in the way.

 Bob, Mykaela paternal grand father, Ada Jo's grand mother
Jeanette Jo's stepmother and her dad

and me. So Mykaela had a lot of people to applaud her.
We had a lovely morning and some nice teachers and the director
came to talk to us.