Our first true Aussie Christmas

So as you may have worked out from the last blog. Christmas starts early here in Australia with the Christmas Pageants. In Adelaide this is normal the first weekend of November. As you know after 6 Christmas in Australia I finally went to see this year's pageant with Georgia and Jason's eldest two children.



The beginning of December started with the arrival of Felicity's new christmas top from Gran and Gramps and the annual Christmas photo shoot with daddy. Here are just a few.

Come on I'm ready.






And after the shoot all good models need a good breakfast, so we headed to one of our favourite Adelaide Hill's cafe.



During the second weekend of December we made a Christmas Tree our weekend project.

First we had to go and pick our tree




Then we had to check it was just right




Then Daddy cut it down


Once we got it home we had to decorate the tree. What fun we had.
Follow me and I'll show you.


Mummy showed me how you first put the lights on






Then the tinsel.


This is going in my room


After completing the decorations I examined the tree for a long time and decided that there was something missing.






So on Sunday morning Mummy and I made some salt dough decorations to go on the tree. Mummy tired to get me to do different ones but I was happy with just stars.




The rest of December was spent catching up with friends at BBQs. And all occasions I introduced some of my friends to Pilates Granny.





On Christmas Eve Mummy took Daddy, Judy (Mummy's Friend) and I to the Crib Service at the Cathedral, where I got to dress up as an angle. Daddy then took us all to the pub for a pint before home for christmas tea.


And once I'd placed my special white Bear on my chair to keep an eye out for Father Christmas I went to bed.


When I woke up the next day look what I found under the christmas tree for me.
A big bear and my own bike.



After we'd opened presents we had breakfast and I had to wait to open my presents from the UK, so I turned them into building blocks, a slide for my Big Bear and a seat for me.






And after spending the afternoon with my friend Daisy we came home to water the garden with my new toy from Georgia and Jason.




On Boxing day we head to Georgia and Jason's for a bike ride to the park.






The following day Mummy and Daddy took me on the bikes to Belair National Park and then on Bank Holiday Monday we went to a beach where Daddy could do some four wheel driving and I could practice riding my bike.









I hope you have enjoyed my December blog. We wish you all a Happy New Year and look forward to catching up with as many as possible in 2016.

October to November 2015

So where did I leave you? Oh yes we had just enjoyed Father's Day and had a visit from Lucy in early September. Well life has been going on has normal and the weeks have run away with me. I have at last in early January 2016 found a moment to catch up with my blog.

Mark once again was away for most of September but this finally settled down in mid October and we have really enjoyed having him home since.  The rest of September went by quietly and at the end Mark arrived home with a present for Felicity from Liz and Jon (which she loves) and just in time for me to concentrate on the annual Guide Dogs SA Life Skills Camp for young adults.  Which was great fun. This year it was held in Semaphore right next to the beach and the young adults were aged 16-18 years of age. We concentrated on the skills they would need when transferring from school to adulthood.  It was the most enjoyable camp I have had the pleasure of being involved in with the added bonus that I got to spend 3 days by the sea.




Late September early October marked a sad event for us in that our friends Miranda and Rhod moved back to the UK with their young son Aloysius. We hope that they are now settled in York and that we will be able to catch up with you in 2016.


At the end of October we attended the annual Halloween Fancy Dress Party held by Mark's boss. This year we went as the 3 bears.
 

In early November I was lucky enough to win some VIP tickets to the Adelaide Christmas Pageant (The biggest Christmas Pageant in the World I was told). I took with me Georgia and Jason's eldest two children and we had a ball.



In mid November I went on Guide Camp to GTS Dolphin and participated in a leader's kayak training and The Girl Guides SA Wet and Wild event. I had a fantastic weekend at the beach and got to Kayak with Dolphins. Whilst Mark and Felicity had a fun packed weekend of their own. Walk around a duck pond, breakfast out and a visit to the Airplane museum in Port Adelaide.








Coffee with Daddy



At the end of the month Felicity attended her first Girl Guide  SA Eastern Plains District end of year BBQ and because she didn't have uniform like mummy she had to take her Girl Guide Teddy Bears and we had a Teddy Bear's Picnic.

Over the last few months we have also had a number of catch up's with our Mother and Baby group. With a number of birthday parties.


Other that what I've discussed above we have just been enjoying some well awaited family days together.
Fun times at the beach




Making a bird feeder at the SA Playgroup Nature Play event


Ready for my shopping trip mummy


Homemade pizza Yummy


Bike ride to the Mclaren Vale and lunch stop for beetroot pasta.



Making Dens with Mummy


Homemade Mango Lollipop


Felicity's child care have been exploring nature this term and every fortnight they get a new animal in their room. Felicity's favourite was the Turtle and she was very proud when Daddy took this photo and she could show Mummy when she got home. Months later she still asks to see this picture.


Tickle time with Daddy.


Look what I picked from the Toy Library. I'm not sure who was more happy when she picked this herself. Felicity or Daddy because he finally had someone who would play cricket.


Felicity's hiding hold at child care.


Guess what came to Adelaide and we went to see it



An afternoon at the Adelaide Hills Botantic gardens gives Felicity a chance to turn Mummy and Daddy into climbing frames.



And to finish this blog off I just wanted to show you Felicity wearing a dress that was made for me by my Granny.


A blog for December will follow shortly.