Highlight of the trip for C&A was their trip on a camel - that well known transport option in the harbour!
Lowlight was the Turkish coffee - not really my thing!
Over all, not bad, but VERY busy
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
aroma festival
Back into the city last Sunday (this time without a bus detour from Chatswood), for the 2010 The Rocks Aroma Festival.
Highlight of the trip for C&A was their trip on a camel - that well known transport option in the harbour!
Lowlight was the Turkish coffee - not really my thing!
Over all, not bad, but VERY busy
Highlight of the trip for C&A was their trip on a camel - that well known transport option in the harbour!
Lowlight was the Turkish coffee - not really my thing!
Over all, not bad, but VERY busy
Monday, July 19, 2010
A weekend of culture?
Image via WikipediaSaturday was (home made) Masterchef style pizzas and white wine. Kids weren't so impressed with the pizza alas, but I think they all had fun.
Sunday we did the family funday sunday travel ticket (only $2.50 per person for unlimited travel in the city), and braved the fact that it was a bus replacement service between Chatswood and Wynyard (Joy! At least there was an express bus going direct, and it might even have been quicker than the train!).
Anyway the first item of the day was coffee and a cake at Renaissance Café Patisserie in the Rocks - very yummy. Then round to the (Australian) Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) - not sure the kids enjoyed much of it, but both Amelia and Callum were very quiet (in a good way!) when watching a film about Lipizzan horses.
After that a walk round circular quay and a stroll up to Pitt Street Mall (for lunch). Louise checked out Myer for kids jigsaws - nothing suitable. We all went across to David Jones - also no suitable jigsaws. By now time to make our way over to the bus stop to get the bus back to Chatswood; Callum and Amelia enjoying a new Doctor Seuss on the train home.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Things Callum likes to eat (without asking, or telling anyone)
Things Callum likes to sneak into either his bedroom, or the playroom, to eat in secret...
- Stock powder
- Louise's chocolate cake
- Callum and Amelia's saved muffin (crumbled, and hidden under his pillow)
- Sultanas
- Weetbix (dry - also discovered under his pillow)
- Rolled oats (dry)
- Jam (half a jar, eaten with a spoon)
- Honey (from the jar)
- Daddy's breakfast cereal
- Sultanas (Again)
- Mint chewing gum (except for the piece saved, and put under Daddy's pillow, sans wrapper)
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Friday, July 02, 2010
Winter, so it must be cold
So, like a typical pom, I regularly complain about the weather - it's too hot, it's too cold. It doesn't snow. But most of the time I'm just doing it to keep up apearances.
However, this week (now I'm back from Europe) - IT IS COLD!!!
Lets put this into perspective, in the hallway at the moment - it is 14degrees
In the bathroom, after a hot shower - it was 17degrees
Outside it has been down to about 4degrees in the last couple of days - peaking at about 14d on a sunny day (which today wasn't).
We don't have central heating. We don't have double glazing. I have now blocked the cm sized gap under the front door. The oil filled heater hardly seem to make a difference (except to the electricity bill!)
However, this week (now I'm back from Europe) - IT IS COLD!!!
Lets put this into perspective, in the hallway at the moment - it is 14degrees
In the bathroom, after a hot shower - it was 17degrees
Outside it has been down to about 4degrees in the last couple of days - peaking at about 14d on a sunny day (which today wasn't).
We don't have central heating. We don't have double glazing. I have now blocked the cm sized gap under the front door. The oil filled heater hardly seem to make a difference (except to the electricity bill!)
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