Saturday, September 7, 2013

School Fete

Or fair as we would call it in the States…this was a big production put on by Alaina’s school.  It was a great day full of fun rides, friends, cake stall, special treats, tombola (a raffle for prizes), music & dance performances, yummy food, showbags, shops, animals, and much more! 

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Unfortunately the fair was on the same day as a big election here (was not planned that way), which made for a lot more people, but that may have also helped the school in the fundraising department.

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Kindifarm was there with a little petting farm set up for the kids

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The fire brigade also showed up with a truck for the kids to check out

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Love hearing bagpipes…have actually them a few times since living here….this was a band from a private boys school in Wahroonga

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I secretly love when my girls are both feeling a little timid and cling to each other for comfort!

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Poor Hallie didn’t get to ride any rides, so she settled for watching

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1st ride…and it was with their friends, Sophia and Gemma…they LOVED this ride!

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Looking a little queasy on this ride!

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I couldn’t believe how fast this ride spun the kids around…made me sick to watch, but they loved it…guess that my sign that I’m getting old!

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So excited for fairy floss! (love learning all these new words and phrases!)

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After the girls went home, I had to come back to work in one of the stalls…I was happy though to find a wine tasting tent to enjoy before my scheduled shift! Smile

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Sea Shipment!

We couldn’t wait for this day to come!  We have never been so happy to see our things!  Merry Christmas to us…and just in the nick of time!  Our sea shipment was delivered to us on Thursday, September 5th.  As you’ll see in future posts, we had our first visitor that Saturday (a surprise guest-yes, an old co-worker of Brian’s that we hadn’t seen in about 6 years, showed up on our doorstep-surprise! He was here for work and thought it would be wild and hilarious to just show up-it was great to see him!) which was also the day of Alaina’s school fair.  The following Wednesday, we welcomed our 2nd set of visitors (friends visiting from Hawaii that would stay at our house for a week) and then our 3rd set of visitors (Brian’s aunt & uncle whom actually live in South Australia, but were finishing up their travels from the States, Europe, etc.) the following Monday.  So, we had a LOT of work to do to get our house ready after having all of our belonging delivered.  I worked like a maniac unpacking boxes and setting up as much as possible to prepare for 3 sets of visitors within 10 days.  Luckily, I like to work under pressure!  Here are just a few pictures of our happy delivery day!

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Oh happy day!!