On my last post I talked about Anita raising over $1,000 for our chosen charity but after I published that post I realised how slack I've been about updating you on the amazing efforts of other friends and colleagues.
Our friend Alistair back in Scotland for example ran the Glasgow half marathon last month with his 3 year old son (I'm sure the toddler dash wasn't 13 miles long but still a good effort on Euan's part!) and together they raised over $1,300, so check out our fundraising page for more info as we have now past the $20,000 mark which is unbelievable.(The page says $16,000 raised but we also had nearly $5,000 donated in cheques which went direct to the charity). Which reminds me - I need to send a thank you note to the CEO of the Children's Cancer Centre Foundation because she posted me a voucher for $300 worth of group training sessions. She won it in the raffle at the charity luncheon I was at 2 weeks ago and as she doesn't live locally and knows that I do, she sent it to me which was so thoughtful of her. Now all I need to do is mentally prepare myself for a few 6 a.m. boot camps on the beach!
We've had a house guest over the past week in the form of Ed the kindergarten elephant. We have to make a photo diary of everything we do with Ed during the week so Ed got to have a finger prick at hospital, a trip to the toy library and an outing to the Melbourne museum.
The most important event however, was on Thursday when Celia had her first school orientation day. I was a bit apprehensive as this was the first time I'd dropped her off but as you can see she was fine and I didn't get a second glance leaving the classroom. She talked nonstop on the way home about the new friends that she'd met so no worries about her starting next year.
I also used the time that Celia was at school to do something nice with Max for a change so we went to this new café that is also a dog grooming parlour - sounds weird but it was great as the back wall is glass so the kids can watch the dogs being clipped and groomed as they drink their baby chino!
Our friend Alistair back in Scotland for example ran the Glasgow half marathon last month with his 3 year old son (I'm sure the toddler dash wasn't 13 miles long but still a good effort on Euan's part!) and together they raised over $1,300, so check out our fundraising page for more info as we have now past the $20,000 mark which is unbelievable.(The page says $16,000 raised but we also had nearly $5,000 donated in cheques which went direct to the charity). Which reminds me - I need to send a thank you note to the CEO of the Children's Cancer Centre Foundation because she posted me a voucher for $300 worth of group training sessions. She won it in the raffle at the charity luncheon I was at 2 weeks ago and as she doesn't live locally and knows that I do, she sent it to me which was so thoughtful of her. Now all I need to do is mentally prepare myself for a few 6 a.m. boot camps on the beach!
We've had a house guest over the past week in the form of Ed the kindergarten elephant. We have to make a photo diary of everything we do with Ed during the week so Ed got to have a finger prick at hospital, a trip to the toy library and an outing to the Melbourne museum.
The most important event however, was on Thursday when Celia had her first school orientation day. I was a bit apprehensive as this was the first time I'd dropped her off but as you can see she was fine and I didn't get a second glance leaving the classroom. She talked nonstop on the way home about the new friends that she'd met so no worries about her starting next year.I also used the time that Celia was at school to do something nice with Max for a change so we went to this new café that is also a dog grooming parlour - sounds weird but it was great as the back wall is glass so the kids can watch the dogs being clipped and groomed as they drink their baby chino!
Celia looks so cute in her new hair, so lively and fresh! Great to read that everything is going as planned for the better for brave little Celia. Bravo Lydia and Andy for your courage and resilience. I so admire your regular posts as they are full of love and positive energy. Hope to meet you some day in person, Lydia. Cheers now and all my best wishes to your family, Sevda (Andy's IE MBA classmate)
ReplyDeleteWhat an outstanding effort! $20,000 very impressive. How exciting for Celia with her orientation. She will have a ball next year x
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