A busy few weeks

The fact that the blog has not been updated in over 2 weeks indicates that we have had a busy couple of weeks. I am glad to say that most of this was 'good busyness' i.e. social events and not just hospital and doctor visits although there were a few of those too.

Two weekends ago our friend Roger came down from Sydney to see us and as you can see uncle Roger is always a big hit with the kids....

 

Then we had Halloween which I was dreading due to Celia's Vampire phobia. We didn't venture out of the house but of course the first trick or treater that came to the door was a little boy in a vampire mask so she ran off screaming leaving the poor boy very miffed!

Last weekend we had the pleasure of attending our friend Tommy's wedding down in picturesque Sorrento. Tommy is an old work colleague of mine from our London days although as you can tell from the photos he is a true Scot and Rangers supporter therefore he and Andy hit it off when he moved over here to be with his lovely fiancé Brooke. It was our first Aussie wedding and we had a wonderful day (enhanced by the fact that Reese babysat the children all day and most of the night!).

It is what they call Spring carnival in Melbourne this week and for those that aren't familiar with this occasion it basically means the place goes nuts over horseracing, so much so that Tuesday was a public holiday for what is affectionately know as the race that stops a nation. Thursday was Ladies Oaks day and although I didn't actually make it to the races I did attend a Ladies Oaks day luncheon. It was in aid of The Childrens Cancer Centre so a few of my mother's group friends and I went along to Sandringham yacht club in our obligatory fascinators/hats and a select few managed to stretch the luncheon out until 10.30pm! (two of which were of course myself and my friend Michelle) The day raised over $32,000 and there were a few emotional speeches from fellow cancer mums which resulted in some mascara reapplication afterwards!

 

In between all this social activity we've had a few hospital visits (scheduled lumbar puncture and chemo 2 weeks ago, chemo on Friday and an unscheduled visit on Wednesday due to Celia developing a rash around her port which the doctors couldn't identify but which seems to be fading). We also had a few doctors/nurses appointments (Max had a chest infection, Mabel had her 12 month check up and Andy and Mabel had the flu jab which is a requirement for all Celia's family members) and Celia also had 2 psychologist appointments so as I said it has been a busy few weeks which must be a justifiable excuse for not attending to the blog??!......