Once again we have been very lax and it has been almost 2 months since we last posted on the blog so I will do a quick summary of the main events:
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| Dunkeld in the Grampians |
At the end of March and the start of the Easter school holidays we had a wonderful 4 days in Halls Gap which is in the beautiful Grampians. The camp site was perfect and the kids loved seeing the kangaroos bounding past the cabin at dusk and toasting marshmallows on the open fire.
We were home for a few days to throw a load or 4 of washing on and then off again for our good friend Roger's and Kat's wedding in Sydney on Easter Saturday. It was a lovely day despite the torrential rain not letting up for 24 hours and the children had an absolute ball especially Mabel, who snared her first boyfriend as you can see!....
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| Roger, Kat and the Kerr clan at Manly Yacht club |
Then on the 8th April we reached a bit of a milestone as Celia had her last lumbar puncture operation and we started to believe that this horrible leukemia chapter may actually be approaching the end (chemo ends in June).
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| In the 'disco' limo |
Next up on the social agenda was birthday number 43 which I really wasn't keen on marking but the girls insisted that we go out to celebrate. So I am waiting on the pavement in the rain for my taxi to arrive when this stretch limo complete with strobe lights, pumping dance music and 12 giddy middle aged woman, pulls up - I was absolutely speechless and I think a couple of tears may even have escaped!
Andy and I went out to see Jason Byrne the night before my birthday as April is Comedy festival month in Melbourne and although the gig was very funny, Andy did not have the best night as he snapped 2 ligaments in his ankle about an hour before the show. He manged to do it by getting up from his desk at work - now that is comedy!?
So that takes us roughly up to date. I am in the middle of doing a 28 day "Tame Your Temper' parenting course which seems to be having a positive effect on everyone's mood, although Celia is on steroids at the moment and nothing can tame her temper on those 5 days every month. Max bears the physical scars once again as she scratched his neck and drew blood tonight. Cannot wait for next month when this will be over and we get our beautiful Celia back fulltime.
