Category Archives: Activities

To “do” or not to “do”?

Our house is a mess.  Slightly organised chaos. There are soon to be packing boxes all over the place.  And more mess, I’m sure. We aren’t going to be in this house for Christmas. To be more specific, we don’t … Continue reading

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Christmas is looming… But I’ve got a Dandee idea!

Through my addiction to numerous blogs and my friendly Google reader, I have stumbled across this Christmas gift giving idea from Dandee for the kids.  The idea you can read about in detail here, and the subsequent post is titled, … Continue reading

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Meegan and Meegan

This past weekend, Meegan2 made hers a long one, and flew down to NSW for a short visit. We made the most of our time by staying up late, catching up, eating heaps, talking, playing with the boys, fitting in … Continue reading

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Missing that girl that came on the plane. Already!

It took Owen almost 5 days to call Lauren her actual name consistently.  Before that it was any, or a combination of the following: That girl Her She The lady, you know her name, don’t you? The girl that came … Continue reading

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To Manly on a ferry, one more touristy thing to cross of the list

Yesterday, a bunch of us braved the heat wave and took the ferry from Circular Quay to Manly.  Our little party consisted of: Michael, Lauren, Brett, Laura, Isabelle, Marc, Owen, Reuben and me.  We all made the trek in the … Continue reading

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Getting some culture – Sydney style

Today Lauren, Reuben and I went to the Art Gallery of New South Wales to suck up some culture and see the Monet and The Impressionists exhibition.  Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to take photos in either exhibits, so you’ll just … Continue reading

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Christmas Day

We started Christmas Day with the Carters and Cravens at Jodie & Mick’s newish place.  Mick whipped up a great BBQ breakfast on his Webber Q amongst the tropical backyard.  With Jode being pregnant, next Christmas will be pretty big … Continue reading

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His first show

Friday morning we piled in the car and made it with just minutes to spare for Owen’s very first show.  He sang 4 Christmas songs for the Red and Green Room’s Christmas 2008 concert.  For weeks this little boy has … Continue reading

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I must have too much time on my hands…

Or I’m going slightly batty… After watching the video, I nearly pressed on the ‘Buy Now’ button…

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – at the Harvey’s!

I know it’s still November, but we’ve already got the Christmas tree up, presents underneath and have added our contribution to the street’s Christmas lights outside for all the kids in our street (the big ones and the little ones!). … Continue reading

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