Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to everyone and especially to my own mom and mother in law.

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Girls Weekend in Sydney

Last weekend Annmarie and I headed into Sydney. We went to see a show at the Opera House and Jamie was able to score us a room at the Marriott with his points. 

Annmarie was pleased with the room - can you tell.

After taking the ferry over from Manly and checking into our hotel we headed out for lunch and walked around the Opera house.

The Opera House runs a kids series during the school holidays and we saw a musical adaptation of the book Room on the Broom. Both Annmarie and I really enjoyed it.

Before the show they had a little craft corner and Annmarie made the bat below.

After the show we stopped for a ice cream and went back to our room and rested and freshened up for dinner. We went out for sushi, which seems to be the winner lately - I'm not complaining.

We were a bit matchy matchy. Love her.

It was so fun to spend a little one-on-one time with my girl. She is such a pleasure to be around. Annmarie is really into drawing lately, so we spent a lot of time drawing in her little notebook and having nice uninterrupted meals. Meanwhile Jamie and Ben enjoyed some boy time. Can't wait to do it again!

School Holidays

We kept things pretty low key during Annmarie's school holidays. We visited Dad at work, baked, went the beach and park, and saw some friends.  The highlight of the holiday was the weekend Annmarie and I spent in Sydney, but I'll post about that in a separate post.

Here are some of the pictures with a video at the end.

(in Dad's office & Dad working from home)

(sushi lunch & Anzac Biscuits for Anzac Day)

(fun at the beach)