Category: celebrations

P365 – Day 351 – the unchristmas tree

I don’t go much into the ‘traditional’ aspects of the festive season. I don’t celebrate a religious Christmas, and I prefer to call the season Xmas. I think Xmas is a good term, because you can use the ‘X’ to represent whatever you want it to*.  For me, it’s...

P365 – Day 340 – 19 days til xmas

A few years ago, in a rare fit of Xmas nostalgia, I bought a ‘beyond the page’ wooden Xmas tree from Kaisercraft.  Kaiser had a few example trees on their website and in their workshop magazine, but they all looked a bit too, well, Christmassy. (Yes, it is a...

P365 – Day 336 – up in the sky

This afternoon, just after lunch, we were treated to an aerobatic display by the Air Force Roulettes,  which are in town for the celebrations of the 200th Anniversary of the Anglesea Barracks.  It was spectacular to watch and we got a great view, especially when they were passing over the...

P365 – Day 330 – child & family centre

What a busy morning we had! First up Juniordwarf went to his swimming lesson.  Then he and I went to an Xmas party at his daycare centre, where he got his face painted and his nails done.  He went on the jumping castle and went for a train ride....

P365 – Day 309 – Oatlands (05/11/2011)

A while ago, on a trip back home from somewhere, we stopped in Oatlands for lunch. We didn’t have time to have a good look at the town but saw there were a few interesting little places that we thought might be fun to explore. So we decided to...

P365 – Day 260 – sight-seeing and partying (17/09/2011)

We went shopping this morning, then did a bit of sight-seeing. Or rather, we went to Parliament House.  Juniordwarf loved the water feature at the front of Parliament House, and insisted on dipping his feet in. After that, we drove up Mount Ainslie to show Juniordwarf Canberra from above....

P365 – Day 258 – happy birthday (15/09/2011)

Today was Juniordwarf’s birthday. He’d been so excited about it: the holiday, being with Slabs’ family, getting a pirate cake . . . and he said he was going to wear his pirate suit all day. When I asked him what he wanted for his birthday he said he...