Thursday 18th December 2014
Happy 5th birthday Jack!! And what better way to celebrate a 5th birhday with a surprise in a lunch box! My surprise for Jack was not putting plain rectagular sandwiched in but star shaped crustless sandwiches but apparently one was nice but not the rest! Never mind! What was impressive was my first attempt at a dinosaur cake!
When Jack arrived home from Kindy, we broke all the rules, sprinting around the house firing Nerf bullets at each other with Jack's shrieks of excitement filling the air!
With Scott at home, he could carry out fatherly duties of putting together the Big Green Machine and while he tried to piece together all the parts, the box was more exciting for the kids - of course!
Friday 19th December 2014
Although it seemed a little mean, on Jack's last day of Kindy, I took the girls to Wet 'n' Wild. Having said that, he's too young for many of the rides anyway so it's not really fair to take hime anyway. Although I didn't get chance to go on many of the rides, the girls did and they had a great day. I did too, enjoying the wave pool. Their superb behaviour was rewarded at the end of the day with churros and they tried to eat them without licking the sugar off their lips.
Saturday 20th December 2014
There were all sorts of events on in Brisbane City in the run up to Christmas and over the weekend I took in several of them. On Saturday I saw the Myer parade in all of its glory. It was based on the Nutcracker and consisted of several dance groups representing different parts of the story and was really professional and impressive.
Elves chatted to the children as the parade began...
...elegant dancers swayed to and fro...
... scampering cheekily amongst the soldiers, cheeky mice tap danced down the street...
...impressive acrobats balanced, leapt and somersaulted through the air...
...elegant roses sauntered past...
...and enthusiastic singers paraded along with actions acommanying their joyful songs.
A Christmas parade wouldn't be complete with out a donkey carrying Mary, camels carrying the 3 wise men...
... and of course Santa in his sleigh!
Following the end of the parade to King George Square I managed to get a prime position for the pantomine. The story was a true pantomime story of good (the Christmas elves) outdoing evil (the ice maiden) who had cleverly turned the town hall to ice. Comically, the chief elf contacted Santa for advice via video link while he was having a paddle on the South Bank!
When the short but impressive panto was over, the City Hall was lit with an impressive animation which played every 15 minutes until around midnight. The second time around I Facetimed home so that Mum, Dad and Jamie could enjoy the spectacle.
I'd planned to see the fireworks over the South Bank and coupled with the fact that I've been spoilt by the weekly Darling Harbour fireworks and the fact that I couldn't get a good spot, I didn't stop for the whole show.
Sunday 21st December 2014
Returning to the city on the train, I headed to the South Bank where I meandered around the Christmas Markets and listened to some girls singing Christmas songs before heading to the Courier-Mail Plaza for a screening of the Queensland Ballet's Nutcracker. I was glad to get there early as I relaxed on a bean bag lounger and I impressed myself by recognising some of the dancers from when I'd seen Coppelia on the Riverstage.
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