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One of Sydney’s very best friend’s brother’s birthday took place in a little traffic garden. Sydney first tried to go with her bike, but it was just too small (hint to Santa…she needs a bike!) She drove around on her scooter and enjoyed every minute of it. (hint to Mommy…I’d love a birthday party like this one!)
Isaac was explicit about wanting Sydney there. He ended up getting some really nice Angry Bird cake. Fantastically looking and exquisitely tasting.
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Here in Australia, schools organize all forms of fund raisers. Most of them have at least once a year a Fete, or festival on the school grounds. Same thing for Sydney’s school, St. Peters. Theirs featured a lot of activities from the ubiquitous food stands to music. Last but not least there is a large number of rides and activities such as cup cake decorating, the pet zoo etc. Sydney seemed to enjoy the surprisingly sunny day out with her friends. She got to go to several rides. Daddy in the meantime could turn loose on his camera and tried again to do some panning. (Seems to work best if auto-focus is off he figured out!)
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<p>Another year is coming to its end. We have been busy touring Queensland with friends and family, but we managed to write up a few of the highlights.</p>
<p>Please find out 2012 summary for your information below.</p>
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<p>With this we sign out...head to the beach and ring in a new year.</p>
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Once more we spent Christmas in the Queensland area with Christy's family. This year her brother Nathan with family have made the long trip to Australia to join into the celebrations.
The key events were:
- Christy's birthday, which we celebrated in the Sitar one of Christy's favorite restaurants.
- Christmas celebrated at Summer's house. This year the number of gifts took on epic proportions
- Relaxation: this year we took to several places including a few days in a resort in Surfer's Paradise. The resort was ok; we definitely had a good time there though. Leif came up for a visit and enjoyed the warm Queensland weather. In addition we went to many other places such as Noosa Heads, Mooloolaba, Currumbin, Woorim, Southbank, Redcliff Settler's Park. We also got to enjoy fresh Seafood from Morgans (in Scarborough) a tradition we have upheld ever since Thomas' first visit to Queensland in 2003.
- New Years Eve which we spent at Southbank. The firework seemed shorted but was very beautiful.
Below a selection of pictures from all of these events and activities.
Sydney was super excited not only to be with her cousins but also to make strides in swimming. She braved waves that were at least as tall as she is while not being able to safely swim over longer distances. Still, if there was one kid who did not want to come out of the water, it was her. Once out she was immediately hungry and tired; ate and slept well to ready herself for the next day swim adventure.