Lots of celebrations

Well it is Monday night and we are back at home after our lovely five day loooong weekend in Victoria with Pa Chris and Nanna Kaye to celebrate Pa Chris turning 60. We enjoyed spending the time with them and Luke & Fiona down at beautiful Ocean Grove – even though it was just a little bit freezing!!!

Here are some shots of us at Pa’s birthday celebration with many many members of the Geelong of the side of the family. Ollie had a great time catching up on his Chinese heritage.

After a while even the best behaved boys need a little escape so Nick and Ollie found a nearby alley to blow off some steam. They grabbed me and we had an impromptu photo shoot in the alley with the post boxes and the autumn leaves.

We were also lucky enough to catch up with our dear lovely friends Aman and Alice who are just back from way too many weeks in Europe. Ollie showed them how baby proof their terrace is/isn’t by raiding their vege basket and throwing their onions, garlic and oranges into their spa bath (okay, he also broke their fireplace and tried to destroy the hifi – but they still love him!!).

The celebrations in Melbourne also included Ollie’s 18 month birthday. To celebrate this and Pa’s big day we all went along to the MCG to watch the Cats play the Hawks (grrrr). It was just a little bit freezing and Ollie was just a little bit unimpressed for the first half but after two quarters of being walked around the G by his parents he eventually nodded off and slept INCREDIBLY well as 70,000 people cheered/booed the Cats onto a nailbiting victory.

Obear sleeping through the second half.

Thanks to Pa and his connections we found ourselves back in the Cat’s changerooms after the game.

Here is Tomahawk signing Obear’s back. It is amazing how far you can get with “can you sign my baby”!!!!!

A big birthday shout out also to Nanna Carmel who is also celebrating her 60th birthday. Unfortunately Nanna Carmel is all the way over in Montreal but spending it with Rob and Aunty Em. We hope you enjoy your pressie and look forward to seeing you back home in a few months.

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