It's been a good and busy week. Arley was very sick last week but he was feeling a little better on Friday, and much better by Saturday, which was very good timing because on Sunday my Dad and stepmother (Opa and Oma) arrived on the sunny coast for a visit. It would be three years this January since we have seen them, which is too long. They came over for dinner on Sunday night - tostada night - and then we decorated our Christmas tree with them. Our trees always look kind of shonky because Jeff goes out to the forest and cuts them down. To get a live tree here you have to go on a waitlist in October, and I never remember. So shonky trees have become our Christmas tradition! This is the best shonky tree we've had, and it was really nice for the kids to decorate it with their grandparents they hadn't seen in years.
On Monday Carmie and I met Oma and Opa at the big mall for lunch. On Tuesday we met them out for dinner at an Italian restaurant which was a hit, and then I had booked a river cruise for us. We got hte kids gelato, and then we all hopped on a boat and cruised the Mooloolaba river. The houses along the river range in price from $6-30 million, and many had incredible Christmas light displays, so it was quite the eye-opening and flashy experience. It turned out to be a lovely evening.
On Tuesday morning I took Arley to the aquarium. It is one of his favourite places to go, and he wanted to lead me around and show me everything he knows, as well as his favourite displays. It was a real pleasure to have one on one time with him doing something that he is so engaged in.
On Saturday Carmie attended her teen group down in Caloundra, and Jeffrey and I took our unicycles down there for a spin. It was such a fun afternoon, even though we were trapped under a shelter while it poured rain all around us for 30 minutes. We have definitely found our new hobby, it is so fun. We want the kids to get their own unicycles so we can become a one-wheeling family and cruise around everywhere we go. Haha.
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