No, I don't mean the extra-terrestrial kind, although we are so far away it could be another planet. It is only that we just went through a really busy social phase. The girls were both on break from school and Mira came home for a month. It was nice to have everyone together again. We also had one of David's colleagues from Flagstaff for one night, followed by our old friends Fred and Nancy who took a detour from their work trip in Melbourne to come up here and have fun with us for a longish week-end. We loved having them here and it really filled our tanks with friend fuel. Thanks mates!
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| Cheers and Life is pretty, pretty good |
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| We took them to Coogee were Nancy and I had an invigorating plunge! Yes, we did. |
Mira had her 18th birthday! We celebrated as a family on the actual day by going to the Museum of Contemporary Art and having a nice French themed dinner at home. Then, a week later when all her friends were back from their winter break, she had a literary themed cupcake and cocktail party. (The legal drinking age here is 18). We were kicked out of the house for the festivities, but when we got home, everything was still in one piece. Well done Mira.
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| the MCA. wouldn't it be great to paint a room at home like this? |
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| salade nicoise, french onion soup, and gifts |
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| David took Mira to the wholesale flower markets and got gorgeous flowers |
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| cocktails were prepared ahead of time to match literary themes |
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| yum and yum |
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Aww, my baby is an adult!
We've got my nephew Noah scheduled for a Christmas visit, Valerie is going to Singapore to visit her school friend in January, and I am going to the Northwest in a few weeks to see my family and a few friends. Other than that, we are hoping more F&F decide to brave the long flight and come say g'day. |
Enjoyed reading your post. The food table for the party was stunning! Mira and Emma, born four months apart to two dear friends, and they are so very different.
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ReplyDeleteI loved your blog this time especially the pic of Mira and her party food
She looks lovely in that dress, and the glasses are so pretty too.
Thanks for posting all these pix and the narative to go along with them.
Love you,
Auntie E
Wowza great photos! Our 18 yr olds have virtually identical spectacles...burgundy metal cateye, right? Send me your email address & I can send you some Berlin shots :)
ReplyDeleteMarilyn, before having children, I firmly believed in Nurture over Nature. Now I firmly believe that people are born with personalities that parents can only help to develop - hopefully to their best capacity.
ReplyDeleteAunt Earline, that picture of Mira with her cat eye glasses reminds me of the one of you and Aunt Patty at Grammy and Grandpa Stan's wedding party in our basement. Isn't it great how styles circle around and around.
Marilya, I hope you and Svea can come visit some time. Meanwhile, I will send you my email. It is the same as before.