School Holidays with Oma

At the beginning of the school holidays, Oma arrived from Semarang (to stay with us for a week).  As can be expected, the girls had a great time, and we managed to squeeze in a few activities and events during the week.

A gift from Mummy Siannie back in Semarang was a Minnie veil... which the girls have been wearing 'for their wedding' since!

Oma also brought a special gift for Claire... A nice pair of earrings.  Only problem is, Claire's ears weren't pierced!  A quick trip to the pharmacy, and a very brave little girl endured the piercing (including the 2nd attempt on one ear) and was very proud of her new bling!

The girls had a cup-cake making session where they could ice and decorate their own creations.  Sadly after a 5 minute lesson they have well and truly put dad to shame!

This one may be out of order...but we recently celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary with a nice Italian dinner... So good even the girls ate it all up.

Here's Keira getting ready for a day out... She was applying powder...

 The girls were lucky that mum loved these wigs... Little Katy Perry wanna-be's!

The girls came into the city for a day's shopping (and daddy surprised them in one of the shops)

And next day, a visit to daddy's office, followed by a bus ride home with daddy (while mummy and Oma hit the shops)...

Saturday night, and we headed into Darling Harbour for dinner & fireworks.  Daddy didn't make a booking, so we made the most of the 1.5 hour wait for a place...and headed to San Churros!

There's nothing like dessert before dinner!

We then eventually got a seat in Hurricane's for our all-time-favourite ribs!

Claire's attempt at the full rack...

While Keira settled for the half rack + chicken combo!  Turns out Keira is a real fan of the ribs!

Not sure why this came after...but we also headed down to Wollongong, so that we could take Oma to Nan Tien Temple.  The girls thought we had entered the realm of the Kung Fu Panda!

Loving sisters...

Lucky dad!

And all the girls...

We loved the little statues around the gardens... Here's Keira's impersonation of one...

And Claire's of another...

We then headed over to Austinmer beach....our first real trip to the beach for the season...and it was beautiful!

Keira decided to try out her new swimsuit...

And she has gladly taken the clip on earrings now Claire's ears are pierced.

Here's Keira being 'mini-Oma'...

Beautiful Keira...

Alas, Oma had to go home again on Sunday... Until next time...