Chris couldn't think of any original way to celebrate being 40 so he had knee surgery two days later instead. :-) He walked out 6 hours after I left him at the hospital with 50% less medial meniscus but ready to rehab and get back to an active, pain-free life (at least outside of work). The hard part now is convincing him to do very little while he heals for the next two weeks.
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| Not a bad spot from which to work! |
Halloween is celebrated in Australia but is nowhere near as widespread as in America. It seems to be viewed as an American tradition that is slowly catching on here and is not to everyone's liking. I ended up having to listen to a particularly grouchy Aussie woman rant about how Americans have "ruined a day meant to celebrate the dead" (huh??!) and she "doesn't believe in it and won't have her children participating." It seems others have embraced the fun of dressing up and ghoulish decorating. The kids do go out early to trick or treat here, about 4:00, so it has a different feel to it. Due to a scheduling conflict with Sam's basketball game, the kids opted not to trick or treat this year. Given how different it is here, I don't think they felt like they were going to miss anything. So, no costume photos this year.
A few more recent photos -
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| Mia, aka "Kudzu", has grown an inch in the last month! |
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| Sam and mates at a school Sports Carnival (think field day) |
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| These gorgeous Jacaranda trees are blooming all over Sydney right now. Love them! |
2 comments:
Well bah humbug! Sorry they missed out on the Halloween festivities this year. Mia is GORGEOUS!!! Hope Sam's game went well. And good luck with the rehab Chris!!!
OMG! I'm just catching up on the blog and had no idea Chris had surgery. I first freaked out when I read "knee surgery" but meniscus I guess is not that bad :) hope he is doing better and able to enjoy all the warm weather sports soon.
Aaaawww, it did not occur to me there were Jacarandás there! Aren't they fabulous? I LOVE those trees. They are just so beautiful... I miss that about BA :) Glad you got to see then and enjoy them this Spring!
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