Last year Alan and I went away with Richard and Tracy to the Hunter Valley for three days over NYE and we had the BEST time. There was no emphasis on watching the clock and it was only that fact that I went to the toilet about 1:00am and returned saying "Um, does anyone else realise it is the first of January now?" A quick kiss for everyone and then we prompty returned to playing Cranium. This year Richard, Tracy AND new arrival Huon were in Canada visiting Tracy's family (actually, I think they were either on a plane or in an airport lounge when the clock ticked over to midnight) so Alan and I spent it at home with Lachlan on our own.
It was shaping up to be a nice NYE for the first time as a family until the element in the oven blew while I was cooking dinner. Horror struck both our faces when we realised that Lachlan's bottles were all due for sterilising. How would we boil them? Aaaargh! Alan raced off to purchase a steriliser before the chemist closed. Phew, even if we had to eat pizza, Lachlan would still be able to have his Mummy-Milk in a bottle.
About 8pm, thunder rolled in and the rain started coming down. I suddenly had the worst feeling about our garage. Since returning from Indonesia, I've unpacked as little as possible so when we move into our new home it would not be so much packing for us. We raced out there and water was starting to pour in and almost reaching the boxes. Alan and I spent the next hour throwing boxes onto the top of the car and then racing them through the hail and rain inside. We were completely drenched by the time we fixed everything up! Lachlan of course, slept peacefully throughout the whole storm!
Perhaps not the best NYE, but certainly the most memorable one!
It was shaping up to be a nice NYE for the first time as a family until the element in the oven blew while I was cooking dinner. Horror struck both our faces when we realised that Lachlan's bottles were all due for sterilising. How would we boil them? Aaaargh! Alan raced off to purchase a steriliser before the chemist closed. Phew, even if we had to eat pizza, Lachlan would still be able to have his Mummy-Milk in a bottle.
About 8pm, thunder rolled in and the rain started coming down. I suddenly had the worst feeling about our garage. Since returning from Indonesia, I've unpacked as little as possible so when we move into our new home it would not be so much packing for us. We raced out there and water was starting to pour in and almost reaching the boxes. Alan and I spent the next hour throwing boxes onto the top of the car and then racing them through the hail and rain inside. We were completely drenched by the time we fixed everything up! Lachlan of course, slept peacefully throughout the whole storm!
Perhaps not the best NYE, but certainly the most memorable one!
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