Well not quite. The countdown is later tonight.

What to do for New Year's Eve? It's 100 degrees outside. Not a cloud in the sky. No work today. I'm still on holidays. But it's a bit cooler down at the lake. So the eskie (ice chest) is packed.  Time to go fishin'. 

 

It's Christmas morning over here. I've posted the obligatory photos (for family and friends only), so they can see them before their own celebration tomorrow.  I got an electronic cabinet rack, a maple tree, 1.4 kilos of lollies (candy), and more. Isabella of course made out like a bandit as she always does. Too much stuff to list, but she did get a trampoline to replace the one we had to leave behind in America. 

School lets out for the summer in 2 days. So tonight was the end of year awards ceremony, and also consists of a musical/dramatic production that the kids have been working on for months. The theme was a humorous look at the landing in Australia first by Captain Cook, and later by the first band of convict settlers. A great time was had by all - that is except for a little boy in the first row who had terrible stage fright and was close to tears the entire show. He's the one in the red shirt standing towards the middle of the photo. Isabella did well for remembering the words, considering she's only been at this school for a couple of months now.