Christmas Presents!!!

This is the season to be jolly!!!

My Christmas presents!!!

Ryan, our dearest son!!!

Spiderman t-shirt

Thomas DVD

Lego racing bikers

clothes

Word game

King Smurf Trudi!

Thongs

Lego ear phone

Uno stacking game

Lego warrior

And best of all Thomas and friends book collection

wow, a gift from......

grandparents, aunties and uncles from Singapore!!!

All my Christmas presents, thank you everyone!!!

Christmas Lights at Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe residents light up for X'mas 2010

Grandpa and Grandma just arrived from Singapore!

Look, reindeers pulling Santa's sledge over the house!

This one's nice.....

.....elves bringing gifts!

Lots of presents

under the trees too.....

Merry X'Mas!!!

From us to you.....

And from Melbourne.....

Yuletide songs from me to you!!!

Ryan's 4th birthday

Flame on!

Mesmerising

Smile!

Wish now!

Happy Birthday Ryan!!!

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

Oprah at Opera!!!

Oprah Winfrey's

Ultimate Australian Adventure

at the Opera House, Sydney

Queue down Macquarie Street

Mama with Sarah Jane fashion designer

The ultimate show

The fans!!!

The stage

Opera House as a magnificent back drop

And Harbour Bridge too!

The finale: I still call Australia Home!!!

Oprah, Oprah, Oprah, Oi, Oi, Oi!!!

Ryan in Sydney (11 Dec to 15 Dec 2010)

The journey there 900 plus km, see what I did along the trip...

Sydney Fish Market at Pyrmont

Anzac bridge at the back drop

The Opera House

South Side

West side

North side

Sydney Harbour Bridge

In front of the stage for Oprah Winfrey's

Ultimate Australian Adventure live show the day before

Queen Victoria Building QVB Christmas Decor

At the base of the Christmas tree in the atrium

The apex of the tree at the top floor

One of the antique clocks

Model trains display at shop front

At Myer's Santaland train ride, Westfield Sydney

And riding the troublesome truck at Ryde City

Shopping Centre in Ryde

Auntie Sheila and her bud Isla at 4 months

in their home at Breakfast Point

Uncle Robert and Auntie Doreen at Macquarie Park

A weekend away....in Ballarat

Daddad's company dinner at Ballarat on Friday, 3rd December

I took this opportunity for a trip and stayed overnight

at Sovereign Park Motel in Ballarat.

Not so much to do (in Ballarat, that is) but had a fun time in the Spa!

(Well, the indoor pool was not a place you would want to go....awful!)

Watching TV, what else?

The Spa!

My inflatables, not that I use it here!