A Night On The Town!

 

 Sunday night Noel and I headed into town for a belated dinner for my birthday. I've wanted to go on the 

Colonial Tram Car Restarant for a long time. It is very popular and this was the first date we could get.

We travelled to St Kilda and back.

 Champagne time! 

I may or may not have had a couple (or three)!

The meal was delicious. I had the beef. There was sirloin steak and beef cheek. I've never had beef cheek before
and it was so tender. I've seen it on the cooking shows. Maybe I'll give it a try cooking it myself one day. 

Noel had the chicken which was very unusual as he would never normally choose chicken over beef. The sound of the broad beans was what got him.

 We both had the vanilla bean panacotta with poached pear. I'd also never had pannacotta before and I loved it. We finished off the meal with coffee and Cointreau. Once again a first for me. I now have a new favourite drink!

 Then we headed to the Melbourne Star Wheel.

 We were lucky and had a pod to ourselves.

At the top of the wheel. 

We timed it really well for still having a little light 

to see the land marks but still able to see 

all the lights on the buildings.

 Heading back to the train station (yes, we even caught the train into town for something different), we walked through Harbor Town and saw this cute Smurf display.

 I remember collecting Smurfs when I was very young.

 

Noel found a new friend!

We had such a wonderful night. 

I can highly recommend the Tram Car Restaurant. 

A Day At The Zoo

 Today Nelson and I headed off to the Zoo. The weather turned out beautiful and we had such a lovely day.

 

 Found a ball of Lemurs!

 A miniature one!

 The new baby Pygmy Hippopotamus was having a sleep.

 This White Cheeked Gibbon took a fancy to Nelson.

 Every time Nelson moved, she moved along with him.

I love this photo.

 You can see how far she moved along.

 Watched the elephants having a shower.

 Got up close with these Rainbow Lorikeets.

 Nelson made another friend!?

Just to prove I was there too!

A Day in Town!

Today I spent a lovely day in town with Austin. 

He even agreed to come to L'uccello with me!

Didn't buy anything but had a lovely look around.

A Night At The Ball!

Last Friday saw us all heading off to 

An Elegant Affair Debutante Ball.

Austin was asked by Monique to be her partner.

I love this one of them heading to the car.

It was a lovely group of only eleven couples.

They all fitted into the one limo.

Nelson looked very grown up in his suit!

Introducing Monique and Austin.

Dancing for the first set.

Had a dance with my baby.

Mitchell seemed to be enjoying himself dancing 

(that's Zoe in the blue).

The second set was a bit more relaxed and fun. 

They were dancing to some Michael Jackson.

Brotherly love!

Just so there's a photo of Noel!

The theme was Beauty and the Beast.

At the end, all the mothers (or special person) of the debs were asked to come up and were presented with a rose.

It was such a wonderful night. 

We had some professional photos taken of the five of us. 

When we get them I might just post a photo!

A TV Star or Two?

Do you remember back in May when Mitchell partnered Lucy for the Deb Presentation (see post here)?

At the time, Lucy's mum, Lisa, was taking part in a Channel 7 show called Bringing Sexy Back. Lisa's aim was to look great for Lucy's big night. She lost 40kg and had a makeover. She looked fabulous.

Last night Lisa's episode was on and finished with the big reveal (you can see the show here). Right near the end of the show, they go to the ball and show Lucy dancing with her mother. Can you see who is in the background?

 First off we see Mitchell dancing.

With me!

Mitchell was so excited to see himself on TV. 

Sorry the pictures are a bit blurry. 

I took photos of the computer screen!

Happy Anniversary . . . . . .

. . . . to my wonderful husband.

All my love,

Christine 

xxx

Final Camping Post and FNSI

 Our final afternoon was spent relaxing.
Can you guess what I'm doing?

 Yes, you're right. Stitching!
I managed to get a bit of stitching done for the week.

 I stitched Block 6 of my Quilty Stitches Sampler A Long.

 

 

Finished stitching my snowman.

 Started on a new secret project.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing what we got up to
on our holiday. 

You didn't get too bored, I hope!

 I joined Wendy and the girls for Friday Night Sew-In. As it was a holiday, I got an early start on my sewing.

Block 10 is put together which is good as
Block 11 is on it's way!

Then I almost finished Block 7 of my Quilty Stitches Sampler A Long with Corey while watching  the movie, Chocolat. I'm sure if there had been football on the tv,
I would have got it finished! LOL!