Celebrations

Well this was a busy weekend. Forst we had Dad's birthday. Tom reminded me all day that we had to get a birthday cake for Dad so we stopped in at Pane e Vino on the way home and got this little heart shaped chocolate mud cake. Daddy scored a beautiful new watch, as well as lots of other stuff like t-shirts, a book and a new shirt to go out in.

The outing was for dinner at Tetsuyas. Wow that was absolutely fantastic. Or as Mark puts it 'a peak dining experience'. We spent 5 hours enjoying 12 courses (Degustation) of Japanese dishes, using Australian ingredients done the French way. We chose to do wine pairing which meant we also polished off 9 glasses each. Mark even got to tour the kitchen and along with a candle in his dessert, was given a present - two bottles of Tetsuya's dressing, one for oysters, one for salad. Our favourite was the Ocean Trout with Kombu, Mark recons the oysters were the best he'd ever tasted and was very partial to the oxtail. I loved the spatchcock too.

And the third celebration this weekend was for mother's day. Luckily we had packed the kids of to grandparents in Cronulla - knowing that we would be feeling a little delicate the next morning. So for Mother's day I got a real lye-in, a long relaxing walk along the water with the dog, coffee and a chance to read more than 2 pages of the newspaper. The kids came back after lunch and spoiled me with hugs and kisses and best behaviours. Ela had chosen a small present from the Mother's Day stall at school - a towel to dry my hair and some pomegranate body butter. Bless her. She even got up on Monday morning and asked if she could pretend it was still Mother's Day? Absolutely I replied - if it means you keep up your good behaviours and helpful manner. Needless to say by the time we were frantically leaving the house for school/work we were all back in melt-down mode, tempers frayed and well, back to normal. Oh and I also scored a new bike - pretty in pink which I am loving.