city with the pinkers

it's all over, everyone has flown out - and it's time to relax and chill a bit before school goes back next week. we took a trip to the city today with the pinkers and i had my first experience at sushi train. joseoh was just happy to have dom back to himself.

alex was thrilled to be next to nannaleah

and it was a good day. the food was delicious and we made quick work of a big stack of plates

a very big stack of plates haha.

we then explored a bit... walking around looking at random things and finding pretty places for photos, like this greenery outside woolies in the city.

this rainbow ceiling near typo

and the fountains in forrest chase.

we felt relaxed for the first time in weeks and it was so good to not have to worry about anything anymore. i feel like we can rest now and then get onto the next part - emptying the house and getting things sorted.

boxing day in the city

after a huge day with heaps of people about, this is how our littlest babe spent the morning well past the time he would normally be causing a ruckus. he was absolutely exhausted...

but got over his grumps quickly when madeline let him listen to bts on her new ipod. he was so proud of himself.

due to the insane people that came along with my husband in marriage (his extended family - and don't worry i have already told them this...) we went into the city for the boxing dale sales. oh my word. i would rather die than do that ever, ever again. there was some adorable photo ops for the kids, but the place was nuts.

this made me laugh so hard, joseph refused to move away from the "nice" door and madeline was very unimpressed.

so an argument broke out...

but she finally got her way. she is nice too. the nicest kid i know.

joseph was bored as anything and kept telling me - and i am writing this down so i can remember it in the future and hopefully laugh about it, but oh. my. gosh. favz and josh and doug went into culture kings and stayed in there browsing and buying up a storm (on favz credit card thankfully) for three freaking hours. oh my goodness. i nearly died. oli and i were outside sitting in the mall with alex who was grumpy as anything, but got a full nap in in the end, because they took that long. people have divorced their husbands for less. and after all that, they bought so much stuff, and nothing for me. i see how it is. 

london court my all time favourite place in the city was decorated festively and looked amazing.

there was still cute displays up all over the place and it was fun (for the first hour hahah) but i was sooooo glad to go home. never again. not in a million years would i go to the city on boxing day. case closed.