Just around the corner

Merry Christmas

Only 5 more sleeps!!

Tonight is Agape's Christmas party/show type thing and the volunteers and soem of the nannies are doing a thai dance. We arent very good so i hope noone gets offended but it will still be lots of fun. The last few days we have been going to the few local shopping centers to buy christmas presents for the kids. It has been lots of fun deciding what each of them would like with their own personalities. Over the next few days we are wrapping the gifts so to be placed out Christmas night. Christmas eve is a sleep over at Agape and Christmas lunch is a traditional hot turkey meal. The last few days have been cold, cold enough to put on a light jumper in the middle of the day so perhaps a hot meal will be a nice change. At carols by candle lite last week they were talking about the changes we will face this cristmas being in a new culture and most laughed when they said it will be a hot christmas but the aussies just looked at each other in cofusion and everyone laughed when one of us stood up and said, "What are you talking about, this is cold". Carols was nice, people from all over got up and sang a traditioal song. When it came time for the Aussies we all got dragged up to sing a song we have never read that was written the day before to the tune of Waltzing Matilda. It turned out quite nice but i would have prefered the Aussie version of Jingle Bells.