Hard to believe they were here 10 days - the house will be quiet without them.
This morning we agreed to skip church seeing it was their holiday and we did make them go last week :-)
Instead we headed out in the mini again (it really is kind of squashed with four of us!) and meandered our way down to Stanley Market. Last dollars were burning holes in pockets so shopping was the order of the day. The suitcases had already been packed (we had to lend them one of ours to get all their stuff home again....) so I was trying hard to keep the purchases small knowing I was going to have to find a place to squeeze them in. Braden bought himself a remote controlled helicopter and a red paper lantern. Jordan was taken with the digital alarm clocks in neon colours. I'm not at all convinced he needs an alarm clock - he seems to wake up quite early enough! - but he is now the proud owner of one.
We came back home to drop off the car and pick up the bags before heading by taxi into the airport express station where we could check in early for the flight. We used the first class check in line as I had my frequent flyer card with me - the loud announcements the boys were making to the rest of the line 'but we are only travelling economy' probably did not win us any friends, but it saved us a long line up in the economy queue :-). We checked in the bags and got boarding passes before heading off to Kowloon to prepare for Rugby mania.
Now really I am not convinced we have two rugby lovers. One for sure.... but the other one cannot sit still for 80 minutes and I am sure he missed most of the highlights both last week and this! Talk about a wriggle worm!
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| Waiting for kick off |
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| The big outdoor screen (singing the National Anthem) |
There was however much whooping with delight when we managed to hold on to that one point lead - and Jordan was super excited to watch the cup being handed to his illustrious team captain.
We headed out to the airport at about 7pm on the 25 minute express train. 8pm was the designated time for handing our charges over to the nice Cathay Pacific lady so a few minutes of very last minute shopping had the final dollars spent on Lego Miniatures. There sure is a shared obsession with Lego going on there.... and then they were gone. Home is very quiet. The cats don't know what to think. I'm sure they will quickly adjust!
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| Sharkey 1 and Sharkey 2 waiting to Board |
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| Bye boys! Come back soon! |
Sonia
We are very relieved the ABs won - think Jordan may have sunk into a pit of despair if his heroes let him down :) Thanks for finding them somewhere to watch the game - Jordan had worked out some time back that the final would be very close to the boys getting on their flight and he was very hopeful that he would be able to see it live and wouldn't have to wait to watch it replayed when he got home :) What an accommodating Aunt and Uncle you are :)
ReplyDeleteHe was wondering if he'd end up watching it on the plane - we weren't convinced they'd be playing it on the plane. He was off to school today all in black to celebrate the win. The panda Jordan brought back for Jayna has earnt the illustrious honour of being the only toy she will allow to share her bed - the other toys have all been long banished due to "their eyes looking at me". Apparantly the bear (who has been named "All Black" in spite of being half white) has innocent-enough looking eyes to avoid an eviction. Zach polished off all his dried squid things in one sitting with much glee :) Sandra
ReplyDeleteBet it is quiet at your place now :)
ReplyDeleteBraden loved coming to stay with you - thanks for giving them such a great experience.
Indeed it is quiet - especially with Andrew off in Sydney as well!
ReplyDeleteWall Climber driving you crazy yet?
Sonia
Jordan has been sorting through his trillions of photos choosing the 60 he wants to share with the extended family (taking out the out-of-focus shots narrows down the options considerably :) We noticed he managed to sneak in a couple of shots with you in the frame Sonia, but where was Andrew hiding? He is now trying to work out if it's possible to combine his 2 dreams of working for Lego, and living in HK... Thanks so much. Sandra
ReplyDeleteThe only ones you'll find of Andrew will be his behind...he was always three steps ahead of us!
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LOL. Sounds like Andrew is very scheduled and task oriented. Kids toys are really cool (but then I don't have to remind one of them not to fly the helicopter in the house). Nate's seal is still a favourite! Thanks. T
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