Margot had two days off this week from school; her teachers were off on pro-d days.
On Thursday Margot and I had a day in the city. Margot's cousin Hamish, who lives in Boston, is doing a school project on Flat Stanley. Hamish had sent us his version of Flat Stanley and has asked us to get some photos of Margot and Stanley.
We decided to take Stanley to the city with us. It was a great day! We strolled through the busy city centre, had cupcakes, went on the one hour Opera House tour, had ice-creams, had lunch by the harbour. On a scale from 1 to 10, Margot and I both rated it as a definite TEN!
On Friday, we went to Gabrielle's house and hung out there all day with three other Moms and six kids. Fun, fun, fun.
Delish cupcake and coffee for morning tea in the CBD.
What is Christmas without a graffiti clad paper mache tree or an orange/pink plastic tree???
Stan checking out some aboriginal art.
The Opera House is designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon, who funny enough passed away yesterday at age 90 from a heart attack. He won the international bid for the project but did not ever set foot on the finished project; he was 1400% off on his project timelines and estimated dollars and ultimately forced to resign before the building was completed!
The building cost $102,000,000 au and over 16 years to build. The Sydney Opera House opened in 1973. There are 10 sails and over 900 rooms in the building. It's very simple (glass, granite, wood) and aesthetically beautiful.
Margot with the ballet slippers of famous Australian ballerinas
There are over 1 million tiles on the Sydney Opera House sails
Nice lunch with Stan at the Opera cafe
