Hangovers and hulks

We had an unexpectedly great time at the school parents' party on Saturday night. The band, made up of parents, were fantastic, the Champagne flowed freely and the food was pretty good too. It was really nice to see familiar faces from the playground after a few glasses of wine. One mother was completely tanked and fell from the top stair of the stage to the bottom, landing sprawled on the dancefloor. As the night progressed, the band finished and a karaoke machine materialised. As always I began watching the proceedings with an air of superiority and only 20 minutes later was myself guilty of wrestling a microphone out of someone's hands so I could perform Copacobana. Several songs later Rob drove Kirsty and I home, giggling all the way. Rob was lucky enough to be at work on Sunday whereas I had to function all day with the girls after only 5 hours' sleep and a hangover. Things weren't much better next door at Kirsty and Simon's house. Simon had stayed home and watched the football with a bottle of wine and a 6-pack and Kirsty had managed only 2 hours' sleep thanks to 'an upset tummy' and their baby waking at 5am. We decided early on Sunday that the only way to make it through the day was to join forces. After a morning at the park, I managed to make it alone until 2pm when we went next door for a late lunch. The kids played beautifully and Kirsty, Simon and I were able to sit about chatting with a hair of the dog.

This morning we met up with Sarah-Kate who was down for the weekend from the Gold Coast for a friend's birthday. She showed us photos on her laptop of the huge boat Mark is constructing on the film set of Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the 3rd Narnia film.

After dropping Scarlett at school Rob, Flo, SK and I went to Balmoral for lunch and walked straight into Aussie movie star Eric Bana coming out of the place we always get our coffee, he of Black Hawk Down, The Hulk and The Other Boleyn Girl. He sat right next to us with his wife and kids while we pretended not stare. He was very handsome but also very normal -playing with skipping ropes and scooters with his kids - despite earning big bucks in the movies. Here is a picture of Rob and SK providing me with an excuse to take a photo of him sitting on the bench behind them. Click on the pic for a better view.