To the Maximum Extreme

One of my students used this expression "to the maximum extreme" in an essay recently and my boys and I thought it was hilarious. We have been using it ever since to describe all manner of things. I have used it today as the heading for this post about what I have done since I started holidays. Since working in Admin at school I don't get as many holidays as I used to and work very long hours. So when I finish for Christmas holidays, I try to make the most of them and squeeze as much in as a I can. I've only been on holidays since last Friday and so far I've crammed in the following:

• been to see High School Musical 3 with the boys
• took the kids rollerskating, Freckles and to (a very dodgy) video arcade
• took the dog to the clippers
• took Patrick to the doctors for a checkup and Sam to the Dentist (his tooth was badly chipped eating a nectarine)
• had to call RACQ when my car battery went dead (probably from taking my children too many places!)
• weeded the garden
• had a great Christmas dinner with friends
• took Bella and the boys for their Santa photo shot
• did a million loads of washing
• watched Mamma Mia again
• baked a fruit cake for Christmas
• took my mother in law Christmas shopping
• went to the beach to celebrate Manny's 30th birthday

However I still have not finished my Christmas shopping. Plenty of time.

Really hoping Santa brings a new camera for Christmas - blog entries really boring without new photos...