The long weekend and a curry feast to start it off....

This weekend is a long weekend here in Victoria to celebrate Labour Day. It is also the weekend that Melbourne hosts Moomba, a long-standing tradition. There is normally a float parade through the city, water skiing on the Yarra river, entertainment and festivities, bands, circus performances and who could forget the Birdman Rally? A competition open for anyone to enter with the aim being to build/construct a flying contraption (some of them are quite bad I have to say) and battle against others to see who can fly the furthest from a starting point, most of the competitors ending up wet and bobbing in the Yarra.

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We had decided that as a family this weekend we needed to spend some quality time as a family. Even changing our minds at the last minute to not invite the family over for either a lunch or dinner. With everything that has been happening around us, everything that is consuming us, the right thing and most vital thing for us to do is as a family we need to talk, enjoy each other and most importantly move on together. I would be naive to say that the situation with Claire and Jamie isn't affecting our children especially when they are now hearing us speak more openly about it. So we are taking the time to listen to them, explain things to them that they need answers for, but we are laughing with them and showing them that we love them.
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So in true Murray style, last night our kitchen was running fully operational as a curry house! No joke there was curry cooking left, right and centre mostly due to us having the urge to cook curry. Not just one curry mind you.. of course we had to cook to suit everyone's taste desires!! One child wanted Butter Chicken, the other wanting Chicken Korma, I fancied a beef dish and Noel fancied a lamb one. So after having our heads in a few cookbooks we came up with Kerala Lamb and Trinidadian Beef. Needless to say, hundreds of pots, dishes and utensils several hours later we sat down to our feast of nations.....
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Nothing much to report so far for today. We have lazed around laughing, watching movies, chatting, the kids have been bouncing on the trampoline, playing on the computer, Noel and I have been pottering around although he should be resting his back and I am still in my nightie as I am posting... OMG!!
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They say that Sunday is the seventh day and the day of REST, don't they?