Tonight we had a barbecue dinner at the house of some friends to celebrate Australia Day.
But Mr de Elba went to a concert in the big smoke, I did only an 82% good-enough job wrangling my Little Guys, in a fit of disorganisation I brought takeaway noodles instead of sausages or steak to put on the barbecue and claimed it was "a nod to Australia's multi-cultural heritage," and in my disconnectedness after playing with then serving dessert to the children I failed to realise the adults were all waiting before eating their own dessert and bogged into a lamington without using a plate and created a winter wonderland with the coconut. Then as the behaviour was getting ratty among the children we made a hasty getaway as soon as we finished dessert.
Now I am wondering - was that Unaustralian?
Now that I type it all out, I realise that failing to show up, multi-cultural food, enjoying the grub a bit too much and knocking off early are all pretty Australian, really.
ReplyDeleteAs you were.
You are right, it's all completely Australian! :)
ReplyDeleteI love Lamingtons!
What? No fireworks, no fire crackers, no sparklers, no hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, watermelon???
ReplyDeleteOps! Wrong country.
Never mind.......
Parenting three alone - I think you did well unAustralian or not!
ReplyDeleteAnd the winter wonderland from the coconut is so lamingtonish that it must be Australian.
I had to look up lamington....
ReplyDeleteI've often thought of Australia Day as a bit like Fourth of July, only a hundred times lazier.
ReplyDeleteNational Nap Day, that's what it is.