Week 52: dec 10 to 16

Monday morning I went to school, to watch the middle and senior school awards assembly as we were told Lachlan was getting an award. When it was announced he got the award for art, I almost laughed out loud. He doesn't enjoy art at all, he is ok at it, but I was not expecting an award for art. He also got a highly commended for his class (which is like the good all round student). Steve had the car at work, so I went to the school with Yi. When I got back I went and had teppanyaki lunch with Cathy and we had a wander around the Pavillion looking for something to wear to Steve's graduation.
The kids had day off school on Tuesday for the Sultan of Selangor's birthday (Steve didn't as he works in KL and the kids school is actually in a different state) and went to the movies to see Rise of the Guardians with Miyo, Hanson and Ryan, Keira and Allysha. I stayed home to organise some stuff for the move.
Steve's graduation was Wednesday. We had the ceremony in the morning and the ball in the evening.
Thursday the packers came and we went to dinner at las Carretas with Cathy and kids after checking into our accomodation.
Friday was the kids last day at school, it was only a half day. Lakshmi and I cleaned the apartment. After the kids got home we had drinks by the pool with Cathy. It was supposed to be for a few hours but in true Bender/Wall style it ended up being all night and we got pizza, then the kids stayed overnight at the Benders.
We were able to do some last minute Christmas shopping Saturday morning before we picked up the kids at lunchtime. In the evening Laksmi came to the hotel to look after the kids, I went to a Christmas party at Louise's and Steve went down to the airport to pick up the Leech family, the new people who are taking over us. Steve was able to come to the party for a while after settling them in.
Sunday morning we met up with the Leech's and took them to Antipodean for breakfast, then Toni and I drove the new girls around and showed them a few places they might want to know, and the men went for a drive to the college in the afternoon. That night we went to the Uren's place for a farewell/welcome party.