Two will be half the work of one, right?
Thomas wore authentic 70s bell-bottoms, previously worn by Tony, to say goodbye to the old year with Thaylo and Alise, and again to welcome in the new year at Jonas’s and Cora’s huge New Year’s Day party.
Our fabulous month away is drawing to a close. We had a great day on Mornington Penninsula, riding the steam train from Moorooduc, eating lunch at Mount Martha and then ending the day at The Briar’s. We went for a walk in their beautifully restored Woodland Walk, eyes peeled for koalas. Sadly none were visible, [...]
Harold Pinter, who just died, was apparently an enormous cricket fan. He spoke about it in a final interview with The Guardian. Here are his words, giving us another point of view.
“I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God created on earth,” Harold Pinter once said, “certainly greater than sex, although [...]
Half the family is at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground, watching Australia versus South Africa. Half the family went to the beach. Guess which party we joined!? If you’re unsure, let me share some of Bill Bryson’s thoughts on the game from his travel book about Australia, Down Under,
After years of patient study (and with cricket* there can be [...]
We had a lovely day yesterday. It started with a miracle: Thomas slept until 9am! Our last Christmas morning lie-in for about 15 years we suspect. A Christmas Eve party with Amanda and Ben meant that Thomas didn’t get to bed until 10:30pm. Despite a 30 minute drive back, Thomas remained awake, a little voice [...]
…in the dark, in the downstairs loo of the rental house. Yup. We have flown thousands of miles, and Thomas is currently fascinated with the bathroom, because it doesn’t have windows and thus is really, really dark. The trouble is that, being scared of the dark, he needs companionship. So the first morning here I [...]
Theo has been rolling front to back for the past week. He is very proud of himself and has decided that he is now beyond tummy time.
” ‘In this box are all the words I know,’ the King of Dictionpolis said. ‘Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may ask all the questions which have never been answered and answer all the questions which have never been asked.’ ” (The Phantom Tollbooth, [...]
The first fortnight of our holiday has flown by. We were based in Carlton North and loved having local shops and cafes just outside the door. We are now recognised at Birdie Num Nums, figs, Sourdough Bushtucker, and various other shops and bakeries. A “huge, big one” thank you to Amanda, as Thomas would say, [...]
While sitting on the loo waiting for a certain event:
“Daddy, poopy hidin’ in my tummy.”
Ah, the combination of potty training and talking!