WE'RE COMING TO AMERICA....TODAY!!!!

(Insert Neil Dimond theme music) Actually we are not coming to America today, but we have just booked a trip to Seattle for June. Luca and I will be in Seattle June 6 - 24 and Mark will join us June 13 - 23. We can't wait to catch up with all of our friends and family and introduce Luca to everyone! See you all soon! - kel

A Huskie in the Making…

Yes this photo was taken in secret! I just have to thank everyone for all the Huskie gear we have received for Luca. All of the loyal fans, Dad, Christy, Andrea (just to name a few) have sent Luca huskie gear to get him all ready for his collegiate years stateside. I think it’s been decided, there are now two Huskie fans living at 45 Bennett. -kel

Girls Night Out

My mothers group had a girls night out on Saturday night at a new bar in Manly, The Cove Bar. We had our own room and got the full VIP treatment. All the husbands stayed home with the kids, report on Monday morning was no serious dramas, other than a few hang-over’s here and there. All the girls dressed up and ditched the mommy gear for tank tops and sparkles. It was a fabulous night, lots of laughs, a few sketchy encounters, some breast pumping in the loo and yes even some talk about the babies! Thanks to Julie for organizing...we all can’t wait to do it again! -kel

I'm A Wild One

We’ve had some crazy rain in our part of Sydney over the past two weeks which is both a cause for celebration and some disappointment for Kelly & I.

As I mentioned in our blog about our trip to Mudgee there really is a water issue, (lack of water), in Australia in general at the moment, it is front page news and an election issue for state and federal elections. Even in Sydney our dam levels are at less than 40% of capacity. Although where we live we seem to get plenty of rain there are still water restrictions on things like watering the garden and washing cars. So rain is appreciated, especially given the avid gardeners that Kelly and I have become and our zealousness for filling our newly installed rain water tank.

The sad part of all the rain is that we have just had four days off for Easter and we have been housebound for most of it (although we have made the most of it getting a few projects finished that we have been promising to complete since we moved into our house). We had planned to take Luca to the zoo which would have been fun – well at least we still have it to look forward to.

The other cause for celebration is that Luca has his first tooth, he is growing up fast and of course with that comes his rebellious years. As you can see from the photo he is already wearing punk rock t-shirts and hanging out in the pub!



The photo is actually from the Alexandria Hotel, no catering to yuppie tastes here, the pub is old school (one of the shrinking few in Sydney) and Kelly and I know it as not only a place to get a good schooner of “Black” but also the best steak sandwiches in Sydney. We had to do our job as parents and introduce the little man to our secret (although he prefers a schooner of milk to our beer at the moment – give him a couple of years!).

The Iggy Pop t-shirt, which we love, was a present from my cousin Aaron and his wife Alessandra. “Gotta break it loose, Gonna keep em movin wild, Gonna keep a swingin baby, I’m a real wild child” - could this be Luca’s anthem, we hope not!
Cheers - M