...hope you are all well and sitting comfortably for this first post of 2008 .... got round to it in the end I know:) Going to make a bit more of an effort on the blogging front this year, keep it a bit shorter and sweeter as well …so let me know what you think …… lets go ……
We have had a few important events alread this year ...started with mum and dad paying us avisit for 3 weeks in Jan - which was great. Hot on the heels of this was Reece starting School …He seems to be settling in just great and they are certainly putting him through his paces - swimming everyday for the first 6 weeks caught me a bit by surprise but he loves it. The school is spitting distance from where we live as well which is also dead handy ...Only has 190 children in the whole school which is a nice size and the kids seem to really look out for each other - they have the right kind of goal posts on the playing fields as well ! if you know what I mean ...
Next up was Sians 2nd Birthday a few weeks ago - a bit of a low key affair as we dont have a big party until 3yrs old - great day all the same - Sian loved the presents and of course the the cake.
As I mentioned we are coming to the end of summer - the clocks change in 2 weeks ( we got 2 more weeks this year compared to last thansk to the govt) ... so we have been making the most of it at the weekends going for big walks in the Waitakere Ranges which is all around where we live - these piccies were taken last week as Reece and I headed out Huia ...
No update would be complete with a little look at the slightly more irreverent stuff going on down under - I thought I would share with you one of the weirder front pages stories in the NZ Herald over recent weeks - certainly not what I would expect to find on the front page of the Guardian or Daily Express ….. Its all about some dumb backpacker on holiday up in the Northern Territory of Australia … I think the caption says it all …. nutter !!!
The other one that you might of seen in the UK and is being billed over here as " here go the subtle Aussies again " covers the latest immigration campaign by Adelaide in South Australia trying to pursuade Brits to come over ..talk about being straight to the point....... I suppose it's factually correct but all the same eh.
Can’t finish off without mentioning Livepools emphatic win over Inter Milan - Torres is the new main man it would appear …. A few more goals and he surpasses the record Rud Van Nistelroy set in his first season in the Premiere League ….. I can hear "Fernando" by Abba playing in the pubs of Liverpool as we speak. Lets he sticks a couple in against the mancs this weekend.
Anyway thats all from me for today . Ta ta for now …take care and drop us a line
:) P
