My Birthday!

Finally! Another Blog! Sorry it has taken so long to update you all with our lives down under but as you can imagine we are a lot busier now what with me working full-time and Julia running round after Isla.
So instead of my long fascinating monologues you will have to make do with just photos and videos for the next few months while things settle down (no great loss!). And that probably means lots and lots of pictures of Isla (yes we are THOSE parents).

Also I can't be bothered filling you in on every detail of the last 2 months but I will try and pick out the highlights for you over the next week or so. First of all:

My Birthday!

I had a lovely birthday - thanks for the various cards/gifts/emails and text messages. We had a picnic in the park yesterday. It was great weather - too hot! It was almost 30C on the day. We were joined by the rest of Julia's family. And then in the afternoon we had a couple of beers in the garden with our friends Martha and Penny.
I got a new guitar for my birthday and I have been serenading Isla with songs about cheese and chicken. Isla thinks my playing is the best.
Julia and I went out for dinner on Friday for teppanyaki in Moonee Ponds. I had never had teppanyaki before. You have your dinner cooked in front of you on a hot plate and the chef juggles knives and spoons and then throws bits of egg at you to try and catch in your mouth. It was lots of fun and the food was really nice too, even though some of it did end up on the floor.
Isla is lucky - she gets tappanyaki every night. She is never happier than when the food is flying through the air.

I follow Isla about making her listen to my singing!