Merrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry Christmas!!

<-- what we look like in real life

a huge crowd for the music. The crowd also got an unexpected treat from our Solid Gold little dancer -->

A big Merry Christmas to cyber space, and hope that 2010 is better than ever.

These are from about a month before Christmas. They had some Christmas Carols. We didn't last until the carols came

<-- No need for a cage for this go-go dancer. I said, how's your hearing, OLLIE?

hittin the highs -->

Ollie and Louis are really well. Louis is smiling at everyone, and has some excellent strength. Ollie is entertaining now. We were getting used to his limited vocab with little words like Mama and Papa. Here's a list from February of this year
hello, hat, bye, all gone, up please, hot, car, bus, truck,
bike, ball, see ya, mama , papa, book, shoes, woof,
meow, no, ta(thanks), fish, walk, baka(grandma),
are you?(where are you?)
We are very proud of his language skills, and every new word was pure delight to hear.

But now Ollie is now really expanding. The other morning he came up to the bedside. I asked him How are you? And he replies "Not too bad!". We both had to laugh. Before that I told him I love you, and he responded "You're welcome!". We went to Ang and Steve's today, and he entertained everyone with his odd sayings. At the local daycare he encourages the other kids with "come on!"

The 27th of December

<-- What do you call THIS? His first taste of ice cream. Looks like he liked it.

Louis, Marie, Ang, Steve, Alexandra, Gabrielle and Ollie escaping -->

Ivana was playing in a tournament near Manly. It is a sensational beach, with an overcrowded plaza. At least its just for pedestrians.


<-- the happiest man alive

ta naaa!!-->

Citect Christmas thing

Michael, Wei Ching, Tim

Dean, Bernard - 2 bosses up, and me -->

I just thought I'd put up a couple of shots from this one, as it was fancy dress, and lots of fun.





<-- Marie, me and crazy in a good way adventurer Dave

Bernard says I can still turn up on Monday, as long as the moustache is gone. He won't have competition -->

Boxing day 26 Dec

If I wasn't so lazy, I'd look it up. I'm not sure how many people boxed on Boxing Day, but now there's a yacht race, the Sydney to Hobart, and not much else on. It's a public holiday, so Christmas is the best time of year by far!

Merrry Christmas!

<-- at Tim and Zdenka's in the Alladin's room

Beautiful Milly -->

Christmas this year was at Ceal's and Zdenka's. Ate too much as usual. I was astonished at the huge room piled up with presents for the hordes of children. Had a great time.





<-- Louis and Marie

At Ceals-->

<--at the bowlo in Tribal Zone

on the way down-->

We went down the South Coast to Sanctuary Point, Jervis Bay with Zdenka and Tim at their place. Had a lovely time at the beach. It's perfect for kiddies. Louis watched everything excitedly, and Ollie just loved getting into the water, building sandcastles, and annoying hell out of the cats next door.




<--telling the cat where to go

The weekend

<-- one the trampoline at Tess, Belle and Will's

very excited about "going in the water"-->

We've been doing some swimming lessons. Ollie enrolled for his first set. He absolutely loves the water. He just started to understand kicking to get some propulsion. It's marvelous to see the idea click.


<-- Beautiful Louis

Fran holds her latest beautiful grandchild -->