Please..just one little silver ball, please?

Pictured are our two best recent creations: Nicholas and his birthday cake! Happy Birthday, Nicholas! Yesterday, our recently raised carport played host to a gathering to celebrate our (not so) little fella turning one. A great time was had by all, especially Nicholas, who was played with, fed, followed and hugged by just about everyone. I don't think he ended up with a silver cachous (cashew?) but well enjoyed the chocolate cake, chocolate icing and cream.

Whilst Mummy's making my cake

I was busy icing and decorating the little fella's first birthday cake. He hadn't been happy that I wasn't paying him attention. We went to the front room to look outside. I left him well amused with some blocks but...a few minutes later...silence. Silence!!?? Here's how the birthday boy was amusing himself. And such an innocent face.

Happy Birthday Little Mate!!

Our little mate is starting to be not so little. Today Nicholas turned 1 - a whole digit!! Pictured here, he is very excited about a present that has arrived addressed to him. Although he is also keeping his current favourite toy, an empty plastic bottle, close to hand!
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Nicholas had a grand time at kindy today - including an afternoon tea party with all his kindy mates, scoffing down a banana birthday cake liberaly dusted with cinnamon and icing sugar is a giant "1" (packed and ready in top-right corner). Word has it he went for a 2nd piece and downed that no trouble at all (after polishing off his sizeable lunch box) - we have no doubt all this fuel is jet-powering his growth.
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Mummy also enjoyed her day... at work... a world away from this same day last year!

Helping out!!

Our little mate just loves the W.E. pack! Here he is helping Dad out putting the hinges up for the new gate ... we go walking 3 or 4 times a week around the neighbourhood and he is so happy just to chattle to himself and point his 'yonder daddy' finger (a carefully raised index finger) at things he would like a closer look at/feel of. He especially likes it when Mum comes with us because he can play 'hidey' or play with her hair when she comes within reach!

Tressie's 1st Mum's Day!!

The little fella was so excited about Mum's day he had a new shirt commissioned with "You are the best Mum in all the world" just so he could get his best wishes out... but because he doesn't speak english really well yet ... he had it printed in French!! clever little fella!! and he was also very keen to give Mum a big hug!!

Mist on the path

Bhutan highlights - 3 of 10

The beauty of the place is mindnumbing... Here a pony caravan is coming down fromt the pass Bale La - a 'low' pass at only 4000m - incredibly atmospheric stuff. The ponys know the way of course and the little ones follow mum for the first few. For the ponies the trips would last from a a few days to a few weeks. On this day we gained 700m then dropped 1700m to the hot springs at Gaza - a big day. Gaza was really the symbolic end of the trek.

First 1st Birthday party

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear Lauren, Zahlia, Nicholas, Sophia, Benji, Toby, Molly and Byron

Happy Birthday to you!

Mum's group 1st Birthday party... a couple of cupcakes to make a cupcake cake, champers and gooshy cheeses - celebrating our gorgeous little boys and girls, our first year as in-love parents and a supportive group of great new friends.

Jeff and Andrea get married!

... in Murgon!! ... 4 cruisy country hours from Brisvegas. The wedding was held in a very green garden on a very green property (after all the rain we’ve been having). The warmth from the friends and rellies was infectious and fun – nearly as much fun as the bride and groom had when they took to the dance floor for first dance! Reception was at the Murgon Town Hall – a tremendous fair dinki-di old style country hall complete with lavish amounts of good food and booze. And if you hadn’t got enough of the friendly stuff – brekky was back at the wedding property with the groom amazingly doing the cooking over the barby with the bride helping out. Thankyou Mr and Mrs Eagle - it was a bloody tremendous event to be part of!

Awwwhhhh shucks!!!

The little cuties were just all nervous and bashful... well as nervous and bashful as they get!