Lachlan's Birthday

Lachlan had his friends come over today to celebrate his birthday.  He has no trouble opening presents these days.

Current favourite is the Spiderman outfit.

Lisa is really getting into it.  This time it was a Lego cake!

Welcome Matthew

Last Saturday Kellie gave birth to Matthew Ian who gave his mother much less trouble than his brother Ben.  He was 50 cm and 3.8 kg.  We visited them last night but Matthew was not very interested.

Congratulations to Kellie and Ian but Peter seems to be taking a lot of the credit.

Cooper Shops for Presents

Yesterday was Birthday Shopping Day for Cooper.  He had a couple of things in mind and quickly got into the swing of spending money.  It only took about 20 minutes to gather the required items and then head for home to show them off.

 Lachlan was very interested in some of the items.  It will not be long before he will take up the shopping challenge

James' Second Practice Match

The Jets had their second practice match on Sunday.  They met Vermont who have the reputation of being the best in the league and who the Jets play in the first round next week.
The boys started slowly but momentum built as the coach experimented with positions on the field.

James started on the wing against one of the best of the Vermont team and he managed to get a point early. Later in the game he was moved forward and he scored a goal and another point helping his team come home winners 9 goals 8 (62) to Vermont 6 goals 5 (41).  The team has started to work together and this was a real morale booster for the start of the season.

The fans were happy!

 James played a great game

Cooper Hosts a Party

Cooper had his friends over on Saturday to celebrate his birthday.  The party had a dinosaur theme and many presents reflected the theme

Lisa had gone wild on the cake and constructed a scene from Jurassic Park! So Cooper had a good day.

Cooper's Birthday

We went to have a birthday dinner with Cooper yesterday.  We arrived to find him in high spirits after a fun day with his friends and having received presents with a very Jurassic feel to them.  Justin was Masterchef for the night.

Cooper had gone all high brow and ordered sausages for his birthday and he enjoyed his meal.

And then to the formalities of the (dinosaur) cake.

After a wonderful day it was then time for baths and books before bed.

Happy Birthday Cooper!

Birthday Photo

It is always a bit of a journey to get an appropriate birthday photo.  It has to be acceptable to everyone and conform to the constraints of the frame and have a consistency with the other photos.  This is the current candidate.

Birthday Shopping

We spent a little time in the shops this morning getting James' birthday presents.  "Little" is the operative word.  James is a real cave man shopper, it only took us about half an hour to collect the required materials which included a new basketball (of course!).

James' Birthday

On Sunday we had a gathering to celebrate James' birthday.

He is getting taller by the minute and in the Miami Heat uniform he got for his birthday he looks taller than ever.

James just loves it when we all sing him Happy Birthday!

Easter Sunday

Everyone looks forward to the healthy breakfast we get on Easter Sunday!

and the visitors that come calling.