Possums and Palookas

What did I tell you! PC is nearly fixed, it's hotter than hell and the tax man has coughed up. Sorted.

As I said, things have warmed up considerably this week. Yesterday reached 31C and today we're expecting a high of a rather nice 33C. The good news is that it's also quite breezy so still pleasant to be out in. Dylan spent this morning running around on the decking wearing next to nothing and delighting in splashing us with a tub full of water. Too much excitement bless 'im - he's now flat out asleep and I expect will remain so for a good couple of hours.

He's also been going to swimming lessons these last few weeks and seems to have taken to it really well. He's been "dunked" a few times and managed to get over the shock and can sit on the side and "jump" into Isy's arms. There's an open air pool down the road from us which we might pop into this afternoon for a bit more larking about... hee hee (His language is also coming on. This week he cried "Hello daddy! Palooka!". He gets it from his mum.

Mr.D has also received a kids-size table and chair which he loves (Yea, we know he needs a haircut). It also means I can drop the travel cot and high chair off with my mate Marcus this week as his sister and baby are coming to stay...

Speaking of which, we're also expecting our friends Lorna and Graeme out here towards the end of October which should be great fun!! We were expecting Liza from South Africa to come out for a bit too, but she didn't make it due to changing jobs :-(

One final thing, last night Isy and I were having a beer out on the deck when a mother Possum snuck down out of the trees, crept across our garden and ran off with her baby clung to her back!! How cool was that!

Anyway, time to do something. (To prove I actually do things around here, here's a pic of me sweeping the remnants of about two tonnes of leaves from our garden last week...)


Catch you all later.