We seem to be spending a lot of our spare time in parks these days. Evie isn't quite ready for playground equipment yet but she still enjoys being outside. And with weather like we had on the weekend, Andrew and I enjoy being outside too. We get to catch up with friends, spend time in the sunshine and entertain Evie all at the same time.

On Saturday, we attended Alex and Geoffrey's 2nd birthday which featured two Thomas the Tank Engine cakes (or as Oscar used to say "Two trains, Jessie!").

Happy birthday Alex and Geoffrey!

On Sunday, we caught up with the Stuarts and the Goldys in Sydney Park. The park was absolutely chock full of kids. I don't think I've ever seen that many kids in one place. Elliot is enjoying himself on the swing set, Evie is looking forward to giving this a go when next we go to the park.


More photos (slideshow) of Alex and Geoffrey's Birthday on Flickr.

I've been a bit lax in my welcome to Elliot. Everyone deserves a fushmush post to mark their arrival. Clare and Brendan celebrated Elliot's arrival in mid-April.

The story of Elliot's birth is one fit for a TV sitcom. Clare actually went into labour at my pseudo baby shower. Her waters broke at my afternoon tea shower at The Victoria Room in Darlinghurst. Andrew was picking us up from the shower so I rang to ask him to bring something for Clare to sit on in the car. Andrew was already on his way so he stopped at a petrol station and got a wad of paper towels. Glamorous. It's going to be a funny story to tell Elliot and Evie when they grow up.




We held a guessing competition at Clare's baby shower and we have an almost winner. Most of us guessed that Elliot would arrive earlier in April. He held out for a week or so past his due date though. Elliot was born on the 18th April, 00:15 and weighed 3.5 kg. So Sue is the winner guessing 17th April and 3.35 kg. Well done Sue!