The most exciting news is a new addition to the family. Some friends of ours went away for 4 months so we babysat their budgie, Poppy. We loved having Poppy here with us and when it was time for her to go home again we were more than a little sad.... so we decided we were up for having a budgie of our own. We managed to pick up a hand-reared bird about 8 weeks old. We racked our brains for a funky name but the best we could come up with was "Blu".... so, introducing "Blu"...
We've since found out that Blu is a boy. He is settling in rather quickly and appears to be quite a playful bird. Now I just have to work on Megan not screaming in fright every time he flies around the room :)
"Dad, I dug a hole" - The Castle (1997)
(Quote from an Aussie film)
Dave dug this hole to put in another soak well... of course, he had that kind of "special" help only young children can provide...
Finally, I have been coaching Aiden's hockey (minkey) team on a Sunday morning. He seems to be really enjoying it. I am coaching and encouraging his hockey for a very selfish reason.... if I am to spend the next 10 years of my weekends watching my children play sport then I would at least prefer it to be a sport I'm interested in!
He's actually doing really well. We found with Auskick (Aussie Rules Football) last year that he lacked any aggression and wouldn't fight for the ball. Surprisingly he's not like that with hockey. He gets in there and has a good go.
The blue stick coming in from the left to tackle him is mine...
Look at the smile on his face when he gets past me!
