Michael's Weekend Report

Here is the weekend news report for harrisboyd gang:

On Friday night Michael went to the work poker night and won! There were a few comments saying that he had been coached by Sarah who won the first night.

The boys spent Saturday morning at Taronga Zoo. As usual the reptile display was the main attraction with a lot of crocodile spotting. We stopped half way down for a morning tea of hot chips. Ben walked for most of the visit and was pretty good. After seeing the lions and tigers we caught the sky train back and headed home. The two back seat passengers were asleep by the time we got home. The two ladies of the household went for a walk to visit a factory outlet shop on Willoughby Rd. Then they made some quite spicy hummus (bit too much cumin) and chocolate hedgehog. As usual there was a bit of resting at lunch and then we had a visit to the park. Saturday night’s dinner for the grownups was Granny’s Salmon Fettucine. The freezer is now looking pretty full. We’ll have to start eating some of it soon. There was mention of getting a second freezer (not by this reporter) but this was quickly dismissed as a ridiculous suggestion.

On Sunday Sarah ventured out by herself to the Willoughby school fair and picked up numerous puzzles for the boys. We then headed out to sunny Manly to have brunch with one of Michael’s work colleagues from itv|world. Patrik and Elisabeth and their little boy have come back to Australia from Sweden for a couple of years. Their son is the first and only grandchild for both families at the moment so they won’t be able to stay here forever. They arrived in February and Patrik’s parents have already been out once and will be here again soon. Grandparents – they are so devoted. Needlessly to say most of the furniture came from IKEA. The boys had a good time colouring in before Simon decided he wanted to do something else. We walked down to the corso where Michael chased Ben around for a while and then decided it was time to go home.

The big news (kids news) – Simon can sort of write his own name – I can hear you say from here – “definitely ready for school” and “so advanced”. Ella has started to roll over but is not that happy when she gets over. Ben – well just looks cute as usual. Sarah also picked up a new bike and helmet for Simon from the above mentioned fair so on Sunday afternoon they went for a little ride on the footpaths of the street. No pedestrians were injured during this activity. Simon had home made chicken schnitzels for dinner; Ben rejected them and preferred to stick with sausages and Ella is sticking to formula.