Kindy

Our young man is growing up, just about finished his first year at Kindy.

Has asked for a model B-Double Truck for his birthday!

Gusto at Sydney Fish Markets

How about this for a tasty little snack? A few weeks ago (I am the worls slackest blogger), AK, Colin and I did the Gusto Italian gig at the Sydney Fish Markets - tastings cooking demo's, cooking classes etc...On one Stall we did for Kirkfood we offered thsi for the punters, and they LOVED it. We've just started bringing in Italian Prosciutto di San Daniele from Italy and we teamed it up with Mozzarella di Bufala and a sprig of basil, a neat drizzle of Gargiulo Olive Oil from the Amalfi all sitting on a slice of Sonoma Sour Dough baguette. Suffice to say they were extremely pleased with our offerring.

Kaila's Christening Saturday 23rd June 2007

Here we are outside the Church for Kaila's Chistening. Father Bob did a great job even though we did manage to set the Alter Candle on fire by accident. Kaila was lovely and the centre of attention up front with Godparents Claire and Fitzy who made a special trip over from New Zealand

Thanks for the Rabbits

Liam and I went for a walk down to Abbotsford Cove early Saturday morning and came across Flopsy and Mopsy, munching on some green grass. Anyway we thought we'd make an old favourite of ours, Rabbit Pie. Nick and Susan Hickson came over and Vicki as well, but Charlie got called out at the last minute and had to go collect a young man who fell foul of the law.





We slow cooked them in some red wine and chicken stock for about 6 hours till the meat was falling off the bone. Then, we cooked up the kidneys, added some mushrooms and bacon, parsley and a spoon of Creme Fraiche and the mix was made. You have to have home-made pastry for this sort of treat so Anne whipped up her Short Crust Pastry and then filled the pies - here's the result - served on mushy peas with buttery mashed spuds, Brussel sprouts and a green salad. Simply Delicious!

Liam Rides the Fire Truck

Look at me!! No fear. One of the girls at day care is so lucky, her Dad is a Fireman. Anyway, he brought the fire truck in for us to see and it arrived with its sirens wailing and lights flashing. Then, the fireman came in and talked to us all and then he let us sit in the drivers seat! I wanted to jump on the back so I could be just like a real fireman, racing off to put the blaze out! I was the only one who jumped on the back too.

Martina comes to visit

Since Dave and Martina left Australia a few years ago it's never been the same. They now live in Ireland and have 2 lovely girls. So it was great to get a visit just the other day from Martina, Kiera and Eamer. They jumped on the ferry and headed out to Abbotsford for the day, and naturally Anne was really excited to see the girls. Thanks for coming guys, see you again soon.

It seems like an eternity since we last updated our blog, but we've been busy!!....Liam and Kaila have both done the rounds with coughs, colds and sore throats but have fought of the winter chills and are right on top of it again. Kaila is a little angel, sleeping through most nights and is really coming of age. She's just turned 11 months now and is saying a few little words and starting to love reading books. Liam, its all dinosaurs!

You can see from the pic here we had a great time at Emilia Dunkleys 3rd Birthday Party, Liam got right into the jumping castle and spent a few hours with the mini Hummer on the back lawn. Emialia was dressed as a fairy and had a bright blue birthday cake, blowing out all the candles.

Justice Kirk was on hand as well and had most of the attention of all the ladies in the room all night long. JB had a hard time fighting off all the girls at this party, but Tuckers came to the rescue for 5 mins.

Next week we caught up with Stav and Trudy at Easter when they visited us in Sydney. It was Easter Sunday and we had a great relaxing day down at the Rowers Club with AK, Lisa and JB, Guy, Colin and Tammy. What better way to spend the day than lazing on the deck there, with a couple of Dede's Seafood Platters and a few cold beers!
Stav and Trude at the Sydney Rowers Easter Sunday