The Amazing Adventures of Ruth: Zoo Tourist

First, the photo at the end of last week's blog was Reid. I can't believe that no-one even dared to have a guess, let alone get it right.

It's been another busy week. Xanthe had her first birthday (although, technically, I guess that the day she was born was her first birth-day) this week. She wasn't as interested in her presents as the boys were, but that's par for the course. Ruth worked her cake magic again. It's odd to think that Xanthe has been around for a year now.






It's been raining quite a bit here. Everyone's happy, even the boys.


What with it being Christmas soon Calvin had his end of year concert. It involved the children singing a few songs and doing some silly dances, some of which Calvin excelled at.


We're off to Sydney for Christmas. We've been offered a place to stay over the holiday so we'll head down there next week. Ruth is hoping to get a chance to visit Bondi beach when we're there, just so that she can say that we've been to the beach at Christmas time.


Finally, I managed to get into the Dubbo PhotoNews again. What can I say? The camera loves me. You'll see me in the photo above. What? What do you mean you "can't see me"? There I am. Right there! Click on the picture and look at the bottom right picture. There! Behind that table! Yeah. Yeah, that's my head. That's me. That, of course, means that I've been in the Dubbo PhotoNews twice now. My mission for this year has been well and truly accomplished. Ruth hasn't even been in it once yet. But then again, why does she need to? Watch the video below.



How can I compete with that? Have a good week.