Living in a land down under

Had a lovely day up in Kineton last week at Jon & Vicky's country pad. Esther is over from Oz with her new pride and joy, Elliott and her old pride and joy, Todd! It was lovely to have a catch up, however brief and they're certainly looking well, Oz must be agreeing with them. Simon's work ensured that we only had an afternoon where we could meet up but it was worth the trip.
Mum is over in Nashville larging it no doubt, linedancing and drinking weak beer. It was lovely to have an extra pair of hands looking after the children especially as Sylvie is now crawling/walking. Thinking of getting eyes put in the back of my head.
Credit crunch means times are hard - people here are just having one latte per day and lunch and dinner out five times a week instead of seven and downgrading the nanny to an au pair! Still waiting for house prices to drop to below a million....

Murphy's Law

News of a new arrival, Murphy Hugh Ibbs who came into the world on Friday morning weighing 9lb. Big congratulations to the Ibbs family. Hopefully we'll remember to take the camera with us at Christmas so that we can post a photo!

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to...

So Sylvie's birthday party has been and gone. The toddlers of Teddington and beyond were larging it in our front room in honour of the pretty one's first birthday with Mark the Music man and Tiffany balloon modeller extraordinaire. We are still finding balloon alien body parts around the place! Simon and Mike saved the day with their impromptu tarpaulin/marquee in the back garden so that the bar could stay open! Mark the music man was obviously very happy about that!! The house didn't suffer much damage which was good and we've built up a lost property office, which is bad - so if you're missing anything let me know. Thanks to everyone who came from near and far, I hope you had a good time. Next birthday party when Joe is 21!
Simon and I just back from a great night off - stayed the night at Malmaison, mooched around Clerkenwell pubs for the day, Elbow gig at the Roundhouse that night and then lunch at Lindsay House in Soho today. Just need a week off to recover and we'll be fine...oh dear.