It might as well rain...

...and we've just had a week of it.

Some of it actually fell in the catchment area, so Sydney's water situation is mildly less dire.

So much for spring :-). Apparently it will be fine again from tomorrow.

Two months since we've moved, and the new routines are just about established.

Exercise is building, and weight is dropping steadily.

Haven't really explored that much of Sydney yet, other than what work and socialising requires.

We're going to see the Boy from Oz this Sunday for our 4th wedding anniversary.
Should be fun to see Hugh Jackman, Australia's man of the moment (not withstanding Steve Irwin or Peter Brock).

Victoria & Lydia are doing well. At 17.5 months, the words are now flowing very freely. Latest vocabulary:

1. A-mo (Elmo)
2. A-me (Amen)
3. Shuuus (Shoes)
4. Dad-dyia (Daddy + Lydia)
5. Nononononono..... (speaks for itself)
6. Up/Down
7. Gown (as in the dressing variety)
8. Awdun (All done - with food/drink/anything)
9. Mummy's heeer
10. oosh
11. ook (look)

The brain development side of things is just remarkable. When in Fremantle, I heard a presentation from a 70 year old Associate Professor & Practicing Paediatrician on early childhood brain development.

It was fascinating to see how all the longitudinal studies on health brain development showed how neurone interconnectivity and brain architecture for everything from motor skills and language development is largely in place by the age of one.

The human body's an amazing thing...