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Camping With Coops for His 40th

Long gone are the days of “back-pack camping”, when you go camping with whatever you could carry on your back – away from civilisation, miles from the nearest road, deep in the Siberian forests or the North-West Territories.
Things were simple those days: a tent, box of matches, two saucepans, spoon, knife, aluminum mug, sleeping bag [...]

May 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Family and Friends, Outings, Travel and Holidays | Leave a comment

Pumpkin Party

We threw a small pumpkin party this evening ~ some of our good friends came by to enjoy the festivities, which included pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin soup.
Tosha’s friend Tristan came as Spiderman; his sister, Autumn, Tolii’s friend, came dressed as Harry Potter (and mum Carole was a very convincing Mrs. McGonagal); their father, Richard, “Coops” [...]

October 31st, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Family and Friends | 2 comments

H-Van 40th Birthday Party

There seems to be a lot of 40th birthday parties in our circle of friends this year.
However, last night’s party was a bit different…it was for Coops’ Citroen H-Van (aka fire truck).
The truck opened up its tail to reveal a cosy bar, complete with many festive drinks.
People from far and wide came to celebrate into [...]

October 12th, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Family and Friends | Leave a comment

Pirate Tosha Celebrates His 3rd Birthday

Pirate Tosha celebrated his 3rd birthday on the Millennium Meadow – a bit ahead of schedule because best friend Joshua is heading out on holiday.  Many more photos are in our gallery.
Everyone was dressed for the occasion…except for our boys who point-blank refused any costumes.  And what costumes there were!

August 17th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Family and Friends | 2 comments

Potato Party

It was Tristan’s 3rd birthday party yesterday afternoon (its 2am and I’m just back from the pub celebrating with his dad, Coops).
No matter what Tristan thought of his bash, I have to say it was the coolest 3rd birthday party I’ve ever been to without being arrested for a firearms offense.
I mean, to give a [...]

August 3rd, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Family and Friends | One comment