40th Birthday Bash

Roy and Wendy had their combined 40th Birthday party at the weekend. It was 70s/80s fancy dress. Michael didn't need much persuading and kitted himself out in the best of polyester garments from yesteryear. It was going to be a Miami Vice white suit and T-shirt until he saw the psychedelic options. Yeah baby!
It was all good fun.



Note Michael's gay neck tie has become a headband after some ribbing from the boys!
Andy looks great in his dashing blue specs. What you can't see is his crushed velvet, royal blue flares. Sweet!



The Birthday couple.

Giant mushroom

Michael starts his new diet. Being restricted to 1 mushroom per day isn't as bad as it sounds, particularly when field mushrooms are the size of a bairn's heed! A mushroom omelette fills the frying pan easily.
Joking aside that's a bloomin' big mushroom!

Grease is the word

Kaitlyn was invited to a rollerskating disco with a "Grease" theme. She enjoyed dressing up in the big blonde wig and they had a great time at the party, although it did get off to a wobbly start. We just had the pocket cameras with us so the pictures from the disco were all too dark unfortunately.

Faulkner Park, Belmont

We have tried to visit a few parks recently and cross them off our to-do list before heading home. Faulkner Park is relatively small compared to some of the other parks but it has a few themes going on. A volcano takes pride of place in the middle of the park with a pirate ship, water spurts, toddlers area, bouncy mushrooms, etc. The volcano wasn't working when we visited but when it is the top lights up and smoke spews out every few minutes.



Where did I put my sunglasses?

Purple moor hens

Rockingham swing park

It's a public holiday (Foundation Day) so Kaitlyn has a day off school. We went for a drive down to Rockingham as it was a nice day and had a picnic near the beach. Kaitlyn amused herself afterwards at the nearby swing park.

The Zoo

Weather improved enough to go outdoors so we went to the Zoo again. Almost a year since the last visit so it was still good fun. We've avoided putting any local animals in as the blog has featured them several times already. Chloe was off doing a scrapbooking course so missed out.

Painted Dogs

This tree produces large, reddish-purple flowers and wooden, sausage-shaped fruits, which can weigh up to 4kg. The tree has been introduced and is not native to Australia. Many people have unwittingly parked under one of these trees and cursed the fool who brought them in to the country!

Cupcakes

It had rained heavily for a day and a half with frequent thunder and lightning. Saturday came along and rather than staying inside Delia decided she'd take a drive to Kalamunda (40 minutes from the house) just to visit a shop called Little Miss Cupcake. Very pink and full of.....cupcakes. Chloe was working so another visit will be required!

Mmmm.........