Move over, Lucas...

There's a new LEGO master in town!

Alicia built this Ninjago dragon all by herself, and we're all very impressed with her efforts.

Happy Birthday Lucas (part II)

The second instalment of our dear son's birthday celebrations kicked off today at Luna Park. Lucas and five close friends (plus a tag-along sister) all went off to Luna Park, and had unlimited rides from 11:00am until about 3:00pm or so. (To be clear, the park didn't actually close at that time, it's just that the "supervisors" had had enough by then!)

After that, we all went back home, for a bit of birthday cake. Alas, no works of art this year, just a plain old chocolate sponge/mud cake hybrid. Not very pleasing to the eye, but hey - at least it tasted pretty good!

Happy 9th Birthday, Lucas!

Today was Lucas' big day - his last year of being a single-digit age. My goodness, how the time just flies!

For his main present, Lucas was asking for membership to Club Penguin, but Daddy, being the jaded, grumpy old dinosaur that he is, refused to cough up yet more money for temporary membership to another online club (thanks, Wizard 101!), and instead opted to pay for membership to the Highett Tennis Club. Now, whenever Lucas feels like a hit of tennis, he can just pick up his racket and key, walk one block down the road, unlock the courts, and Bob's his uncle! That, plus a super-spy hearing magnification device, and a superhero punch-up miniatures game, and he was a pretty happy chappy!

A modest birthday chant after a "bought" pizza dinner, with a quartet of cupcakes sufficing for a proper birthday cake. The real cake will no doubt feature much more prominently at the party on Sunday. Stay tuned!