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Weird outfit, slow Daddy
If anyone is looking for backup dancers for a baby Flashdance re-enactment, then George is your man. Check out this morning's outfit (it wasn't me): .
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And this is what happens when I'm too slow with the camera:
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Low humidity = Floppy hair
Despite Uncle Sam's assertions to the contrary, it is rather cold here (maybe our blood has thinned over the years). With the cold comes an extreme drop in humidity, and with the drop in humidity, the hair of certain household members becomes a little... "floppy": .
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Ok, so the middle one wasn't so floppy, but I threw that in there to show you how he can make plastic objects levitate. He's clever like that.
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Poppy is cold | Every photo needs a cat
It got a bit cold today - there's a cold snap that will apparently last until early next week. Just how cold was it? You should have asked Poppycat this morning: .
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And on a completely different subject (one that annoys Rachel), I discovered an application for my phone that does something absolutely unique and awesome to photos. It adds cats.
Seriously, I can't count the number of times I've looked at a photo and thought to myself "That photo really needs a cat". Now, thanks to the folks at CatPaint, I can add cats to any photo on my phone. Seriously, it's the best cat-based photo editing program I've ever seen. Some examples of my work this evening:
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I know what you're thinking: "Awesome."
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He waves
Not particularly well, but he does wave. It's a bit random - sometimes he copies whoever is holding him, sometimes he waves in corridors, and when we got home this evening he waved rather energetically at May. This morning I shot this incredibly short and shaky video (I was waving too):
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Visit from Aunty Ros
Aunty Ros popped in for a quick visit this afternoon (en route to NZ from London), and after an initial bout of shyness from the Bunky, he warmed up considerably and even let her read his favourite Schnitzel Von Krumm story to him... .
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...and a few cellphone photos to finish the weekend
This afternoon we headed up to Tai Tam Reservoir for a short walk - partly to get Bunky out and about, and partly to test drive one of those baby backpacks that someone had kindly given us. We discovered two things on our walk. Firstly (apparently not a real word, but I'm using it anyway), it appears to be rather comfortable in the backpack:
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Secondly (also not a real word but I'm using it anyway) and probably more importantly... Bunky seems to have taken a shining to ice cream:
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Sunday fun at the park
This morning we took the Bunky down to Cyberport to eat grass play in the sun. No need to really say anything else - the photos speak for themselves. Kiddo had a lovely time (except when his chin met the concrete step during his ascent of said step...) .
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Saturday: Tears and Beers
Saturday was a funny day - we went to gorgeous little Ava's first birthday party in Kennedy Town, where Bunky proceeded to burst into tears every 15-20 seconds. Someone nudged him - tears and wailing. Dropped a toy - tears and wailing. Someone looked at him in a funny way - tears and wailing. It was most uncharacteristic of the little munchkin, and we can only really put it down to it being a little bit loud for him. Or he's a bit of a wuss. Probably too early to definitively tell on that front. Anyway, a few photos of the beautiful little birthday girl (oh - that's George's curly hair on the left in the first photo...the only photo of him not crying):
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In the evening we went to Sam and Mary's for pre-Christmas drinks. Had a lovely time and a great meal - and Sam and Mary had even organised a secret santa for everyone as well. They're about to take Christmas Holidays closely followed by a short sabbatical holiday, so we won't see them again until around April next year. We met some lovely people, including a Canadian vet whose cousin I worked with in Canada in 1997. It's a small, small world...
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The many, many faces of George at breakfast
Ok, so there seems to be a common theme.
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