I love my dog

Here is Mario with his best mate Charlie the Jack Russel. While Charlie, who is now 10, often feels like the 5th wheel in the family, there is no denying the affection between the two. Charlie puts up with a lot of patting and kissing and roughing up from Mario even though he is told to be "gentle". I think Charlie tolerates it as he knows that Mario is a good food source - from the food that gets dropped from the high chair to whatever he is carrying in his hand to what gets left over at meal times so he takes the good with the bad.

Every day we go for a walk and it always seems to end up at a park. Here we have Charlie and Mario up and ready to go down the slide.

Nanna Rose and Griffy come to visit

What a wonderful time we had when Nanna Rose and Griffy (my Mum and Dad, Rose and Les Griffith) came to visit for a few days over the weekend on their grandchildren tour. Mario loved being able to sit on Nanna Roses lap for a story but also to enjoy our evening wine and cheese - or in Marios case it was pineapple ("P") juice with his container of cheese bickies and apples.
With Griffy it was time for a slide on the giant slide. How many times did we do that!! And how cold was it. We used up plenty of energy climbing up and sliding down.
A walk in the park with Nanna Rose and Griffy was also a lot of fun as you get to play games like.... one .... two .... three .....
look how high I can go and how much fun am I having.
Nanna Rose and Griffy have now headed to Sydney to visit the other grandchildren but we have plenty of memories and photos of a wonderful few days and look forward to their next visit.

Playing with Charlie

It is just before bedtime and Charlie thinks he has the lounge and his favourite toy to himself. He has a wonderful time trying to pull it too pieces (and I have fun having to clean it up later!).
Oh no!! Mario is still awake and wants to play with it too. A tug of war results and they both hang on as noone wants to give it up.
Well, Charlie came out the winner but Mario doesn't mind as he can climb on the lounge for a good night cuddle. There is no way though that Charlie is going to let the toy go again.

Cousin Lucas comes to stay

The weather may not have been at its best but when family comes to visit, it doesn't matter. Aunty Ange, Uncle Matt and Cousin Lucas (9.5mths) came down from Richmond and spent the weekend in Canberra. It was wonderful for Mario to interact with his family and get to know them especially his cousin.No play time is complete without a play in the park and it was perfect for the two cousins to have a seesaw. I am sure there will be lots more of this as the cousins grow up together.