On July 1st we went to Scitech, a hands-on discovery centre for kids, as part of Rio Tinto's Family Fun outing. Jasper had a great time running from exhibit to exhibit. He really liked the mini construction site complete with wheelbarrows, foam building blocks, pulleys and ramps.
Although he pushed the wheelbarrow up the ramp, he also liked sliding down it himself.
He also got his face painted with a red back spider and had a balloon dog made for him.
Jasper had a date with Olivia, one of his girlfriends from Mothers' Group. They enjoyed a meal of assorted finger-licking good foods at a romantic table for two. And then they ran around the house, squealing at each other.
Olivia must have been impressed by the first date, as she came back later in the month and even had a bath with Jasper - whoa! They're fast movers these two.
Other July activities included hosting a baby shower for high school friend, Karen on July8. We played games (they all whined that they were too hard), drank champagne (well those who weren't PG or breast feeding did) ate food and had a good catch up.
Only July 13, we saw Christina Aguliera in concert at the Burswood Dome. She was great - a real professional performance with sexy back-up dancers, flamer throwers, stilt walkers, trapeze swingers - you name it. We were expecting to be the oldest ones there, but were pleasantly surprised to see that the average age was a lot closer to our ages. Mum looked after Jasper and the same weekend we went for lunch in Fremantle to celebrate her 65th B'day.
The saddest news of the year was the passing of dear high school friend, Ashley. His wife Lisa, also one of our school gang and close friend since 13 years of age, has been an amazing tower of strength while he battled a brain tumor for 7 mths. They were teenage sweethearts and have two young children, aged 5.5 and 2.5 years. It's just so unfair and I've not felt so upset and fragile for a very, very long time. It will be a long time before everyone is close to feeling healed I believe - Ash had a big impact on many people - a true, all round, top guy who will be sadly missed and very fondly remembered forever.
August 2007
August 2nd was Ash's funeral. So many old school friends came to say their last goodbyes to a fantastic friend. The church service was given by Father Tony, our high school father - and he provided a beautiful sermon. The service featured several of Ash's favourite songs including one from Spy Vs Spy and also photos of him doing the things he loved most - hanging with his family and friends and being at one with nature.
After the wake, I was exhausted and didn't kick on at Lisa's home like many did. It was a very emotionally overwhelming day and I was in bed before Jasper! I truly don't know how Lisa has kept going all this time - she must be so exhausted. We are all going to keep a pretty close eye on her to ensure she has support in the coming months as that is when she is likely to need it most - once all the activity and house full of family and friends subsides..... She is such an awesome girl, mother, wife and friend!
That 160 km river event was on again on Aug 4 & 5 and Kaz managed to make the baby hold off long enough so Guy could participate - (baby is due 8 August). He did really well and Kaz and I scored a glorious sunny day to watch the action on Saturday. And after so many weeks of rain, the river levels were the best they've been for the race in the past 10 years.
Cold August nights, sunny August days
Jasper helped out with some yard work and did a Jon Bon Jovi impersonation.
He also had a bubble bath (one of many) and spent some mornings swinging in the park with his buddies. It's a great life when you're 18 mths.
At the end of August we visited the Caversham Wildlife Park about 45 mins North of Perth with my cousin Penny, her hubby Mat and their boy Tom who is 2 mths older than Jasper.
The park is very hands on, with minimal fencing and enclosures for the animals and opportunities for kids to touch, feed and pet appropriate animals, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats, donkeys, rabbits, guinea pigs etc.
Jasper and Tom had a great time, especially feeding the kangaroos and being in the bunny pen.
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