Easter 2013

The Easter break has meant a very welcome reprieve from work with a four day weekend. Both Jane and I are enjoying the break (and needed it too!)

We have had a busy day in the kitchen. We don't do easter eggs (the chocolate is either rubbish, or far too expensive), but bake an easter bread. Today we have six loaves of chocolate, prune and espresso sourdough sitting on the bench, along with a wheat sourdough. Limes collected from our visit to Mum and Dad's the other day mean we have a years stock of lime and ginger marmalade, and MacK has a tub of chocolate chip biscuits. Combined with the hot cross buns (made with fig and ginger jam), we are just about full up with carbs! 

We have new neighbours across the road, and to say they don't fit the demographic of the street is an understatement. They are a couple of young kids with a predilection for loud music and louder conversation. I went outside a little after eleven last night to see a sight you can see outside any nightclub in any town... There was a young girl sitting in her own inebriation, leaning against the garage door; bemoaning the mess she had made of her life. The two guys sitting with her were equally socially lubricated, and were soothing her with "this is how you grow" (said in cheesy American accent) and other equally inane platitudes. This after a couple of hours of music better suited to dodgy clubs and conversation heard up and down the street. 

MacK is a delight. He is so funny! He generally comes into our bed at some point in the night (and can take up almost the entire bed), and we really enjoy waking up with him in the morning. This morning he rolled up, and said "I want pizza, NOW!" Fortunately he was happy to settle for hot cross buns... He is now even more of a mimic, as we occasionally discover to our dismay. He was sitting on the couch with me this afternoon when I dropped a plate of chocolate sourdough. I said "oh, shit". He immediately repeated it, and then obviously decided he liked the sound of it. We had a session of "oh, shit" until he got bored with it. Never mind, it was bound to happen at some point, and isn't as bad as it could have been. It was all Jane and I could do not to collapse with laughter.

Tomorrow we celebrate his second birthday (his actual birthday is 02 April) with a few friends and afternoon tea. We will post more photographs so you can share the celebrations with us. Stay safe this Easter.