We had a wet week here in Sydney although the rain did stop briefly for Australia Day on January 26th. We were planning on spending some time on the beach that day but instead we decided to go to a barbeque with some friends.

Here Jude was introduced to cricket for the first time. Jude has been curious about cricket ever since he saw some teams playing on the local field at Manly. He wanted to give it a try so on Australia Day Jude had his first taste of playing cricket – he did quite well, making solid contact with the bat several times.

This week also marked the first date for Marcy and I in many weeks. We had Alicia Miers (the daughter of a good college friend) come over to babysit for us. The kids love her so it was easy for us to leave. We had a great night – caught the ferry into the city and had champagne and oysters at the Oyster Bar that is literally right on the harbour. Then we had a seafood dinner at Doyle’s and a walk around the harbor foreshores, and we even caught at late movie. It was a great night.