So this is what we did

Henry and Maya waiting to board

My brother, this kid's Dad, reckons this is a sure sign his son is not gay (not that he'd care)



Where the public go to leather themselves up. But what a beautiful place to get leathery

Our flight last Friday was not scheduled to leave until 3PM but it was a stinking hot day. We were packed and ready to leave the house by about 10AM. A surprise visit from my brother in law filled in some time but we wanted to be out of here. Gone to places other than here. We had booked the car into an airport carpark for the few days we'd be gone and since it was so hot convinced ourselves that we could just drop off the car early and hang out in the air conditioning at the airport while we waited for our flight.

So that's what we did. Everything went incredibly smoothly. We dropped the car off, shuttle bused it to the airport and decided to eat. We didn't realise we would need a bank loan though to feed ourselves. Never mind, we justified the expense by telling ourselves were were on "holiday" even if it was only for a weekend.

Henry was so excited about getting on a plane. We ate and then headed to the waiting area in which we were able to see the plane we were about to embark being loaded with luggage and fuel. Another little boy, only slightly younger than Henry, came bounding up and announced that that plane there was his. Henry told him that he was wrong, the plane was his. They eventually came to a compromise when Henry suggested to him "you go on that plane and I'll go on that one". The boy agreed as though he knew to argue was fruitless.

Henry was so excited by the take off and could not understand why everything below us seemed so small. Then he discovered the individual tv sets in front of him. They gave us ten minutes free after take off and then you had to pay to continue watching. Since we were going to be on the plane for a little under an hour we didn't bother. He didn't notice. When the refreshments trolley came around offering up all kinds of over priced treats he decided he was hungry. As he'd only just had lunch and we were going to a place that lived life an hour ahead of us meaning it would be dinner time when we arrived, I ordered him some instant noodle things. That was a fortunate distraction because it kept him quiet and in his seat for the rest of the flight.

The weather was perfect and we spent most of the two days at the beach. We even had fish and chips for dinner down there on Saturday night. There were babies galore when my brother's friends visited but none of them came anywhere close to being as adorable as my nephew. That baby is squeeze material and he was fascinated with Henry who only cared about him when he made a dive for his new matchbox loader.

Monday morning it was back home and to work on the way home from the airport. Ben, Henry and Maya got the day off and had unpacked the suitcases and cooked dinner by the time I got home. Since then I've not had time to check my emails let alone update this blog.

Last night the smoke alarm decided to go off at 3AM. Once we overcame the panic and established that the house was not burning to the ground we ripped the thing off the ceiling. It might be sometime before it gets placed back up there.