David, Grace, Sarah and Emma Bellis

Yesterday we went along to Disney for the first time in a couple of months.

Sarah had fun in the Mr Potatohead part of the shop. I think you're supposed to buy them after you make them, but...

We bumped into some friends. Mimi was born in 97, so gets the free pass.

A quick photo stop before we left. Note the upturned collar, "so I look like Snow White". Vince, what's your explanation?

This meeting with Minnie caused some consternationlater, as when we reached the exit, Minnie was already there having photos taken with Mickey and guests. Now the exit is the opposite end of the park from where we took the photo with Minnie, and we walked straight from one to the other, so....

Luckily the explanation that Minnie probably was missing Mickey after seeing Sarah, and must have run faster than us seemed to go down ok.

From 2005...

Victoria's 2nd birthday party.

Angela demonstrates the results of formative years spent watching Punch & Judy shows on the beach at Southend.

Finally, Vince & Kam discuss the effects of mole-positioning on their fate.

The last two weeks I've been a regular commuter to Yuen Long. I've been helping Dawn to paint a flat that belongs to Dawn and Grace, and that they're getting ready to sell. It's one floor of a village house, south of Yuen Long.

Hot work, but the end result looks good.

Her photo is at the right end of the second row.

What is that logo on Ming's shirt. Is he an avid golfer?

Or is he really a member of the insidious cult of giant-celery worshipers?

The guidebook with the chapter from Ross & me has finally been published:

We wrote the first chapter - the green pages!

Last week we had lunch with Jeremy & Trish, friends visiting from Sydney. You can see that Sarah took a shine to Trish, impressed by her artistic abilities with the wax crayons and paper tablecloths.

Before lunch, Sarah was excited to hear she was going to meet "Uncle Fox" (Jeremy's surname). As she's a great Beatrix Potter fan, I wonder what she expected?

Here's Uncle Fox again, this time with Emma.

Lovely to see them again, and great to hear that Jeremy has his pilot's licence.

We visited Mark, Jasmine, Lara & Maya today. Maya's a bundle of fun. Here she is in action, then in a quieter moment:

I think the highlight for Emma was the red Emma-sized pony she found in Lara's room. She starts off well, takes a fall, but in best horse-riding tradition heads straight back to the saddle. Sound effects by Lara.

Shortly before the burp you hear Sarah say "I very tall". And it's true she seems to have had a growth spurt in the last month or so. She was the same height as Lara a few months back, but is around two inches taller now.

The Lazy Suzacam whirls into action again, this time at Dim Sum lunch with several of Grace's family. We'd just been up to the graveyard for our Ching Ming duties, and stopped here for lunch before heading home.

Benny & Cindy arranged a lovely party for Victoria's 4th birthday, and kindly invited us along. Aiyaaa, four already - it's hard to pretend the years aren't passing when there are children around.

As far as the 3 and 4-year olds were concerned, this party's theme was balloons. Early on a few escaped up to a high ceiling area near the window:

Then later on the ducks on the end of the balloon strings became mobile phones:

Sarah had a great time, whether stuffing her face (well, smearing it at least) with chocolate,

or running around the lobby with her partners in crime.

We saw all the Webb-Johnsons too, and got a monster-horsey (evil unicorn perhaps?) demonstration from Lara.

And the best bit for me? Dry ice. I like Dry ice. There was a moment's excitement when Sarah picked up the cup and was about to drink it, but otherwise it just hubbled and bubbled in a most delightful way.