Like grandfather like grandson

We asked Dylan to do his best English Granddad impression and I think he done well!

Not much new

Not much to report but we thought someone might need a Dylan dose. He is learning life the hard way after impressing his girlfriend Lucy by providing some classy transportation (laundry basket and a belt), he will be gutted to hear she is moving to Pennsylvania. It has been great to have Chris, Shannon and family around but we really wish them well with their new life and adventure, it should remind Chris of Scotland a bit more.

I am trying to get Dylan an early introduction to cycling and even though he hates stuff on his head and being strapped to anything , the wind in his face seemed to make up for it. All was well until he discovered that chilly baby hands up dads back made the bike wobble.

We thought Stella's weight loss was all down to her having 'Valley Fever' but we think Dylan's new game of let chuck Stella's food in the bush is not helping matters. Also a great demonstration of how much he listens to his dad!

In preparation for the world cup, Kristy got me a new England shirt and a vuvuzela (South African trumpet) that I can blow loudly in her ear when England slaughters USA. Dylan (in his England shirt) has also been practicing and I am sure he will have it down by June.

Snow time!

After 3 months of listening to my family complain about the snow, we drove 5 hours to find some! We had a great long weekend in the Sierras where we had 2 feet of snow. I got to relearn snowboarding after my last attempt 7 years ago which ended in the glamorous injury of a broken butt. This was much more successful and I had a fantastic two days. Dylan was a little unsure of the snow but we are putting that down to the shoe shop who sold him 2 left shoes .

I will also take this entry to apologize to Kristy for getting annoyed at her for not putting the kid safety top back on the headache tablets. I gave Dylan the test tonight and he got the top off in under a minute ... we will put his late speech development down to his commitment to problem solving.

Too early for the Iditadrod?

Think this is bad?, wait until I take you snowboarding

Alright, now take us back to the sunshine