8 year old Footy Freak

There's not much in Daniel's world beyond AFL right now (Australian Rules Football, a far cry from American Football, and with much better looking players I might add!). He's a bit obsessed, and loves a particular player with long shaggy blond hair (thus why there's been no recent haircuts for Daniel!). It's fun to watch, and he loves it. So birthday #8 was about football. And a party in the bush behind our house that Andrew coordinated and ran himself, yay Dad!

Birthday morning

About ready to go bushwalking. They had to search for drinks, hide some flags, match photos to places in the bush, find the birthday cake... basically Andrew wore them out!

racing to win the flag-hunt

Andrew explaining a game

birthday cake in the bush

Happy 8th Birthday Daniel, thank you for eight years of joy watching you grow. I love who you are becoming, footy freak and all!

Roller Towne

Well this place was actually called Woody's Skate and Ride, but for all I knew I was a 10 year old in Roller Towne, back when my dad had the short but awesome stint at managing a roller skating rink in California. 

Okay, not his dream job, but pretty cool for a 10 year old and her friends!

The only difference was the music - 1D replacing Cindi Lauper and Madonna. 

I hear you asking, were you the nerd adult doing the limbo on skates? 

Yes I was. Luckily no pictures...