Punk Shotz

Some punk pics with more to come.

Leo the Bloke

Leo has had a very blokey day today.

He got dressed up in his Cowboys jersey

And hung out with Uncle Dane

Talking about the glorious comeback their team will make in 2015

Then he helped his dad build shit.

And did some doughies in the lounge room

All the while talking on his mobile phone.

Petit Punk

Merry Christmas!

Tinsel Town

Sunny Santa

Leo has already perfected the fake smile for when he gets a present he doesn't like.  Wow, thanks Santa (not).

Grumpy Elf - he had just banged his head against the coffee table.

First Step..

…taken today!

Rather unceremoniously, Leo took his first step after Romain asked him to.  It was as if he had just been waiting for someone to say 'just do it'.

So he did!

In fact, he reckons it's so easy, he can do it with his eyes closed.

Shadow PlayGo

The sun is out today!  First time in 2 weeks!

Shadow Play at breakfast

Golden Child

Pissing in the Piscine

Let's hope not!

But he had a pretty great time.

Chinny chin chin

Leo banged his chin up on the coffee table a few days ago, but I reckon his cut is just giving him character.

Window Licker

Friday on his mind

The Easybeat's 'Friday On My Mind came on the radio tonight and Leo broke out into a boogy - it seems he has an ear for Aussie music because he is also a big fan of Architecture in Helsinki's 'Heart it Races'.

Good taste, Leo!

Friday on his mind!

In other news, look how much hair Leo has suddenly sprouted.  How funny!

Hairy man

11 month check-up

Poor unsuspecting Leo got stuck with two needles today at the doctors.  But after a bout of tears he bounced back and has even decided to consider being friends with Dr Jacquin again.  That's until he hears that he has to go back for another shot in a month's time.

His specs are good:  weight 9 kg exactly, length - or more like height now that he spends most of his day vertical - 75 cm and his head is 47 cm around.

He celebrated his good health with a round of peek-a-boo behind the colander with Meme.

November Family Portrait

We all squished into the tub on our last night in Kosovo before Leo and I made the big trek to France.

And the word is….

Hold the phone!  The word is NOT sheep, it is…………..

ZEBRA!

And what an excellent choice for our little bilingual bub because it is pretty much the same pronunciation in English and French.

We were only getting the first part of the word before - the zeb - which we misheard as sip and interpreted as sheep, so Leo is partly to blame for mumbling his words.  Now we have it in full.  Zebra!

Bravo Leo!!!

Leo and Mika

Leo and his little Israeli mate Mika at playgroup on Wednesday.  Someone was explaining to them Einstein's theory of relativity.

City Park

We spend a lot of time at this park in the centre of Pristina - known as City Park or Italian Park (because it was funded by the Italian government).  The trees are beautiful, the walking paths are lovely and there is a great little cafe where they sell margarita pizzas for 2 dollars, fresh shopska salads for 1 dollar and  "macchiatos" (which are actually lattes) for 50 cents!

Sheep

I think Leo might have said his first word today.

He has been babbling a lot since last Friday as we have been trying to figure out if there are any words in amongst the gibber.  Today he was cruising around the house saying "sip".  Which is a pretty difficult word to say, with the "p" at the end.  "Sip?"  I asked him.  "Do you want to a sip of water?"  Nope.  "Sleep?"  I tried.  "Do you want to go to sleep?"  But that didn't seem to hit the button either.  "Ship?Do you want to sail away?"  But then I saw his pile of books, with "Where is the Green Sheep" on top because we read it 5 times a day.  In fact we'd just read it this morning and he actually managed to turn the pages with his little fingers.

Leo at bathtime

Of course!  Sheep!

"Sheep?"  I said.  "Where is the Green Sheep?".

He gave me a big smile and said it again.  So I guess that is it.

I'll see tomorrow if he is saying it again and then we'll know for sure.

Birthday Hike

Leo has passed out after a hard day of celebrating.

Leo the Leftie

Romain caught up with his mate, Mihalis, when we were in Greece.  He was setting up the sound equipment for some left-wing band night, so we went out to the venue to say a quick g'day.

Leo liked hanging with the leftie crowd.

He got a few good ideas.

He especially liked the part about living in anarchy.