Sunday, December 14, 2008

Rain, Xmas sillyness and paper lanterns

Last Wednesday we had 10mm rain at the lab in 10 minutes. It tested our drainage systems, but the brave men of our maintenance department, especially Staff-Sergeant Ralph, did an admirable job of keeping us dry(ish). The heavy rain certainly highlighted the odd leaks.

The roadway just outside our boiler and compressor rooms. No drains were blocked, so this shows the amount of water coming down.

Here is our sampling van driving through the same area. Check the haze on the van's roof. This is rain hitting, and bouncing off, the roof.

The afore mentioned Staff-Sergeant Ralph....

Princess Karla playing "silly billy". Dad and Mum did the same, but the photo's are of a limited edition and can only be obtained by depositing roughly $1,000 into their bank account...

Tried as we may, Eugene just stayed cute!

Jon Trowbridge (a colleague from work) gave us this idea. We bought some paper bags ($2.08 for 50 at Coles) and BBQ fat-absorbing sand, and hey presto, paper lanterns. Good on ya John!

Dad needed some pants altered (length, not width haha!), and Karin ripped out the trusty Janome and fixed them in no-time.

Eugene's little hand, which he now uses all the time to pull himself upright. He walk 4-6 steps at a time, before (effectively) taking a flying leap. Mum and Dad must then just grab the little fella lest he remove most of his (very beautiful) facial features!

I almost can't stand looking at his blue eyes. He has clocked-up somewhere in the region of 10,000 kisses in the last 48 hours.

The happy lad enjoying his bath. He loves everything except for rinsing his hair.

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