We have broken through a milestone!

Nige and I have finally done it, for the first time ever .... hired a babysitter and gone out! We have been out before (we are not quite that sad) using grandparents as babysitters but that was very rare. Now we can't, as obviously all our family live in the UK and we are in Australia!

The babysitter (Louise) was recommended by a girlfriend from Anna's school. She a student nurse and absolutely fantastic. Her and Anna hit it off straightaway. We didn't even get any tears when we left.

Nige and I had a great meal at a posh restaurant in South Perth, which is on the foreshore and looks over the Swan river to the Perth city skyline. We met with another couple and had a fantastic night!


At the debrief with Louise, her and Anna had played games and then watched Calamity Jane (our favourite). Louise had had some very probing questions from Anna about how our muscles work, how our jaw moves and what happens to the blood in meat when we cook it! Anna likes to keep everyone on their toes ....

You never know, this socialising thing may become a monthly habit ...