Jumpin' Jack Flash

Today was a fun! Tiring, considering i went to bed at about 3.30 in the morning...with the strains of Tony still singing downstairs floating through my ears...but fun nonetheless.

Ashley came around at about 12.30 at we went horse riding in Centennial Park, which was really lovely! It was a nice, autumn day - the leaves were golden, the lakes rippling softly, kids out and about playing soccer and other sports and people walking their dogs along the different paths...and us on our horses, trotting along amongst it all. Sounds idyllic riiiiight? *insert American accent here*

So i was riding Dante, and Ashley was riding...i think it was Mac? And he was feisty let me tell you! Kids' reaction to horses is always hilarious i think, they always seem awestruck by them, and shout out "Horsie! Horsie!" or something like that. It seems to be a very exciting thing to see a horse these days.

Anyway, we came back home and had a sneaky pie/sausage roll, and then Ashley went home and Jo and I somehow started watching that movie The Craft...remember that, from like the mid-nineties? I think i saw it at the movies when i was about 13 or something. Memories huh...

After that we left to go to Maria's for dinner, and of course Jack was his usual, hilarious self. He has developed quite the personality, let me tell you, and kept us all entertained with his bopping and dancing and singing. The funniest thing was that he wanted us all to dance with him, and frequently pointed his finger at Jo and yelled his name out whenever Jo dared to stop bopping...very funny. He also loves running around the house roaring, with me chasing him (also roaring - the roaring is a very important part of the game). Other current interests include pretending to talk on Maria's mobile phone, going a hundred miles an hour on his bike round and round the house, and fish. Yep, he's loving fish right now.

Oh, and at one point, people started singing happy birthday on some TV show that was on - it was so funny, he dropped everything he was doing, ran to the TV and started dancing a clapping (it was clearly a song he recognised). So yes, he is a very funny little dude.

Here are some pics from our evening:

We're watching a documentary called 'The Iceman' right now about this mafia hit man who ended up in prison, and he held this very candid interview with a psychiatrist which was video taped of course...very interesting stuff, better go watch properly.