Six months old

Six months old, originally uploaded by Racmol.

Willy turned six months this week so I made a cake (any excuse!). He didn't get to do more than smile at the cake but he did celebrate with some mashed banana. We think he is looking quite grown up already.

In other news, the triathlon training is going badly. I have had what I thought was a bad cold for over a week but this morning after swimming in my new wetsuit I sneezed about 30 times in a row so I think it may actually be allergies exacerbated by chlorine and not a cast iron excuse to do no exercise for a week. Still, five weeks to go tomorrow - maybe I will be able to drag myself around the course anyway.

Sofia has made friends with a Jack Russell puppy at the park - after a lot of prompting she eventually put out a hand and stroked him and then said in a very polite English accent: 'Shall we take him home?'

We have booked some flights to NZ and should arrive on 22 September after a couple of nights in Hong Kong. We leave again on 9 October. All very exciting!