Sunday, February 20, 2011

Luka is 1


Sunday we celebrated Luka's first birthday in King's Park. Luka is 8 hours younger than his best friend Jan. So we celebrated Jan and Luka's birthdays together. Together with Jan's parents, Fem and Hans, we set up a picknick.

Corine, Fem, Hans and Jurriaan prepare the 'adult' table...

...while Luka and Jan take care of the children's table

We were lucky with the weather. Over the last weeks it had been hot (35-40 C) in Perth with high humidity and strong sun. But today it was cloudy with a comfortable 29 C. Ideal for Luka and Jan to play on the lawn of the park.

Jan and Luka play on the lawn with Oma Geer

In true Aussie style a picknick involves a bbq with lots of food, beer and bubbly wine.

Hans and Kim working on the bbq

We sang the Dutch birthday song " Lang zal hij leven".

Hieperdepiep Hoera!

And a true birthday party comes with a cake and candle. We just had to make sure the wind did not blow out the candle before the birthday boys could.

Careful ...keep the candle lit...
...and now blow out before the wind does...

...the finally the best part.. eating

Many of Luka's friends came and he got many presents.

Birthdays are fun!

Luka's first real Aussie rules football

And a present from Jan...a mighty dumptruck

And Luka could play with Monica's dog.

...A dog is a little scary, but very exiting

Nog een keertje! One more time we sang Luka's birthday song: Hieperderpiep...

Hoera!