Christopher’s fifth birthday

Well Christopher has just had his fifth birthday and his third in Australia. Having done a large family get-together at home with far more people than was sensible in the first year, then moved on to a large family get-together in a "birthday centre" in the suburbs of Sydney for the second, this year we changed again and probably not for the better. We booked his party at McDonald's! Not something that I think either Vicky or I had ever expected to do. Having said that Christopher had an absolutely fantastic time and so did his friends. The whole event didn't break the bank or house which I guess is important.
Unfortunately I didn't get to find out how good or bad a McDonald's party actually is as I have been suffering from my 495th bout of flu of this winter. Probably the worst I've had so far this year.
It seems that for the last two a half years since we arrived I have been continually getting colds/flu's and other unpleasant illnesses. I think it is largely down to the fact that I didn't grow up in Australia and as a result have never been subjected to the various strains of bugs and viruses of the Australian continent has cooked up over the millenia, as a result I don't have any immunity to them. It'll seems to make sense as Vicky seemed to have much the same problem for the first couple of years when she arrived in the UK.