Poor DorkySon has had an awful lot of needles stuck in him this month. We’ve been to the doctor’s twice for catch-up on vaccinations, and once for allergy testing.
Today was – hopefully – his last visit for a while, and as a reward for his bravery we spent some time in the sun with strawberry milkshakes…
Everyone who goes to that park knows that it’s a pirate-ship plank.
Everyone.
Or at least they did until today.
The boys were lined up. Spiderman in front, with DorkySon second, and Lightning McQueen bringing up the rear.
They stood patiently, waiting their turn, assuming their fiercest, most swashbuckling pose, and then launching themselves along the plank, crashing to the sand below with a bellow.
But today there was a problem. Continue reading
Since we left the UK, one of the few things that DorkySon has mentioned missing is CBeebies. There is an Australian children’s channel, and a few of the programmes are the same, but not enough for his liking. So we’ve been finding as many ways as we can to give him little familiar snippets of his favourite shows – playing games on the CBeebies website, listening to theme tunes online, and watching one or two videos on YouTube.
I was obviously thrilled then when we given the opportunity to review the Tilly and Friends iPad app. While Tilly wasn’t one of DorkySon’s *very* favourite shows, it was definitely in the Top Ten, and he also loved the original books by Polly Dunbar. Continue reading
I was sitting outside with DorkySon the other day – eating a super tasty lunch from the TacoTaco van – when I felt something tickly on my neck. I glanced at the window beside me and could see quite clearly from the reflection that it was a BIG spider and if I wasn’t quick it was going to disappear down the back of my shirt.
*shudder*
I walked as calmly as I could across to a nearby group of three women, also sitting eating tacos, and said through quite a tight smile ‘Please could you flick that crawling thing off my back?’
All three of them looked up at me, widened their eyes, and screamed loudly.
Not very reassuring, ladies! Continue reading
A shadow selfie…
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