S: What are you cooking, Mam?

Me: Rice and bean stew

S (looking truly disappointed): But rice makes me boring....

Me: If anything rice will make you more interesting as it's a nice centered grain, it'll help you think more clearly

S (walking away): I'm bored already...

He's 3. He'll go far.

Have finally accepted that my still 6 month old baby no longer fits into 6-9 month old clothes any more. Keeping him in them will, well, just rip them...

Where did he come from? Weighed him this morning. 20lb. 20lb! Anya was only 17lb 3oz on her first birthday...and Huw's not 7 months yet.

He is cute though, and incredibly happy and content. Except when he's hungry.... guess that explains the 20lb.

Sonny's turn:

I want to go to Greenwood.

I am Sonny.

I want to go o Greenwood now, Mam.

I am 3.

I like trains. I like ducks. I don't like swans because they peck.

How do you stop the telephone ringing?

How can you make a crocodile stop snapping his teeth?

How can a balloon pop into the sky?

Why have you got orange and blue and how can orange and blue mix up?

How can you stop me hitting Mammy with a balloon?

I want to go to Greenwood right now. I like the big rollercoaster and the big slide.

Anya is at school and I'm Betty the caterpillar. Poke my foot.

How did Sonny eat all of his apple?

Hmmm, stream of a 3 year old conscious....

Sun is shining, birds are singing, snow hanging on in the gullies and the stream is still frozen... what a wonderful day.

Lakes with Daddy, Woodfest and garden nakedness...

Some pics from the last few days...

Kids at Howtown

Sonny's new bike, 3rd birthday pressie

The owl flying at Woodfest

And the flying squirrel

Pirate fairy candy-floss girl

The little man himself

Think she's taking the P in this one....

Now they both are..

It rained. The slide filled up with water. The kids made a truck run out of it. Sonny removed all of his clothes, claimed he didn't want to get wet. Quite amusing considering it wasn't at all warm really!

Garden improvements

Anya and Sonny's insect garden is taking shape, they counted over 17 bees (well, they would have done could either of them count to 17) slurping nectar at once the other day, plus loads of spiders, millipedes and stuff. Got a few more ideas, mainly for insect houses to install over the summer, but it's definitely taking shape!

Considering it was a muddy, conifer infested 'rockery' (well, it had big rocks in it!) piled up against the side of the house (read: damp) when we moved in, it's quite an improvement! And it's only taken 4 years!

Ingenious

What do you do when your Mammy's too pregnant to spend hours bouncing you up and down on the see-saw but neither of you have legs long enough to reach the ground?

Use sticks.... lateral thinking from the kids there...