19th of April: Baked Potatoes and Children Return

Hello Everyone,

Today was a good day. I got to sleep in until 9am, then I got to talk to my delightful friends on Facebook and MSN, then I read a bit of Barack Obamas book and then I went to start working. Lucy has started being very involved with playing and stuff - she's really changed in the past week and its lovely to see. Harry is so cute as always and is finally putting on weight after being sick for so long and losing heaps Yay! He doesn't look like a famine child anymore!

I will tell you a Harry story because I think it was exceptionally funny to watch - hopefully it translates in my story telling abilities.


Harry is frightened of the Lawn Mower. Very frightened. Today Annabel needed to mow the lawn, and we had all been playing outside. Annabel went to get the lawn mower and asked the gentlemen working next door to give her a hand to turn it on - so Harry heard the noise and got off his little car that he had parked near the BBQ and ran to bury his face in my lap. Annabel turned the mower off and parked it near the BBQ while she went inside to finish some other chores. Harry was now in a pickle - wanting to play on his car some more but frightened of the mower.

So I told him that if he wanted his car he had to go get it himself and that the lawn mower was ok and wasn't going to hurt him. He literally inched towards the lawn mower - with his back against the wall for HALF AN HOUR. Then when he reached the lawn mower he paused there for 15 minutes just clinging to the wall like he was going to jump - then SPRINTED to the car and got on, and rode away as quick as he could. Ahahhahahaha What a little genius. So cute.

As a special present to Harry for conquering his fears I went and put batteries in his little car - because he's never heard what noise it makes because Annabel didn't realise it had a battery powered option. It creepily barks or squeaks at you and then sings a song. Its a car! You would think that when you push the horn that it would beep! Apparently not!

I ate a delicious baked potato today for dinner. It was yummy. Reminds me of SHC and FOSH days when they had that great potato van and yoghurt van. Soooo good. Wish there was pineapple to put on my baked potato today though! Nevermind!


Anyway best be off - getting super tired :)


Until Tomorrow xx


Attractive: SHC. I miss it so much

Unattractive: Changing Nappies. Urgh

Quote: "Focus, please." "I am a camera."