Family fun
As the Boy Wonder and I were walking towards the park, he stopped to admire a roller that was parked close to where a piece of road is being dug up, and asked what it was for. I explained that … Continued
Criorhina ranunculi
On the way home from school this morning, the Boy Wonder began talking about medicines for some reason, but after he told me with great relish how sweet Calpol is, I switched the discussion to the importance of only taking … Continued
Sophisticated
As you may know, it’s World Book Day today, so all the children in the Boy Wonder’s class went to nursery school dressed up as various fictional characters. When the Offspring were at school I dreaded and railed against these … Continued
Under the weather
All of us were more or less under the weather in Cardiff today, which made for rather less fun times than usual. R and I managed to get the Boy Wonder to the park for a while, but we were … Continued
Brotherhood
After lunch the Boy Wonder asked to go to the park, and for the first time chose to walk all the way there. By the time we were about a hundred metres from the gate he was clearly flagging, but … Continued
Go-faster stripes
The Boy Wonder being three, and living in Wales, he now receives ten hours per week of free nursery school education, and R and I collected him from school for the first time today. Seeing him rush towards us, beaming … Continued
Happy New Bird
I slept in late today, and by the time I surfaced the bright morning light was already fading. Even with the cloud building though, I couldn’t resist a trip to Cheltenham, where I knew that at least eight Waxwings were … Continued