This is what happens when the highchair is being remodelled...

Highchair in many pieces on the deck

Boy who has had dinner without a high chair

A Picnic at the Duck Pond

What on earth are those things?

Ducks! Ducks! Ducks!

Mummy, look at the awesome ducks!

A Bicycle Ride

My first ride on a bicycle in many years! I used to cycle everywhere when I lived in Korea, but if I tried to do that here I would have been crushed many times over. The driveway was a pretty safe bet, my mammoth journey involved cycling to the letterbox and back...

Toor Dal Rocks

New most favourite food!

Toor Dal (split yellow lentils), boiled crazily in water for 5 minutes with a hunk of ginger (gets rid of the gassy compounds), drained & simmered in home made chicken stock & turmeric for another 15 til it's wonderfully mushy, then stirred into some natural yoghurt. Yummy (for Jarvis & Mummy).

The New Highchair

Loving the highchair I bought from Trademe for $20. It's wonderful. And will be even more so once we finish sanding it down & giving it a new paint job. Jarvis is enjoying his new seat whilst reading a book with Nana (who preferred not to be pictured!), the smile on his face says "I'm a super cool big boy to be up here. Yesssss!"

Jarvis@Muskats@Millton

Jarvis attended his first gig on Saturday. He was super responsible & used ear plugs to protect his little taringa from the sound (you can see them in one of the photos!), and had a wicked time rolling around under a tree, reading the paper, eating grass, gazing up at the sky, and hanging with his friend Leroy. And he wore his best Hawaiian shirt. Wonderful!

Jarvis & the Thunderstorm.

(A poem for my small friend).

The sky was blue, the clouds were white,
The wind a gentle puff
When suddenly the sky turned black,
We moved just fast enough!

Jarvis saw the rain-drops fall
As big and fat as grapes,
His eyes grew round and sparkled as he
Watched the dancing shapes.

Then thunder rolled & crashed around,
And shook our little house
But Jarvis didn't cower,
He just wanted to get soused!

Sheet lightning flashed and cracked its way
Across the charcoal sky,
Jarvis's feet were flailing fast
He squeaked out happy cries!

The petrichor smell filled the air
And filled his wee nose too,
It seemed to make him dance some more
As lovely smells can do.

Then just as fast as it appeared
The black sky turned to blue,
The storm was gone, and Jarvis thought
"I'll go to bed now, too".