Storytime in the park

Before we got sick, Jack and I had an impromptu non-gourmet (peanut butter sandwiches, hob nob biscuits and a banana) picnic in the park with the lovely Jeannie and Bella. Jack kicked his ball around and chose not to make any dinosaur noises and Jeannie read him a story, Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, such a good book.
I must've taken the photo just as Jeans was making the hoooo-hooo sound.

Bullseye!

Jack has some new Pj's which are decorated with camels (sans camel toe though) and are very funny. Mostly due to the target that is sewn on his bum. Wonder what was going through the mind of the designer that day?

Alfresco Jack

The weather has been slowly improving. Still cold at night but so warm during the day. Warmer than an english summer. Jack wants to spend as much time as possible outside running around, kicking his ball, chasing magpies with Lucky and generally inspecting the property.
One day he took his horseriding monkey along for the ride (as you do) providing plenty of photo opportunities.The monkey (hoo hoo hoo as Jack would say) was a present from my mum about 8 months ago. She purchased it from a fab cafe in Coolamon called Ajanta (good cakes and great retail therapy opportunities). Jack has just worked out that if you push it along and the wheels turn the monkey bobs up and down. Previously it was used as a weapon and had been relegated to a high shelf till it could be used without danger.

quilt

One of the things I've been doing in the last month was making a quilt (cot size) to go in the Ganmain Show. Well, it was the one hundredth show and I thought why not? For those who are wondering Ganmain is not far from here or Coolamon, Grong Grong or Mattong. That should make things clear.

So I cut and pinned and sewed and made a binding and sewed it on by hand (first time) to have it done in time for the Show and my prearranged drop off. I had to do that because I wouldn't actually be able to go to the Show as it clashed with the Craft Fair in Sydney.

So I finished it with not a moment to spare and dropped it off and headed off to Sydney. It didn't win any prizes but I was quite pleased with it. I'll be selling it at the Cootamundra fair with some others (hopefully!). The tally so far is 5 bags and 1 quilt.

Dinosaur! Grrrrr!

Jack has taken a shine to Peppa Pig, a British cartoon about a piggy family which is very good in that kids love it but there are jokes for parents as well. How else could we put up with watching it 5000 times? He particularly likes it when George (Peppa's brother) holds up his pet dinosaur and says, "Dinosaur! Grrr!"
You can have a look on youtube though this is a whole episode so you only need to watch a bit to get the idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXvyR2acKI

Now whenever Jack sees anything that even remotely resembles a dinosaur he does this fantastic growling noise. I filmed him doing it today while he watched the dinosaur song on youtube. It's a bit dark but you get the idea. I love that he doesn't growl at random but usually in time with the chorus.
The new vid is on the sidebar. I believe it's the one at the top, otherwise you can go to this youtube address http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPm49SnTAsU
Peppa is also the one we blame for encouraging the jumping in muddy puddles (it's Peppa's favourite thing to do).

Shelfari

I stumbled upon Shelfari a while ago and have finally managed to put it on the blog. It is a bookshelf showing what I'm reading at the moment, though I think if you click on it it will also tell you what I have read since the blog started (the list that used to stretch down beside the posts that was let's face it only going to get longer and longer) and also what I'd like to read...happy birthday to me...A good way for me to remember books that I hear about anyway (it sure beats random scraps of paper - though I have a friend whose husband not only pocketed one of those scraps but somehow kept it for years and then tried to buy the books...sadly all out of print) so now I won't be one of those sad people walking into a bookshop saying,"I'm after a book and it's got a red cover..."

What????

Just a note to say sorry that the blog's been a bit quiet but I was struck down with the dreaded lurgy and besides coughing and sneezing I've also gone a bit deaf. Diane said I should take advantage of it while I can but it's not complete silence it's all muffled and distorted like I've been to a foo fighters concert and stood too close to the speakers (again). Anyhoo, it's not that bad, just really really annoying and I'm sure S is sick of hearing about it too.
I am on the road to recovery as today I made two bags so hopefully I'll have more news and photos (of Jack - I mean who are we kidding here?) soon. For now I have to get dinner (mmm...leftovers).
Oh and if anyone has any ideas on how to unblock my ears do let me know.