Germs

'Can you blow it up?' he says as he holds a soggy balloon toward me.

'No sorry, I better not, I have cold germs'. I smile a secret smile..... 'Maybe ask Daddy'

'Daddy, can you blow it up please cause you have hot germs'.

Hanging Out

Just checking out the view and the progress as Daddy puts up the new shelves in the study.

Sammy

If you have a dog with children you want a dog that is endlessly patient with 'pats', interprets a little bit of hair pulling as a sign of affection, knows which baby toys are his and which are the babies, is the best member of the family for not walking on the baby mat, etc. The list is endless really and Sammy ticks all the boxes.

He is quite indifferent to the wriggling creature on the floor. Perhaps he learned this when Sebastian was small as he nudged one of his toys close to Sebastian's hand inviting him to play and failing to get the appropriate response.

The instant we first put Elliott in the Jolly Jumper Sammy came racing over and sat diligently beside as if to say 'hooray, he's up, he must be human now, another friend!'

Can you hear?

It was a family Von Trapp moment. A little bit of guitar singing to finish off the meal. Sebastian really wanted to sing the tractor song. I searched my repertoire and pulled out several options, but none went 'driving on my tractor broom broom broom'. Perhaps (if you can possibly believe) there is a tractor song they are teaching at Kindy that I don't know? We were at a loss.

'Mummy, listen to my ear. Really close. Can you hear it?'

Alas, no I couldn't. See if Daddy can?