1. Cookery
2. Photography
3. A Walk In The Park
Yesterday’s Tesco run included a marked-down 74p Christmas biscuit decoration set. From the first, Son 1 aged 4y 3m wanted only to Ice The Biscuits. “After breakfast,” I said. He ate three bites of pancakes and declared breakfast over. Originally we thought we’d do it when Son 2 aged 15m was having his nap. But Son 1 couldn’t wait that long. So we had one big boy in a Thomas apron, and a baby in a highchair, both with biscuits on plates in front of them. Son 1 took the red icing squirter and made a start on Santa. Son 2 watched him carefully, and then took an idle bite of his Christmas Pudding. We squirted green on together. We gave Son 2 a Rudolf. Son 1 scattered white sugar stars three-deep over his biscuits. I turned back to Son 2. He’d bitten a hole in Rudolf. And a blank Christmas Tree. We iced. We scattered. Son 1 devoured a Christmas Tree. Son 2 licked all the squirty icing off the Christmas Pudding. Son 1 watched him. And then licked all the squirty icing off his Rudolf.
I put two chairs together in the corner of the kitchen to make a little raised playpen for Son 2 while I’m getting food. He stands on the seat of one, opens the cutlery drawer and plays with the baby spoons and forks. And the vegetable peeler. I made lunch. Son 1 arrived, demanding to know how to use our digital camera. I showed him. We now have about 40 pictures of Bag-of-Flour-on-Worktop, Mummy’s-Leg Cupboard-Front, Kitchen-Floor. Son 1 thought it was fantastic.
Son 2 only napped for about 30 minutes in the morning, and was dropping with exhaustion after lunch. So I thought I’d take both boys out, give The Man a break, push The Pram till Son 2 slept and then come back and let Son 1 watch some telly. We pushed The Pram to The Park. Son 1 shinnied up the slide ladder. Son 2 clamoured to be let out. He went on the slide, he went on the swings, laughing and chortling. After a very good half hour, I put Son 2 back in The Pram and off we went to the shops. He stayed awake. Son 1 was asking to ride on The Pram. In M and S, they were both crying for food and whining with fatigue. I rang The Man. Son 1 rode home on his shoulders. Son 2 stayed awake the whole time.
Tags: biscuit decorating, camera, icing, photography, photos, slides, swings, The Park
