Josh Potter and Digbymort

We've been saying for a while that Josh is going to break something - of himself. An arm, a leg, a tooth, something. But we say it hoping that the inevitable isn't that. But it is - and it's happened. After a brush with Digby (the Ridgeback) - 10x heavier than Josh and 3x as tall, so he never stood a chance - Josh has a Harry Potter like gash on his noggin. Digby was just being himself and his excited bolt for the sheep caused Josh to move from upright to prone in next to no time and meeting the stony farm road with a thud.

Superglue, SteriStrips, a brave mom and a fainting father later all is on the mend and he and the dog seem none the worse for wear.

I've stalled building the go-cart or introducing him to a skate board as a result. He'll cotton-on soon enough and no doubt translate his now regular instructions to me to "Go faster, Daddy" when we head up to Bumble Bee to something more like "Look Dad, no hands!" Until then we're doing puzzles and play dough and I'm toying with the idea of buying him a violin...

Caterspillers

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Just spent the weekend in Arniston. As pretty as a picture and a stone's throw from the beach. Adam, Kerry, Jessica and Luke joined the Garners and all got on like a house on fire. The caterpillars in the nearby bush probably wished that the house would burn down. As often as they could, Josh and Jess would raid the bushes for the fury worms and promptly squeeze the contents of either end out onto their hands. Boy George, all we saw was red, gold and green.

Take Two+

Is it just me or is 'In the Night Garden' just a little strange? But Josh loves it and as it's right before bedtime I watch it religiously too. Moments from now he'll ask for "merlkey," make me re-heat it, stumble about looking for "bubbies" (his blankets) and then fall fast asleep. At some stage I need to get that bedtime story in again and prayers to God need to become a little more meaningful, but he's two and Jesus only made his move at 12, so I guess have a little time.

Hang on... grunts from behind the arm chair. He's stuck and Upsey Daisy is doing her thing with Iggle Piggle. Isn't that a pip!