Jack's still sick, but we're making the best of it. The last few days have seen such delights as a banana and chocolate spread sandwich fest, kid's movies on repeat and speedbuilding wooden towers (with Jack) before they get knocked down (by Marie). He's looking better, so hopefully he's back at school tomorrow, or at least able to leave the house, because the weather is so nice it's just torture to stay in. I have made the terrace outside child-proof so Marie can play outside while Jack lies on the sofa, but I need to go out and see some adults.
The kids have this YouTube video (the Muppets' "Mahnahmahnah") which they find hugely entertaining, and which I have become ever so slightly tired of (I've probably seen it more than a hundred times). You can find it here if you're entertaining a sick kid just now. The reason I am including it, is that I'm hoping for some hints to diversify the repertoire around here a bit. Do you know any other videos that might keep a one and four year old entertained without turning my brain entirely to mush? They like music, dancing and "people hurting themselves" (Jack's request).
During Marie's naptime, I put Jack on the sofa with a movie and I went out to do some gardening. Bliss! I found that half the garden had been colonised by these:
and these:
(definitely NOT parsley as the label so sarcastically states).
So now my garden is full of piles like these:
Only the shadier side got all the weeds. Freakish. The other side seems to only acquire more grass.
Weeding always makes me go all philosophical, thinking about why things are wanted or unwanted. I have quite a few "weeds" which I leave because I like them. For example:
This is a lovely one, but does tend to take over rather. And the kids get all orange if they break off any leaves or flowers. The first time I spent quite a while looking for the source of all the smeared blood.
Having been stuck in the house a few days with a sick kid, I'm quite happy to have had this blog to keep me entertained, but now I need to get out of the house and actually experience something other than taking care of a sick four year old, or I will (yawn, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz).
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I spent 3 Summers on my hands and knees weeding for a living.
ReplyDeleteNEVER AGAIN.
@Xbox - I'm not a gardening fetishist or anything. It's sometimes my escape - an opportunity to think of nothing for a while, and to get down and dirty - literally.
ReplyDeleteMy horrible job was at a petrol station, in winter. I had to pump the petrol, check tire pressure, take care of the shop and wash cars with cold water. For absolutely no money to speak of. I still hate going to get fuel.
My son loves polar bear, the cartoon you can find on Youtube. And I can see it over and over again without getting tired of it.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous - Thank you! I will try it tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteYou garden too? Is there anything you don't do?
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