Some more photos

Just a few other photos from earlier this year. I liked these three. David is looking at photos of himself on Dad's phone - fascinating!

The second is taken in a park near Luna Park in North Sydney in the late afternoon in January. I liked the effect. Also, he looked really sharp. THose shoes are too small for him now!

The last photo is David doing a trial run for daycare, before he started. The hat and backpack are the ones that he uses for daycare. The outfit is actually pyjamas (Christmas present from nanna), but he really likes them. They have Lightening McQueen on the front. You can see our front door.

Update

Well, no new photos. The camera that Paul bought for my birthday in December is off being repaired under warranty. Hopefully I will have it back later this month. There is a wait of 4-6 weeks for repairs. I am not sure if that is because there is just so much work, or to discourage the repairs under warranty. It is a really nice Ricoh, so I am persisting.

So this photo is an old one, taken in January. It features towelly, in fact lots of them. David was wrapped up in them on nanna Jan's couch. Towelly is still in the picture - an essential source of comfort, particuarly during the early days of daycare. It (he) goes with David every day, and is out and about during the day, not just for his sleep. He gets very dirty, particularly when digging in the sandpit with a digger, or when painting. The only thing better than one towelly is two, or three. Not always, but often, David sucks his thumb when he has towelly. The interesting thing is that towely is getting more & more of a personality. He shares, helps, keeps the sun out of David's eyes, can be used to mop up, wipe things down, even hit people. Think of the towel in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and you get the picture.

So a couple of things, in no particular order. The bike is back in favour. David can now reach the pedals on his bike (he has been able to for a few weeks). He is not that good at pushing the pedals yet, but is getting the idea. When we go any distance on footpaths, I still push, and his feet go round & round. In Callan Park there is a long concrete footpath through the park with a gentle slope down, so I now set him up at the top, and he pedals down the slope, steering as well as he wants to, all by himself. He loves the Park, and spotting the spiders. There are lots of big spiders, with stripy legs, often in little colonies. We have also spotted the leaf curl spiders over in North Sydney near childcare. We also run on the grass, kick the ball or use the bat in the park.

David has been interested in sport for a few months - he loved it playing with Grif & Mac and their big soccer balls, and basket ball hoop and bats. He also saw people playing tennis at a club and cried about having a tennis racket. Since we have been home, he has insisted on getting our tennis rackets down and is showing some promise in hitting a soft ball. Between us we have now got him some initial sport equipment - badmington rackets, plastic cricket bat (full size though), beach cricket set, frisbee - all that sort of stuff. We just have to get to the park during daylight to practice with it all.

Also, fishing. He loves playing with dad's fishing rod, and casting a big plastic hook, and using the fishing reel. We are getting very good at untangling it all. Erin gave us an old bright green fishing rod, without a reel, and we have played with that too.

Also cooking. We have been making biscuits from my grandmother's recipe. David loves rolling out the dough, using the cutters (particularly the praire dog cutter) and then eating the raw dough. He has his own rolling pin and a mixture of real and playdough plastic biscuit cutters.

David seems to be settling in to daycare. He is eating more, sleeping well at naptime, and enjoying all the activities. He likes the bikes and sandpit and loves the playdough. We have been getting paintings home too.