Boy Three – Page 3

66/365 What became of my Mother’s Day treat?

March 7, 2013 By Ellen

Boy Three has been busy at nursery. They’ve been creating treat biscuits to give to their mummies. Look, it has icing, jam and an array of sprinkles. However, it was quite clear that my youngest son had no intention of giving me the thing. He did let me know that it was “very yummy”. […]

Review: LeapFrog app Team UmiZoomi Street Fair Fix-Up game

February 26, 2013 By Ellen

It’s not really surprising that Boy Three has taken to LeapPad2 apps like the proverbial duck to water. He sees his big brothers playing away at their games on their iPods and computers and he wants a piece of the action. Just like the feeling of how games starts, the excitement and fun […]

38/365 As green as a kiwi

February 7, 2013 By Ellen

Now, thanks to Boy Three, we have kiwis and no one particularly interested in eating them. Funny, surprising things kiwis. I’m often struck by how hairy and testicle-like (testicular?) they look, then they are always greener than I anticipated and, finally, they taste better than I remembered.

Forget the terrible twos, the threes are far worse…

February 7, 2013 By Ellen

Boy with a super plunger, of course “It’s Thursday, so you go to nursery,” I answered Boy Three’s question about what kind of day it was. “Noooo,” he bellowed. “Not Thursday. No.” “But there’s a Thursday every week.” “Waaaaaah. Noooo,” and he collapsed into loud sobbing. After a while he controlled himself and hiccoughed: “I […]

29/365 looking up and walking into puddles

January 29, 2013 By Ellen

Another day, another spectacular thing overhead. This time driving to collect Boy Three from nursery, a layer of yellow-tinged cloud was casting a warm glow on the puddles. At the fringes of the cirrus-cumulus confection blue sky showed, like trim on a particularly extravagant parasol.But while this was going on I wasn’t watching for flood water […]

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