The Humour of Harry & Flour Power

Every now and then Harry just comes out with something hysterical. Be it something that he says or does. Ben is equally funny, but more in his actions and the way he looks at you in the ultra cute way that he does. Ben has the most infections chuckle ever and just cracks me up.

The other day Harry was having a pee, we are just at that stage now where he does everything himself, ie lifts the lid/seat, drops trousers and aims etc. The only help he needs from me is sometimes getting his trousers back up and help at the sink washing his hands afterwards as the taps are a little too high for him to reach and turn on.

So picture the scene if you will, Harry has gone to the loo
'I want to do it all by my own Daddy'
'By yourself Harry'
'Yes, all on my self'
'OK' - (Sometimes it is just too much like hard work trying to correct his English at this stage.)

Harry promptly 'went through the motions' and on finishing his 'Pee' - he gave a little shake and looked at me and sang 'Drip went the Weasel' and giggled himself silly.

Now where the hell did he hear that !!!

Carol came home the other evening and the boys were lounging on the sofa watching CBeebies and said to Harry,

'Where have you been today Harry'

He promptly pulled his playschool sweatshirt taut and looked down at the playgroup emblem on it and then looked back up and Carol and said 'We've been to Little School' and gave her a look of 'What are you blind or stupid', kind of expression !!!

I swear he is 4 going on 14 sometimes. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come, I really don't want a 'Harry Enfield - Kevin' type teenager as a son !

Now I kind of need to take you back a few weeks, as I forgot to mention some fun we had when the Snow was thick outside and we had to find fun indoors.

My friend Claire had given the boys two kits for making Gingerbread Men and the boys had a great time mixing all the ingredients together. Now we had sometime before they were finished in the Oven and Carol realized that the flour that we had used from our cupboard was close to it's expiration date, so she thought it would be fun for the boys to have a play with it whilst we waiting for their G'men to finish baking. This was a great idea, well....perhaps if it wasn't for the fact that Carol had spent the morning spring cleaning the Kitchen. Ho hum, the boys had a blast. The best game was to make a little mountain out of the flour and then slam their hands down onto it sending a shower of flour everywhere :)

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow,

Title says it all. We like most of the country had heavy snow the other week. The boys were both ill with colds and coughs. But they desperately wanted to go out and play in the snow. So we rugged them up warm and they went out with Carol to make snowmen. I had a really nasty chest infection and was on antibiotics so I didn't dare go out and make it worse. But I really wanted to. I missed making the boys first snowmen :(

But it was a great time for Carol to spend with the boys and they really had a blast.



Brave little explorers...



So began the snowman...



Come rain or shine, hail or snow, the boys always want their trikes when they are in the garden !!!



Catch you next time, with a funny story about a Weasel !

Happy 4th Birthday !

Where does the time go !!!

Anyway, The Boys had a great 4th Birthday, we gave them a proper party this year and we held it at a local Gym club they go to. It is fabulous there and great value. They had 15 friends from the two playschools they go to and they all had a blast. Obviously no photos as there were loads of kids and I am sure the other parents wouldn't want me showing photos of their children on the internet.

The boys wanted Playmobil for their birthday and of course they chose the two sets from the little books that come with previous sets, that Playmobil have stopped making !

A morning searching on the net eventually turned up the last one of each set. Ben wanted the Playmobil holiday home and Harry wanted a play park.

Here are the photos of the present opening, I love the looks on their faces when they realise that they have got just what they were wishing for. Classic !

Drum roll.....




'I got the play park !!!'



'I got the Holiday House !!!'



Great stuff, they are big hits and the boys play with them all the time. Again family and friends spoiled them rotten and they got some lovely gifts. What I hadn't thought about was the party guests. They all brought presents as well, really lovely thoughtful presents and we are now trying to find homes for them all !

It is the party season, the boys have in turn been invited to several parties now as well. They have a better social life than Carol & I have !!!

Not long after their birthday we had a really hard frost, the shape of things to come.....







We should have guessed that the weather was going to get worse, when we saw this frost. But that is a story for next time :)