Show me a mother that doesn’t feel guilt, and I’ll show you a man. Which is totally crap. But in my experience, mothers of my generation feel guilty about everything. Guilty for not working and contributing to society, guilty for working and not being a stay at home mother. Now, for something to lift the mood – baby capybaras , the worlds largest rodent. I’ve been know to fancy a rodent or two 😉
Show me a mother that doesn’t feel guilt, and I’ll show you a man.
Which is totally crap. But in my experience, mothers of my generation feel guilty about everything. Guilty for not working and contributing to society, guilty for working and not being a stay at home mother.
Now, for something to lift the mood – baby capybaras, the worlds largest rodent. I’ve been know to fancy a rodent or two 😉
The list is a little pat, but there is enough of the Girl Guide in me to get excited. Here .
The list is a little pat, but there is enough of the Girl Guide in me to get excited.
Here.
Unapologetically Female has an interesting insight into Heroes .
Unapologetically Female has an interesting insight into Heroes.
Although my knitting has slowed to about a row every week, I still have the compulsion to check out what’s new… And today, I was rewarded with the worst crime against yarn I’ve ever seen. A conglomeration of abominations. But to balance that, I found this – For $5 a meter! I’m going to make a new baby carrier, the colours are perfect.
Although my knitting has slowed to about a row every week, I still have the compulsion to check out what’s new…
And today, I was rewarded with the worst crime against yarn I’ve ever seen.
A conglomeration of abominations.
But to balance that, I found this –
For $5 a meter!
I’m going to make a new baby carrier, the colours are perfect.
Through a friend at playgroup, we found out about the local bush regen project. Mark went along last month with Inigo, this month he talked me into dropping in at the half way mark. I’m really glad I went. I popped Inigo into the new carrier, and he slept for a while, and I wandered around plucking weeds and photographing stuff… Tea break Peter demonstrates the “Peter Tool”, a mattock for enclosed spaces Weeds must die! The gall! Cicada shell Wish the focus was better on this shot! Small weed, HUGE root system. Kill with extreme prejudice Inigo had a close encounter with another cicada shell, I unearthed about half a dozen in a patch of weeds Not sure what this weed is called, but as well as a tuberous root system, it has these little bulbs which fall off if the plant is handled too roughly. Each one can make a new plant if they break off. Not only was the killing of weeds extremely satisfying, it was lovely to spend some time in the great outdoors, fabulous to meet some caring volunteers, and all so close to home!
Through a friend at playgroup, we found out about the local bush regen project. Mark went along last month with Inigo, this month he talked me into dropping in at the half way mark.
I’m really glad I went. I popped Inigo into the new carrier, and he slept for a while, and I wandered around plucking weeds and photographing stuff…
Tea break
Peter demonstrates the “Peter Tool”, a mattock for enclosed spaces
Weeds must die!
The gall!
Cicada shell
Wish the focus was better on this shot!
Small weed, HUGE root system. Kill with extreme prejudice
Inigo had a close encounter with another cicada shell, I unearthed about half a dozen in a patch of weeds
Not sure what this weed is called, but as well as a tuberous root system, it has these little bulbs which fall off if the plant is handled too roughly. Each one can make a new plant if they break off.
Not only was the killing of weeds extremely satisfying, it was lovely to spend some time in the great outdoors, fabulous to meet some caring volunteers, and all so close to home!
We saw the paed today.
Inigo is growing, hitting and exceeding developmental milestones (who knew that pulling socks off was a milestone?), has perfect blood pressure, excellent hip joints, good weight (even despite the last week of food refusal), and an excellent vocabulary.
And he’s also allergic to Rockmelon (cantaloupe). Which I find very odd, but there you have it.
Inigo after eating Rockmelon in early March. He had it before this with no reaction. I tried again in April, and the reaction was much worse. Yes Donna, that is a squeezy polar bear bath toy…
Tomorrow I have to book him in for a nasty test at the end of June, and then we will know if the reflux has resolved itself and he can stop taking his daily cocktail of anti-biotics. Until then, carry on as usual…
And no, I still haven’t given him any chicken, fish, or lamb. As far as I know, they are still animal corpses!
Unfortunately, it was just an April Fools stunt – but it pissed some people off!
Delicious.
And messy.
New word this week – Off (said with glee when turning things off)
It didn’t take long for him to get the idea…
Found the loot!
Alex & his maracas
The easter basket filled with loot. Sorry Inigo, no chocolate.
The excitement was a little bit too much for some members of the family.
The cousins playing happily together – after months of Alex not recognising Inigo, suddenly he has started calling out for “Iggy”, “Iggy”!
What am I supposed to do with these?
Oooo! They make noise!
Yay!
Thanks Aunty Sarah, for my very first Easter Hunt!
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