Categories: rusk, food-and-drink, knitting
Date: 20 March 2010 00:08:50
This is a very dull post - don't say you haven't been warned.
Lent marches on. Today has been a day off, spent almost entirely with Rusk, due to Mr F's continuing battle with the lurgy.
Rusk decided that we would play with tractors today. There is a large box in his bedroom with about half a dozen tractors of various sizes. Some make noises, some travel by themselves, one has a track to travel on and makes appropriate animal noises as it goes past the sty, duck pond etc. The one I find most bemusing is the tractor and trailer with a sheep attached. If you hold the sheep and the trailer firmly and pull apart, then set them down on the floor, the sheep retracts into the trailer, a hook between the sheep's legs pulls up the gate at the back of the trailer and the whole shebang sets off across the floor, to market presumably. Rusk doesn't quite have the strength to pull it so there was a lot of asking Mummy to help.
During his afternoon nap, I played a level of The Settlers:Rise of an Empire - the latest in my favourite series of computer games.
Late afternoon saw us headed for the beach, or rather the promenade at the local town. There is a long stretch of prom that has reasonable barriers on either side (i.e. no sheer drop to the beach) so Rusk was able to run about without reins or holding hands. This means he can run further than I have to walk = tired toddler and not so tired Mummy. We bought an ice cream and shared it. He doesn't really like the coldness of the ice cream so only had a bit. Marvellous! There were only a few encounters with large dogs. I was under the impression that leads were to keep dogs away from danger, frightening small boys etc. Apparently not, although it is ok because "he (the dog) won't hurt him".
At teatime, he ate marmite on bread. This is a real breakthrough - he has refused spreads or toppings of any kind on bread or toast for the last two months. Looks bad when you give him dry crusts, but really that is all he will eat usually. Hurrah for marmite (bet he doesn't eat it again for weeks).
After his bedtime, I finished the Settlers level (and another one) before a spot of catching up online before my bedtime (now a couple of hours ago - ah well).
So that, in case you were interested, is what the clergy do on their day off, at least this clergy on this particular day off. I cannot guarantee that the next day off will be the same. Nothing too exciting.
In other news, I am knitting another sock, having ripped a complete sock back to nothing. Oh, and the foghorn is going so I'm guessing the weather has reached us.