Babysitting Connor

On Saturday afternoon just gone, Scott was kind enough to bring Connor over for a visit. He usually takes the opportunity to chill out himself so that I am left to keep Connor both entertained and out of mischief. They had been to the beach that morning with another parent of a youngster. We played in my pool a bit, walked the dog, completed a simple peg jigsaw and I introduced Connor to shuttlecock, which sounds a bit rude when Connor says it. I would have to say that shuttlecock was his favorite activity. Although the video does not show it, he did manage to hit the shuttlecock many times so that I could hit it back to him...so we got two satisfying click sounds in a row as the bat and the shuttlecock connected. But Connor was just as happy to hit it toward the sky too, which meant only one click.

Scott and Connor stayed for barbeque rissoles at tea-time. It is good to have a bottle full of gas again. Now Scott, as usual, catches up on his email while here and I noticed he was at RSVP (Australia's largest Internet Dating Service - if you have heard the ads on TV). I am a member there too but not very active although I have had a profile up for years. Scott is new to it. Brenda and I attended a few of their functions locally over the years but she is no longer interested and Scott has never wanted to be seen there with his Mum, so when we noticed that a function was on that night...I suggested he may like to go and I could babysit ALL NIGHT! Well, he went and I set about the task of trying to figure out how I was going to get Connor to sleep in a strange place. DVD's to the rescue..."Finding Nemo" is his favorite. I covered the beanbag in sheets and told Connor it was his bed. He was still awake (but obviously tired) watching movies when at 9.55pm I had the brilliant idea of SEA JELLIES. Remember the DVD screen saver you gave me? Well it worked like a charm...soothing and boring enough to send anyone to sleep! I left it going all night and I snook off to bed.

Now all this took place after the nappy episode. Scott had to go and buy some nappies and bring them back to me for a start but the ones he got were uncomfortably small for Connor. I have been told that he was nappy free during the day, but Saturday did nothing to convince me. Yes, he will pee on command if you take down his clothes but he wee'd through them several times so when he was in MY beanbag, I put on a nappy I had stashed from ages ago (which luckily was not too small!). Then a most wonderous thing happened. Connor was standing there bubbling diarrhea while I was praying that the nappy would hold it in. It was chocka block. Could have been nasty for the carpet and you can bet those nappies Scott bought would not have held it. But I had to put them on next hoping that there would not be a repeat performance. There wasn't!

I woke up the next morning just as Connor did but I was tired and not particularly active. We did the dog walk thing, with a stroller that was pushed sometimes, caught up in the retractable lead sometimes, with Connor in it holding the lead sometimes and on the last leg, the dog was in it. Andy cannot handle the heat even at 7am and he gets asthma or something and I have to carry him ...except this time we had a stroller. The rest of the time (waiting for Scott to come) was mostly more movies which I am so glad occupies Connor (Monsters Inc, Shark Tale, Incredibles but NOT the Sword in the Stone cartoon). There was a bit more shuttlecock and also raisin toast for breakfast.

I was glad to see Scott when he finally arrived closer to lunch time than anything else.

More Christmas Photos

These are the presents from GrandNan and Auntie Debbie - the playmat, the cars and the trucks. He likes the signs and trees best...the little things we should be putting away.

More Christmas Photos
A present from Uncle Brett and Stacey.

Scott short shaved his head just a day or so before Christmas.

The best way to get at the snacks is to get on the table!

A Bobcat from Pop (aka Roger)

This is the watch that came from America via ebay that I gave Scott.

Present from Dad - Lego

This is the necklace I gave Stacey for Christmas. 

Crepe Myrtle Top Bits Flowering in December 

Crepe Myrtle in January again 

Crepe Myrtle in January 

New Hatchlings of Noisy Friar Birds
Abandoned Nest




Start at the bottom. This is the last one in the series. The baby's were flying and thus gone from the nest by the 12th Jan. The other photos were taken on the 5th January. Talk about growing up fast!

They are very see-through... 

I suspect that the white stuff used in building the nest is some of Andy's fur. I read to leave the clippings outside for birds to use. 

Ugly critters aren't they?  

It fell from the Poinciana and a lady took it with the babies to my neighbour Brian, who relocated it on his topiary 'emu'. 

Displaced baby Noisy Friar Bird's nest 

Christmas Day 2005

Happy Second Birthday Connor


This diary format alway posts the latest entry first so actually you should start reading this day from the bottom up. Anyway, this is Connor's turn at wacking the Pina Colada...well whatever it is. We went home soon after this and Connor was on his way upstairs to unwind for a well-needed sleep.

I cannot seem to get blogger (this weblog site) to work properly unless I use my photo program so I cannot edit the errors.

Anyway it was a good day.

I went out last night to a dinner party with Karla down the road to meet some new people. Brenda and I went to see Harry Potter - Goblet of Fire last Tuesday. So...that makes this past week the most social I've had, apart from family, for a year. 2006 hopefully will continue to provide a little more fun than 2005.

 

What do you call those things that are not Pina Colada's that you wack until it splits open and all the lollies fall out? Well I have lost my memory and can't think of it...anyway that is one of them. Ange ended up having to rip it open anyway. She also had made a couple of "pass the parcel" games. 

Here is the birthday cake. Pity I chopped their heads off. Also a pity that Ange pinched my dry towel from the fence so that when I got out, I had to stand there dripping until she came up with another one. 

 

That is Billy with Connor in the pool...another Uncle! It is not a good photo of him. 

That is Ange's boyfriend Scott. They are still together after all. Our "expired" Scott (as he introduced himself to someone today) is just happy to be out of the relationship with Becky (who was also there). All of us seemed to be surrounded by ex's but there were no problems.

It was great to have the pool today, it was muggy...quite often overcast but quite often the sun steamed the place up too. We got home just before a deluge. I had a swim, so did the boys and Stacey. 

Connor was a pretty tired boy at one stage and he came to me for a cuddle.