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Lots of learning experiences





This week has been filled with lots of enjoyable learning experiences.
Our Mothers's group this week took place at the local library where we joined a large group of other mums and their bubs and enjoyed a range of nursery rhymes and other songs. O Bear thoroughly enjoyed clapping along with the tamborine (as clapping has come back into vogue in a big way this week) and afterwards we all found a quiet corner and had a mummy chit chat for an hour or so while the babies clambered around (it wasn't quiet for long - poor library patrons!).

Another fun task this week was when Ollie and I played with cornflour paste. If you haven't tried this I strongly suggest you get yourself a box of cornflour and some water and take a crack at it yourself. It is the weirdest sensation, one minute it is firm and the next it is squishy (I'm sure there is an important physics lesson there but right now it is just lots of fun). I took all the proper precautions - old clothes, (new) kitty litter tray to contain the mixture and a drop sheet. But Ollie thought it a great game to crawl all over the deck and get the mixture everywhere. Who cares??? We both had lots of fun squishing the mess everywhere and it is easily cleaned up later - luckily, as both Ollie B and I got covered in the stuff.

Today we have had the loveliest day with Nick who is having a long weekend. Our plan was to have lunch at the local Indonesion restaurant so Ollie wore his Bintang shirt. Unfortunately it was closed so we went to Beccofino, Nick and my fave old local haunt - just across the road from our old home. Ollie was on his best behaviour (luckily as it is hardly the kind of joint which has highchairs) and we all left feeling suitably stuffed. Afterwards we checked out the Riffe's cute gift shop which saw Ollie and I both leave with cute new hats. At least Ollie's offers some sun protection, mine is totallly frou frou.

I'm blogging early this week as tomorrow morning we are jumping on a plane to go and visit Nanna Freddy and Poppy Mick. We are looking forward to the trip but it highlights how much we need to pack. A week is the equivalent of the average Everest trip. Worse still, I am terrified of our plane trip. Will Ollie behave himself? Or will I be that mother walking up and down the aisle trying to share the screeching love around?

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