BallFiend is completely into reading Tintin at the moment. Most recently he read "Cigars of the Pharaohs". When I asked him, "What is 'Cigars of the Pharaohs' about?" he corrected me and said, "NO! It's called..."and restated the title, but pronouncing it as sigh-gars of the para-doff.
He refused to allow DeepSpice or me to correct his pronounciation. Which is fine with me... I reckon BallFiend's way makes it sound like the title of a Doctor Who episode and I like Doctor Who better than Tintin anyway.
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Saturday, March 29, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Party invitation
Today, Thumper's toy rabbit (or rather toy hare) and I received an invitation from Thumper:
Thumper read it to me:
--Dear Mum and Rabbit,Please come to my birthday party. It will be on at 1 o'clock. There's lots of birthday cake and balloons and lollies. Please do come! You'll have lots of fun.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Wondering what mothers day breakfast will bring...
Thumper woke up this morning and decided to make herself breakfast (without waking up DeepSpice or me for help). So far so good.
She decided to have weetbix. No problems.
She decided to have warm weetbix. OK.
She put the bowl containing weetbix and just a splash of milk into the microwave.
A few minutes later we were woken by Thumper yelling "Mum, Dad! There's smoke coming out of the microwave!". DeepSpice stumbled out of bed, following the smell of smoke to the kitchen, where sure enough smoke was pouring out of the microwave.
"I only pressed the button two times". Yep, that'd be the auto-start-and-run-for-one-minute button.
I hear DeepSpice saying "Two minutes is a long time for weetbix Thumper, it only needs 30 seconds."
"Oh, but I don't know how to do 30 seconds" replied Thumper.
She decided to have weetbix. No problems.
She decided to have warm weetbix. OK.
She put the bowl containing weetbix and just a splash of milk into the microwave.
A few minutes later we were woken by Thumper yelling "Mum, Dad! There's smoke coming out of the microwave!". DeepSpice stumbled out of bed, following the smell of smoke to the kitchen, where sure enough smoke was pouring out of the microwave.
"I only pressed the button two times". Yep, that'd be the auto-start-and-run-for-one-minute button.
I hear DeepSpice saying "Two minutes is a long time for weetbix Thumper, it only needs 30 seconds."
"Oh, but I don't know how to do 30 seconds" replied Thumper.
Once DeepSpice had carried the smoking microwave outside and we had run around opening all the doors and windows (and moved the couches outside to air too!), Thumper asked if she could please have her warm weetbix now?
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Saturday, March 01, 2014
Thumper's latest foray into interpretive portraiture
It appears that our children are blessed with natural artistic talent.
Reminiscent of one of BallFiend's early works "Portrait of a scary-looking grandmother" -- which explores gender and the female archetype in modern Australian family life, juxtaposing warmth of the loving grandmother with that of the boogey-man, a one-eyed, saw-toothed Mr Man-like creature -- today Thumper unveiled her lastest work, inspired by the cover of the Australian Breastfeeding Association's funfilled activity book.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present...
In order to contextualise the exceptional talent of this gifted young artist, for reference, this is the cover of the "funfilled activity book" which provided the inspiration for "Woman":
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Reminiscent of one of BallFiend's early works "Portrait of a scary-looking grandmother" -- which explores gender and the female archetype in modern Australian family life, juxtaposing warmth of the loving grandmother with that of the boogey-man, a one-eyed, saw-toothed Mr Man-like creature -- today Thumper unveiled her lastest work, inspired by the cover of the Australian Breastfeeding Association's funfilled activity book.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present...
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| "Woman" by Thumper. Biro on upcycled, recycled paper, A4 80gsm. |
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