Too cute

 

Mortified

Today was the big day for Brian's cousin John and his bride Cheryl. Joshua looked very handsome in his tuxedo (When asked what he liked most about the wedding he said "The clothes" ) and looked very cute and innocent sitting in the church waiting for the service to start. But then just as John and Cheryl had said their vows "Oh no, I need to go toilet" "Just hang on Joshua" I whispered through gritted teeth. "but I have to go POOOOOOS" Poos is in capitals because it was said very loudly. I quickly ushered him off to the toilet which unfortunately is at the front of the church (bad, bad, bad design people) His lordship sat on the toilet and gave a botty rumble and announced he was finished. Grrr he could have done that sitting on Daddy's lap! We crept back in as they were exchanging rings and thinking to cause the least amount of disturbance I sat down in the choir stalls with Joshua. Big mistake. "I want my Daddy. " "Shhh Joshua"...."But I just want my Daddddddddddddddy" Arrghhhh we made the dash, dumped Joshua on Daddy's lap and then I tried to diappear into the seat. John and Cheryl, we are truly sorry for the disruption... thanks for being such great sports.

Strange but true. .... Joshua also felt the call off nature as soon as the speeches started at the reception. Grrrrrrrr.

This week's highlights...

Here are a few of Joshua's special moments this week....

Gloop: Aunty Sarah makes the most fantastic gloop. Cornflour, water and food colouring make for a messy yet fun afternoon activity. Gloop is the weirdist stuff. It feels quite firm to the touch but dissolves in your hands. Joshua loved it and so did Mummy until Joshua clapped his hands and dispersed the pesky stuff across the kitchen. Do you know how many times you have to wipe cornflour up? It always seems to leave a white powdery residue even after wiping many many times. Yay for Gloop!

Proof: Joshua filled up a cup in the bath and said "Look Mummy it is proof" Proof of what you may ask.... and I did. "Proof of Jupiter's Red Spot" was the reply. Who says children don't learn anything from TV (All credit to the Magic School Bus)

Chemistry: Joshua filled up another cup in the bath with bubbles on top this time. "Proof?" I asked. "NO Mummy, it is a chemical reaction" Of course, how could I have been so silly. Every mother of a preschooler should be able to spot a chemical reaction at a glance :o) I guess Joshua liked doing the vinager and baking soda experiment last week. Children's minds really are sponges.

Can't like Medlab...

Joshua accompanied me to the Medlab today so I could have a blood test. At first he was quite happy to sit and play in the waiting room with me but then he must have remembered the last time we went there. Last time we visited the Medlab Joshua had a blood test, an allergy test and a nasal swab to test for whooping cough. Very traumatic but long forgotten or so I thought. Obviously not. He got very agitated and wanted to leave. Even when I assured him it was me that was getting the needle. "No, Mummy not get injection. No, Joshua can't like it" He was almost in tears. When it was my turn I explained to the nurse why he was being difficult. She was great and tried to calm him too. I distracted him as well as I could but even when the needle was gone he still looked like he might cry. Until... the lovely nurse drew a special monster face on a plaster for his hand. He was very chuffed with his cool plaster and left medlab smiling. Thank goodness for fantastic nurses. Maybe next time we go he won't be so upset.

No such luck...

Joshua unfortunately did not wake any sweeter than when he went to sleep. He slept for 2 hours but woke with bone shaking "botty rumbles" and accompanying tears. When Daddy arrived home Joshua was sitting with Mummy on the couch looking very sad. Daddy cuddles and some food sorted him out though and he finished the evening bouncing and doing Roly Polys on Mummy and Daddy's bed.

Oh yeah... last night Joshua and Daddy were playing downstairs in the super hut while Mummy checked her email. I must have left the gate open and Joshua appeared by my side. "Hello, How are you? Joshua is back" was his greeting. I asked him where Daddy was. "I can't like Daddy" was his cryptic reply. Anyway he started playing games on my computer. 10mins later Daddy appeared looking for Joshua. Joshua had left the hut to get a book and never returned. Brian had waited patiently for 10 mins. LOL. Poor Daddy.

Mr Independent

Joshua is Mr Independent with a capital I!! He goes to the toilet on his own with the door shut, dresses himself apart from buttons and likes to do (try to do) everything himself. He played with Michelle and Natasha all morning and was all tuckered out and grumpy this afternoon. So when i told him off for playing with the video player it caused a full scale meltdown. Mummy wasn't too impressed by this and put Joshua in his room to "think about things" He protested a fair bit at first and then I heard him pottering around his room. I popped my head in to see if he had finished thinking and was ready to come out, but he told me to "go away" I complied but not before I noticed that the curtains had been closed and the light was now off. I left him for a few more minutes and popped back to check on him only to find him sound asleep in bed under the covers!!!!!!!!!!!! Joshua is not a daytime sleeper usually and to get him to nap at all even when sick takes extreme coercion. But sure enough today he put himself to bed. Let's hope he is in a sweeter mood when he wakes up.

Disco Fever

We had a busy morning outside in the garden after Joshua decided that it would be fun if Mummy cut the grass and he helped. He was VERY helpful and managed to get grass clippings up his nose and in his ears!! But Joshua has been off colour for the past 5 days and after cutting the grass he was a bit tired. This afternoon he watched way more than the recommended TV viewing time for preschoolers :o) But Mummy is sick too so I wasn't complaining. Joshua perked up a bit just before bedtime when he was playing hide and seek with Daddy. He must have got a second wind because he suddenly started the screaming memies... This invloves screaming and giggling as loud as possible while running manically around the room. Soon after this outburst Joshua decided it was disco time. He turned all his bedroom lights off, grabbed his disco ball (courtesy of Aunty Kath) and jumped/danced around the room singing "Disco, disco in Joshua's room" at the top of his lungs. Sometimes I wonder what our neighbours can hear and what they make of what they do hear?! To set the record straight Brian and I did not teach Joshua how to disco. His lovely cousins, Michelle and Natasha, are to thank (or should I say blame) for that.

Actually

Brian and Joshua made the "super hut" in the back room yesterday while Mummy was flaked out on the couch with a bad cold. The Super Hut is very cool. It has tunnel entrances and emcompasses most of the back room floor area. Joshua, Mummy and Daddy were in the Super Hut today (I told you it was big) and Brian suggested that Joshua go get TWO books. He dutifully went off and came back with 2 books that we enjoyed reading. Brian then suggested he take those 2 back and get another 2. Joshua went off and returned a short time later. Brian said "Good boy. You got another two books." Joshua's little voice echoed out of the tunnel "I got one book ACTUALLY" It was so proper sounding Brian and I had to laugh.

My turn next

Joshua has to be one of the few children who actualy cries about NOT going to the Doctor and NOT having his haircut. He had a total melt-down on Wednesday at the mall when Daddy went downstairs to get his haircut. "No not Daddy's turn. Joshua's turn. I want my haircut! I want my haircut" We followed Daddy downstairs and when we got to the hairdressers they had that "uh oh here comes a brat who doesn't want his hair cut" look. But when we explained that he wanted it done but it didn't need done they laughed and gave him a balloon and lollies. He fussed on Wednesday afternoon as well as I was off to see a new Doctor and he wanted to go. He came with me but when i asked if he liked the new Doctor he said "Not, really. I didn't get a stamp." Just as well this Doctor is only a specialist and he will still get to regularly see the famous Doctor Mules with his cool lightup stamps.

Visitors

After spending the past 2 days shut up at home with a rotten cold Joshua and I had some visitors round today to liven things up. Joshua made half a dozen phone calls in the morning organising the visit and then after lunch stood at his bedroom window all excited about their arrival. He must have seen them coming down the driveway 'cause he ran to get me so I could open the door. He greeted Ms Frizzle with two hands and gently lifted Liz inside. Janet unfortunately wasn't welcomed so kindly as Joshua sort of chucked her in the door. After Joshua introduced them all to me he took them upstairs one by one. Janet got to go up last and she must be unluckly as Joshua dropped her down the stairs and had to come back for her. Joshua played hide and seek with his new friends for a good 15mins until he came down the stairs crying because he couldn't find Ms. Frizzle and needed my help. Hmmmm how do you help your son find an imaginary friend? He eventually found her and they had a great time. He told me all about it after they left. But then Ms Frizzle rang to say that they were coming back. This time I insisted that we vacuum before anymore guests came so Joshua gave me a hand doing the lounge :o) Joshua had some extremely indepth conversations with his friends about going to preschool and Mainly Music etc. I was beginning to get a bit worried that I would start to hear someone actually responding. I wonder who might come visitng tomorrow.


(If you are not up on kids TV it may help to know that these characters are off the Magic School Bus. Janet is the most annoying character so that perhaps explains her mistreatment.)

Would you like sugar with that?

Joshua had a fantastic day. Michelle and Natasha stayed the night and we all went to the mantinee performance of Beauty and the Beast. Joshua was soooo excited he woke up at 5am. We managed to keep him upstairs until 7am by which stage he was dying to wake the girls. After a morning of play and shopping we headed off to the show. Joshua was truly captivated. That is until about 5mins from the intermission when he dozed off. I wondered if the early start would cause problems. I gave him a poke and some lollies and he made it to intermission. An icecream during the break helped cool him down and boosted his energy levels no end. Although part way through the second act Joshua said "Mummy I NEED more sugar..." The sugar worked and he lasted through the show, and the trip back to Aunty Julie's, and the trip back home and was still lasting when it was really time for bed. After every sugar high comes a low and we hit it at bedtime. First it was demands:"I want my plane" "I want my glowstick" when that didn't work he tried reasoning "I can't like my room. I can't like my room. I can't like....." When that didn't work he just tried plain old anger until of course Mummy threatened to leave at which point he rolled over and went to sleep!!

By the way Joshua was very brave and didn't freak out at the very realistic Beast. Unlike the child in front whose Grandma had to calm her with "Beast is just a bit grumpy" a line we taught her just before the show started. The guy in the row in front of her may have wanted to borrow that line too "I want Mummmmmmmmmmmmmmy. I wanna go home NOW. I wanna go home NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. Daddy I'm scared. I want MUUUUUMMMMMMMMMY" The Dad did what every self respecting male would do - cut his losses and ran. Joshua just looked at me and said "hmmmmmmm yeah Beast IS grumpy"

See how sensitive I am......

S.N.A.K. : Sensitive new Age Kid

Joshua is most definitely a S.N.A.K. I had no idea how sensitive he was until he started having mini-meltdowns at preschool recently. The first was 2 weeks ago. He just suddenly started crying for no apparent reason. Then he was unhappy about going for the next three drop offs. Then on Monday it happened again. This time though the ever observant teachers managed to make the connection. 2 weeks ago the music teacher went on holiday so Mrs Jacqui took Music = meltdown No. 1 and then on Monday the regular music teacher returned = meltdown No. 2 It appears that Joshua does not like anyone messing with his world and is very resistant to change. I hope it is a stage he grows out of...

Still on the sensitive theme. Joshua is a total Mummy's boy. Daddy gets told to "go away" if he tries to calm Joshua at night. "I want Mummy" is the familiar night time call of the local wildlife! Mummy is also Joshua's pick for shower buddy (Mummy misses those long peaceful showers where there is no little monkey trying to use her buttocks as a drumkit - I know they aren't small but please) Last night Brian was lamenting the lack of love from Joshua to which I jokingly said "awwwwwwwwwwwww" to which Joshua quickly added "poor Daddy!"

The Scareys got me...

So may be the Scareys are not as harmless as we thought. Joshua has been hunting them all week with a torch and dispatching any he finds with an over arm chuck and "ch ch" sound effect. But last night the Scareys had their revenge!! Joshua woke at 12.30am sobbing and repeating "the Scareys got me, the scareys got me" over and over and over again. Mummy lay down with him and eventually he went back to sleep. This morning when he woke though the first words out of his mouth were.... you guessed it "the Scareys got me" The boy doesn't forget a thing. Then Joshua went into more detail "the Scareys were a bit grumpy... like Beast with Belle [see Beauty and the Beast]....they got Joshua... they tickled my back" Tickled my back!!?? What is scary about having your back tickled? Hmmm they must have been too rough.

Doctor Doctor

Joshua LOVES our doctor. Yesterday Brian had to go to the doctor so we dropped him off before heading to Grandma's. Joshua was very very upset "No, Daddy not go. Joshua's doctor!! Joshua go doctor" So he was happy today that he had to go to get somemore tummy medicine (reflux) When we arrived he said loudly "this is Joshua's doctor. Joshua see his doctor...yes Joshua see my doctor!!" The doctor ushered us into his office and Joshua stood there arms outstretched for a cuddle. The doctor laughed and scooped him up for a cuddle. Joshua was very happy!! This afternoon Joshua was Doctor and checked Mummy's ears and nose... Who would have thought that Joshua would idolise someone who a few months ago shoved tweezers up Joshua's nose in a vain attempt to remove the seeds he had planted up there!!

Happy Father's Day Daddy - you're blushing....

As a special treat for Father's Day Joshua decided to serenade Daddy with a very very loud rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Only problem was that he decided to do it in the middle of the supermarket whilst holding Daddy's hand. It was great - Mummy couldn't stop laughing and Daddy went very quiet and looked for a hole to jump in to. To top it all off when he had finished each song (yes, it was repeated more than once!!) he demanded that Daddy clap, "Daddy, Daddy clap now..." Anyone who knows how much Brian loves being the centre of attention will have some idea of how uncomfortable he looked as shopper after shopper looked at the loud singing child and his father.