Return to: BabyworldHi everyone Well, my lazy days as a two year old are just about up.... I had my birthday party on the weekend and what a do that was. It was a dinosaur party! There was pass-the-dinosaur, whack the dinosaur egg, find lollipops in the triassic swamp (Daddy didn't clean up the backyard as Mummy had instructed).... We even had dinosausages on dinobread - apparently, it was a smart old dinosaur who invented the breadmaker. Daddy in an effort to create a volcanic dinosaur effect even managed to catch the barbeque alight as he char grilled the dinosnags. I was awaiting a visit mid-party by Rogerasaurus Rex and Elliedimetrodon, but Daddy was told that there would be serious consequences if he let the dogs out of the garage. So, a good day was had by all (even though adults outnumbered children by about 3 to 1). I give it an 8/10. The best bit though didn't even happen at the party. Mummy asked Daddy to get a small plane to adorn a second birthday (non dinosaur) cake. She made the mistake of sending Daddy and I to the shops unsupervised. Anyway, I must admit that Daddy did try to find a small Lego plane for the cake and they only had a helicopter. So, whilst I gave my full attention to playing with plastic guns and pistols, Daddy moved on to consider slightly larger cake ornaments.... Ultimately, we settled on a 1:3 scale Star Wars X-Wing Fighter. I understand a little science - I understand that it is generally accepted that to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. But I'm not sure that that is correct. I worked this out when I compared Daddy's quick and eager action to buy the X-Wing with Mummy's dark and storming reaction when she saw the docket. It reminded me of Mummy's reaction to Daddy's action of buying the pet mice. I know I fleetingly mentioned the mice in my last email. I should fill you in a bit. After a moments' reflection, Daddy and I purchased some pet mice on an equally unsupervised trip to Orange to have the car serviced. I managed to sleep soundly on the trip home, but I know Daddy fretted a bit.... The reaction by Mummy at home was natural and unfettered. Let me say that Daddy took the blame valiantly and didn't even try to argue that I had suggested the purchase and it was really my fault (like he wimperingly did with the Lego - I guess that as I get older I need to keep a closer eye on Daddy). Mummy wasn't even moved when little Georgie and Paulie looked at her with their little brown eyes (they are actually both female mice despite their names - Daddy also got into trouble over whether he ensured that they were both female). We actually went to the public library in Orange and went on the internet to work out how to care for and determine the sex of the mice. Things eventually settled down over the mice and I now ignore them just as much as I ignore the dogs. But, it's nice to know that they're there though just in case I ever want to play with them. Well, back to the Lego - Even though Mummy had made a 2:1 scale chocolate cake, the X-Wing still didn't fit. However, getting chocolate icing on the Lego was never really our intention.... Daddy ended up convincing Nanna and Nanny (Daddy's Mummy and Grandmother) to buy some more Star Wars Lego for my birthday (he didn't make the mistake this time of telling Mummy that he is also a financial contributor to the plan) and Daddy has used fishing line to suspend the X-Wing and some other Lego from my ceiling. I just hope that I don't get a Storm Trooper in my eye whilst I sleep. My connection with Star Wars also now has me at dinner saying "May the Fork be with you Luke, May the Spoon be with you Obi -Wan and may you be coated in chicken salt Darth...." Mummy still makes me say grace though. Daddy has also been getting into trouble from Mummy over letting me watch shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer (since we've watched all available Star Trek videos, we're now watching Buffy). Mummy and Daddy asked me whether I knew that television is pretend (sometimes they can be a little dim) - I told him that "it's just entertainment". Mummy and Daddy laughed the next morning when I got up early and rushed out and turned on the television and then ran into their room and shouted "the entertainment's on!!". Even though I quite like Buffy, Monty Python & the Holy Grail is still my favourite - I can even now put it in the video by myself. Another bit of entertainment I went to recently was "The Hooly Dooleys". They appeared at a local school just a few doors up from my place. I quite enjoyed them and at the end Daddy got me a limited edition CD of theirs and got them to sign it. People think that Daddy is weird, but he assured me that if I want to sell it second hand, I should get a better price. Well, I'll be sure to let you know when Daddy next gets into trouble.... Elliot
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