Well that didn't work well at all ... after securing everything down and leaving him to his own devices he just got frustrated that there was no-one to play with. I suppose I should be glad that he's a sociable little thing .. but I never realised how exhausting entertaining a kid is! He is now having his morning nap in his cot so bugger the ironing ... time to blog.
Dr John Reid amazed me by asking all muslim parents to be on the look out for possible terrorist tendencies in their children. The signs are hanging around with pious religious types, learning more about their religion and culture, taking an interest in international issues, possibly even attending protest marches. Now most parents of any religion would be ecstatic if their children took more of an interest! But it would seem they are wrong to. If your child is out of the house until 3am, comes home reeking of alcohol and obviously drugged up, spends their time locked in their bedroom listening to loud music and ignoring everything you say whilst still living under your roof ...then you're ok. See it's always the quiet ones you need to keep an eye out for.
Mrs Campbell would have done well to heed Reid's advice. Her daughter, Misbah, who she chose to rename "Molly" was showing classic signs of being radicalised! Taking an interest in her religion, refusing to drink alcohol, wanting to spend more time with a menacingly large bearded muslim. She should have sat her down and had words! Instead she let her be and Misbah managed to get kidnapped by her father to be forced into an arranged marriage with an old man in Pakistan.
The media soaked up every last drop of this ... evil Pakistani father, kidnapped child, forced marriage, tearful news conferences ... until they realised that they had the completely wrong end of the stick ... they had the candy floss on the other end and once they placed it into their mouth it melted away and just left them with sticky fingers! In the words of Misbah's brother it turned out to be "total bullshit". Some showed signs of remorse but to this day they still infuriatingly refer to her as "Molly".
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Zoo does his own thing ..
Blimey .. haven't been able to spend a sufficient amount of time at the computer for me to be able to blog ... but am being brave today and letting Zoo "do his own thing." This invariably means he crawls and cruises around the house and I go running when he starts screaming (which normally means he is getting frustrated that he can't get hold of/into something) or alternatively when he is uncharacteristically quiet (which means he's managed to get hold of/into something that he's not meant to!) Oh dear .. I hear screaming ..
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Lawnmower Man needs a haircut.
We decided that while the weather was good we would tackle the garden ... it has been seriously neglected since I fell pregnant ... and Cream felt unable to tend to it .. to be fair he was tending to me a lot and has admitted that he wouldn't know the difference between the weeds and flowers.
So after almost a year of neglect we decided that the lawn would be the easiest thing to tackle and we took turns with the mower and in entertaining Zoo. Cream finished the main lawn and I suggested that the wild area near the shed needed sorting out. Cream clambered in ... whilst I shouted to him that perhaps it just needed a trim round the outside, he waded in with mower blaring. At one point I lost sight of him but I could still see the mower's cable twisting in all directions until I heard a loud pop ... "It's ok .. just found our tennis ball" he yelled as he threw out a green mangled object. "Cream ... why don't you ..." My voice is drowned out by the noise of the mower and Cream dived straight back in again. A couple of seconds pass and there was another loud pop .. all went quiet.
"You've run over the cable haven't you?" "No, no, no ... there is just so much stuff in here." "Ok ... well use the strimmer then." A lot of muttering and swearing is heard and he finally concedes. Five minutes later he decides to give it a final combover with the mower and is surprised that it won't work. Sure enough he had cut the cable clean in two and had been prancing around a live wire!!
The garden was not the only thing in need of a restyling ... Cream has been growing his hair and his head is a bundle of beautiful curls .. not that you would know as he has it hidden under a woolly hat because he doesn't like it! Finally managed to convince him to leave the woolly at home to attend Visa and Vertigo's BBQ and no-one recognised him!! Dejanari did comment that he looked like a cherub! Managed to buy him a summer hat to replace the woollies so you may see more of the amazing curls this summer.
He should consider himself lucky .. if he had managed to electrocute himself his hair would have been even curlier!!!
So after almost a year of neglect we decided that the lawn would be the easiest thing to tackle and we took turns with the mower and in entertaining Zoo. Cream finished the main lawn and I suggested that the wild area near the shed needed sorting out. Cream clambered in ... whilst I shouted to him that perhaps it just needed a trim round the outside, he waded in with mower blaring. At one point I lost sight of him but I could still see the mower's cable twisting in all directions until I heard a loud pop ... "It's ok .. just found our tennis ball" he yelled as he threw out a green mangled object. "Cream ... why don't you ..." My voice is drowned out by the noise of the mower and Cream dived straight back in again. A couple of seconds pass and there was another loud pop .. all went quiet.
"You've run over the cable haven't you?" "No, no, no ... there is just so much stuff in here." "Ok ... well use the strimmer then." A lot of muttering and swearing is heard and he finally concedes. Five minutes later he decides to give it a final combover with the mower and is surprised that it won't work. Sure enough he had cut the cable clean in two and had been prancing around a live wire!!
The garden was not the only thing in need of a restyling ... Cream has been growing his hair and his head is a bundle of beautiful curls .. not that you would know as he has it hidden under a woolly hat because he doesn't like it! Finally managed to convince him to leave the woolly at home to attend Visa and Vertigo's BBQ and no-one recognised him!! Dejanari did comment that he looked like a cherub! Managed to buy him a summer hat to replace the woollies so you may see more of the amazing curls this summer.
He should consider himself lucky .. if he had managed to electrocute himself his hair would have been even curlier!!!
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