Harry's Blog

Okay Justin, we get it, you like to dress up as women. That's completely okay, you do what you like.

But you don't have to make a Cbeebies show about it surely?

I Left Pat on the naughty step for two long yesterday. So while he was sat there bored he decided to up the ante of naughtiness. Except it didn't go exactly as planned for him and soon he was crying his head of to us.

The stupid lad had put a little stone up his nose and it had stuck.

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An excellent article here in The Times on how people are now too scared of our police state and the ridiculously McCarthiest paedo witch-hunt to come to the aid of children who might require the help of an adult.

I'm sure that you're not surprised there's not been much blogging in the last week or so. We've been very busy with the newest addition to our family - little baby Will. Or Baby Woo asd Jo and I continue to call him following Will's big brother's lead.

Last week was tough for all manner of reasons. Firstly there was the obvious addition to our family of a baby. He's pretty easygoing as babies go - sleeping much of the time - but we've had major angst on how to feed him. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth we've settled on a pragmatic rather than dogmatic approach and everyone seems much happier, especially little Will.

Then there are issues of how two toddlers will cope with the little interloper entering their lives. Patrick has been a complete star. His behaviou over the last week has been something to behold, he's fascinated by baby will but also seems to have grown up to fulfil the role of big brother. He's hardly been on the naughty step since Will arrived.

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Patrick and Kitty have decided to put their sun hats on this morning, with their Bob the Builder helmets over the top.

Right now they are running around saying, "Two hats, Two hats."

Except it sounds exactly like they are saying "Twats, Twats."

o_O

Kitty tripped over a tent peg and hit her face on the decking in the garden yesterday. Cue lots of blood from a cut in her mouth and one hell of a bruise around one side of her face. It made me cry looking at her pretty little face so battered.

As expected the trip to the doctor was part medical visit, part interrogation.

How can a society with such completely shit social services - look at the baby-P case amongst many others - create a generation of scared parents worried about all the bruises toddlers inevitably pick up while leaping madly around?

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The twins love playing with their toy shopping trolley. You can often find one of them pushing it around, having filled it with a variety of multi-coloured plastic toys. Invariably they will announce they are going to the shops.

Kitty: Look dadda, shop.
Me: You're going to the shops sweetheart?
Kitty: Yes
Me: And what are you going to buy at the shops?
Kitty: BISCUITS

It's always biscuits, every single time they play shop and you ask them what they are going to buy or have bought - the answer is biscuits. We don't feed them on a diet of biscuits, honest, they may have one biscuit a day, often none. Yesterday my son was playing shop while Jo was out taking Kitty to see the doctor. Patrick was pushing the trolley around and I asked him what he was going to the shop for.

Patrick: Mummy's Tea and Daddy's tea

Bless him. Isn't that lovely. Not only has he broken the biscuit spell he's thought of us too.

Me: What are Mummy and Daddy having for tea then Pat?
Patrick: BISCUITS

Lovely.