With the Grandragon staying for most of the week, there were a range of adventures and visits this week. Let’s concentrate on a couple: Saturday saw us take a trip to the Blue Mountains.
Puff desperately wanted an “apple biscuit”, and – having been told that he had to eat his grapes first, picked up the grapes one at a time, and put them into his mouth to the point where he couldn’t close his mouth.
One difference to the last trip up here – his interest in walking, and in particular, walking “on the rocks”.
A favourite destination at the moment is “Aunty Chan’s”, where he can see “Bentley Cat miaow”. Having spent enough time chasing him around the house – often on all fours – he calmed down enough to offer the cat a treat.
Lastly, a present from Queensland – he worked hard to open it: a new toothbrush! When it’s time to brush his teeth, he struggles and fights, but when it’s a gift, he’s putting it straight to work.
With the Grandragon’s patient tuition, he learned some more songs (twinkle, twinkle little star, and “the wheels on the bus” – the latter he can sing whole verses at a time – even getting the number of repetitions of “the kitties on the bus go miaow miaow miaow, miaow miaow miaow, miaow miaow miaow” right), is enjoying longer books, and sings along with his CDs in greater detail.
Unfortunately, after all the excitement, he’s come down with a cold now, so it’s lots of resting and fluids instead of seeing the sights.