This week we’re seeing Puff starting to wake up a bit earlier – he’s moved up a size of sleeping bag, and so he can crawl out. Worse yet – with the mornings being colder and colder, he’s decided that now is the time to remove his pyjama pants at every opportunity. In the mornings, we generally know that he’s awake when we hear him saying “miaow” any number of times to himself (or perhaps to his toy cat)
It was a busy weekend – Saturday we had a breakfast for a friend’s birthday, lunch with friends and then dinner with some of Dad’s old workmates, Sunday we had another birthday party.
Saturday we started out getting some walking done – he didn’t make it the full distance without demanding to be picked up, but we managed to avoid injury from the long stick on the balloon.
After working his way through a small cafe breakfast, there was time for a quick cuddle with mum, and then spend some time looking at the earth moving equipment – there were trucks, and diggers and he enjoyed watching them work.
Somehow he made it through lunch, playing on a trampoline and climbing and sliding, a quick nap, and then on to dinner at a Lebanese restaurant, where Puff watched the belly dancer (coping with the loud music) with her bright-coloured outfit, and even tried dancing along while standing on Mum’s lap.
Sunday saw us head up to Kuring-gai Chase national park, where we had a friend’s birthday party – three years old. Puff is still a bit young for games like pass the parcel, but he was pretty happen when – sitting in Dad’s lap – the music stopped, and he earned himself a set of large pencils.
He was happiest when he was playing by himself, or kicking the ball around – it was good to have a big space where he could safely run around.
The other new thing for the week was Puff having his face painted: given how enthusiastic he’s been about cats, we thought he’d look good as a cat.
We’re seeing him exhibit stronger and stronger moods: – he knows what he wants to do, and if we happen to disagree, then he’ll very quickly change his mood, and even start crying or saying “no” in no uncertain terms. This is especially an issue when he feels like watching a short video on the computer, or on Dad’s phone, and we think he’s had enough.
Amazing how quickly he can get hooked on things like videos, or even books! It seems like we’re going to need more and more wisdom as parents as he gets more and more complicated.