The latest additions to the household…
Satski (L) and Thelma (R).
Adopted from a friend moving house and unable to keep them.
After a week, they're already proving to be a handful. Satski in particular seems to enjoy her freedom a little too much.
Interesting times are ahead.
Star treatment
Elijah and I got to film another TVC on Tuesday. We can't tell you what it was for yet, but Elijah had to get make-up done this time! He didn't need much, just some lip gloss and powder.
He enjoyed getting his make-up done. This doesn't surprise me as he loves getting his face painted as well and will happily sit still for that.
Labels: milestones, photos, show business
It's a jungle out there
Yesterday I saw I had a missed call from Elijah's kindy. I instantly went into panic mode as the only reason for them to call me is because of an incident, accident or sudden illness. Even though I was teaching, I called them back straight away.
"There's been an incident with Elijah."
Six words I hate to hear. This could only be bad.
"He and a younger child were apparently fighting over some Lego and Elijah was scratched in the eye."
In the eye? Can he see? Has he been taken to hospital?
"We applied some cream and an icepack but it looks really bad."
Ok, so no hospital. "How is he now?"
"He's playing."
So it can't be too bad.
I realised when I collected him that afternoon that it wasn't his eyeball that was scratched, but it was close. He was in good spirits and was more interested in telling me about the spiderman cake they had for another child's birthday than the scratching incident.
At any rate, the other child was dealt with and Elijah will be fine, just marked for about a week. Lucky he has no impending castings.
Labels: child care, injuries, milestones, photos
Meet Hec and Steve
A couple of days ago Elijah dug back into his Duplo and started making things with it again.
One afternoon he came out of his room and introduced me to his new friend, Steve (left in the above picture). Soon afterwards, Elijah must have decided that Steve was lonely as he proceeded to introduce both of us to Hec who is, as it quickly transpired, Steve's son.
Steve and Hec have had a hard life. Their house recently burned down. That's okay though because they have a new place. Elijah tells me that we are now sharing our house with Steve and Hec and that they live in the box in his room with the other Duplo.
Most importantly, Steve and Hec have each other. Just before I took the photo above, I asked Elijah why he had joined the two of them together.
"They're holding hands, Daddy."
Awesome.
Labels: photos
Mixing things up
For when triangle sandwiches just aren't exciting enough anymore…
Labels: photos
A special treat for a brave boy
Yesterday, I took Elijah for his 4-year immunisation. As he couldn't remember any previous immunisations and was now old enough for this one to make a lasting impression, I was keen for it to be as positive an experience as possible.
I had explained to him we were going to the doctor to get special medicine to stop him getting sick. When we were there, I told him the medicine had to go in his arm and that when he was a baby, it had to go in his leg. This intrigued him. We took his jumper and shirt off and he sat on my lap. I held his arm still. The nurse prepared the arm. The needle went in.
There was about a second of silence, then as the shock wore off, the tears began. Elijah didn't expect medicine to hurt. I told him he was so brave and cuddled him as his other arm was prepared. Even though he knew what was coming this time, he held still and didn't flinch, though he was still crying.
When it was over, the nurse put bandaids on each arm, told him he was brave and strong, warned me about side effects and left us to get him dressed.
I asked Elijah if he was scared or if it hurt. He replied, still with tears in his eyes that he wasn't scared at all, it just hurt. After a few more cuddles and more reassurance he was brave, he was ready to get dressed. By the time his clothes were all back on, he was smiling again.
I told him that since he was so strong and did so well with the immunisation, he could have a special lunch: his choice. We went to the food court. Out of the myriad delicious things, he chose McDonald's. Oh well, it was a special occasion after all and the lunch appeared to dull the impression of the doctor's visit.
Labels: milestones, photos
Fire engine!
Elijah had a photoshoot today where for part of it, they dressed him up like a fireman and sat him in this little car. He was so good, they let him ride it around afterwards.
Labels: out and about, photos
He enjoyed getting his make-up done. This doesn't surprise me as he loves getting his face painted as well and will happily sit still for that.