lobster poo

"Mummy, do you remember when I did a poo and there was a lobster in it?"

Er, no. No, I don't. And I feel like I really *would* remember that. (Turns out that she meant "sequin" rather than "lobster", and yes I do remember the mysterious day she pooed a sequin.)

    We've mostly been collecting and painting rocks for the February Love Project.

And we did a bit of chalk bombing on our travels too. There was a council employee with a leafblower by the bus stop, and it was attached to a big backpack thing. I tried really hard to convince Izzy that he was a Ghostbuster, but she wasn't having any of it. She's a lot more sensible than her Mama.

love bats

I love this idea for Valentine's Day!

easily amused

moments

 

 (Crazy Cat Lady t-shirt is from the wonderful Beth at Doodlecats

and Bee gets her hairbands from my friend Karen at Little Gems)

rejoining civilisation

We're not sick anymore!!! Wahoooo!!!

Our first Lego Club meet happened on Sunday, and it was pretty epic. Lots of people came, there was a ton of geeky enthusiasm flying around, and a number of VERY excited children full of chocolate Lego pieces (I made them with novelty ice cube trays). I already can't wait for the next one!

And afterwards one of our friends, who is seven, taught me how to make paper water lillies. They just about rocked my world. Watch this video to see what I mean.

I also FINALLY managed to track down a Brian! Little things like this make me very, very happy.

  

So, OK: I'm ready for life again.Official.

this never stops being hilarious

everybody wants to be a cat

YES!

This morning we watched The Aristocats in bed - first time in maybe 15 years for me, and I still remembered it perfectly. Afterwards, Bee was singing the Thomas O'Malley song, then suddenly stopped and said "Of course cats don't really do any of those things like Alistaircats (!) cos actually, all cats do all the time is miaow for food ALL DAY."

There is some truth to that, in my experience. 

^ This is Bee's psychedelic cat picture, on Daddy's ipad. Every time she selects a colour or an image, she looks at her finger, expecting to see it stuck on there! So adorable.

Today was Saturday, and Saturday is Daddy Day, when Bee's father comes over and takes her to football club. As he was leaving, I was playfully teasing him a little, as I often do, and he said, "Mummy just loves winding me up!" I replied, "It's just too easy! It's like shooting fish in a barrel" and Bee enthusiastically declared "Yes! It's like shooting fish in Daddy's face!"

Today hasn't been a great day, really. Our rabbit, Fergus, has gone missing. Some builders were doing work next door over the last couple of days, and without my knowledge they removed the paving slabs which blocked off the gap in our rear fence. Fergus is a free-range bunny (though we shut him in a hutch at night) and the whole garden is fenced with rabbit-proof mesh except the wooden fence at the back for which we used the paving slabs. I'm so upset, and there is no sign of him.

Isn't he beautiful?

I'm also having terrible stomach cramps whenever I eat, because of the awful sickness bug we had. Oh, and Bee found a dead bird on our patio. He looks as though he flew into the window and dropped dead.

So yeah: quite a horrible day. I decided to try to turn it a little bit positive tonight, by focusing on the February Love Project.

It's a very simple premise: Throughout the whole of February, paint stones with hearts, in bright colours and patterns, and leave them for people to find. The picture shows our stones from last year - this year's are in progress. 75 people have joined the event on Facebook so far, and I'm hoping it will grow and grow. How amazing would it be for little lost stones to appear all over the world, spreading joy, this month? Pretty awesome, I think. And we are just one of many groups of people doing similar things across the globe... stones, letters, origami... yep, human beings are awesome.