He rides it everywhere. To his highchair for meals, to the car, into the bathroom for baths and teeth cleaning, he sits on it to watch telly and play with toys and even rides it to bed. When he hears the garage door open, he goes and gets on his trike so he can ride it to meet dad at the door.

Riding down the hill at nana and pa’s is the best. fun. ever.

$30 very well spent.

Well Easter probably has actually been “the best weekend ever”. There has been –

• lots of time with Ma Ma (Ben’s Mum)
• a morning at the beach with Nanna and Pa (My Parents)
• an easter egg hunt and fun with the cousies (Jet and Chase)
• a day with the adoring fans on mummy’s side of the family
• a first taste of chocolate
• a trip to Alma Park zoo with Oscar and his parents (Gerrod and Kristy)

Four-day weekends are the greatest.

That said, once we we’re up and about and the boy was dressed we were raring to go as today would be Ted’s first ride on an electric train.

We jumped on the ‘toot toot’ at Enogerra station. We met Michelle and Ethan Homes and The Homes’ friends Megan and Hamish on the train and the boys had a great trip into South Bank.

The occasion the – International Women’s Day – fun run.

While the others breezed their way through the 5km run, I punished myself by eating an eggs beny at Pooker bakery.

The walk was over quite quickly and afterwards we took the boys to the South Bank water park for being such angels.

They … loved … it. Such a wonderful way to spend a Sunday morning.

Jaimee’s time in Brisbane draws to an end this evening so Michelle has been locking in as much face time as we can get with her and Damian.

We enjoyed a lazy chat on the sofa Friday night before introducing Jaimee to “The Inbetweeners” tv series. Many, many laughs to be had there.

Saturday we pushed our way through the streaming rain up to Toowoomba to celebrate our nephew Jet’s sixth birthday. Ted must have forgotten about every other day he has experienced in his short life so far, as having a midday sleep wasn’t on the cards. Needless to say, Michelle and I grew weary during the four hours of travel time to and from the T-Bar.

Once back in Brizzy, Threadbare seemed to perk up after we gave him dinner and a bath. We then ventured over to the Dahl’s for a lovely evening and a nice meal.

Sunday, Michelle and I enjoyed endured a back massage from chi link Chermside. My guy said I was so tight and that I had a coat??? and needed to have the cupping treatment.

Word to the wise. I now look like a stegosaurus who has had his horny things removed.

In the afternoon, we ventured down to Shorncliffe for a final farewell picnic for Jaimee and Damian. It’s amazing how quickly three weeks can pass by.

I just want to add that it was really great to catch-up with two of the funniest people I know.

Ted had a great time wandering the yard and working the crowd. He was walking up to everyone with an empty plate fluttering his eyelids and asking for more. He didn’t have much success from the adults and even less success from the family dog – Ruffy – who took some of Ted’s sandwich when he offered it to him. How rude!

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The meal was fantastic but a little heavy on the garlic. I’m still secreting the sweet, sweet smell of garlic through my pores today.

After a restricted week at home looking after Ted – who has had Chicken Pox – Michelle and I were both keen to get out of the house today. So after a quick breakfast we jumped in the car and headed up out past Dayboro, Mt. Mee and Woodford all the way to Somerset Dam. It was a beautiful scenic drive. We stopped off at “The Spit” to enjoy the Dayboro bakery goodies we picked up for lunch. Ted enjoyed stretching his legs and watching all the boats. Unfortunately, the air was so still and the temperature blazingly hot that it was stifling. We didn’t end up staying long, instead opting for the air conditioned comfort of our car.

On the way back we stopped by Granddad and other Granddad’s house at Petrie to say hello. Ted had a wonderful time playing down by the creek.

The sun was blistering hot so the pool was very welcoming for all the little ones. The big boys however got stuck on BBQ duty and spent close to ninety minutes waiting for and then cooking the bbq. But it was worth the wait – the Thomases Lamb-burginis (sp?) – are to die for. I just wish I had taken a picture. Oh well.

We were lucky enough to offload Ted have Michelle’s parents look after Ted so that we could enjoy a leisurely breakfast on Racecourse Rd shortly after Jaimee had landed last Sunday.

We’re even luckier this time around that Damian is here this time too. He landed yesterday and we’re both super excited at the prospect of hanging out with them both tonight.

I must admit that when I heard the diagnosis I was filled with dread because of the memories of my own experiences with the pox as a 5 year old. Like lots of kids, I was lucky enough to have spots EVERYWHERE. And to cap it off, I had a broken arm at the same time, with plaster from my wrist to my shoulder. I had to get creative shoving kitchen implements up under the plaster to scratch! Eeeew.