incremental progress

Entry 300

Almost got chap three ready to return to Great Leader today, just a few graph things and off it goes.

Great Leader rang SeCd Leader, and the spanner is removed from the thesis completion plan as long as I spend a week in Christchurch doing the model thing. What am I supposed to do with the baby?? Anyone got any good ideas?

Saw a drinking fountain for cats at the vet today. There is a little pump in it that circulates the water over a dome thing, therefore keeping it well aerated. Great toy for boys, ain't gonna be one in this house till there are no small boys. Besides I think it is a bit wierd.

Gave application form to WINZ today, should now be on subsidised childcare. Yay.

Am making two zebra costumes for the boys. Cn wanted me to make h a lion costume, as he has one of those, and he thought it would be really cute to have brother lions at the costume party. But is even more pleased with the idea of getting a new costume, and him and h being brother zebra's. I am painting white t-shirts for both of them, and making tails and manes out of cheap fuzzy wool from the two dollar shop. There may be felt ears added if it seems easy enough to do. (Note to self, do not paint the floor. I am realising that a studio is not an artist being pretentious, but is a realistic approach to Ctrolling paint spread.)

Kids take lots of time and effort, but the big one gets so excited when I do this kind of thing for him and with him, that the effort feels over rewarded. Its a good feeling. The little one will laugh, he laughs at everything.

We lowered the little ones cot tonight. My bro-in-law tends to lower all the vehicles he owns, the standard measure is a beer can. The cot is higher than that, but it still feels like I am lowering h into a prison, which I am. A safe one. Its a shame it doesn't look like one of Nige's hot rods... the baby would love that when he got older!