i've decided to close down this blog. i have been thinking about it for some months now. surprisingly i've become very attached to this blog and see it as a wonderful archive of our travels with percy. however we are now also travelling with talvin. it suits me better to start afresh. additionally i want to write about more than our lives as they are focused on percy. our lives do encompass other things (sometimes!) i want to include talvin and paul as central characters, not just the cameos they've held to date. to stay true to "travelswithpercy" wouldn't allow that. it's time for a new story.
i thought initially i would stop here and start elsewhere at the beginning of this year, then at the 12 week pregnancy point, then at percy's second birthday, then at talvin's birth... for whatever reason most of these milestones have come and gone with no change. there is nothing particular about today. it's just time and i'm feeling brave enough to do it. i do almost feel that if this blog stops i will be forgetting and denying the amazing travels we've had over the past three years. i know that's not really the case but as i said above; i've become really attached to this blog. maybe i have blog withdrawal!
i hope anyone still reading has enjoyed filling a spare moment with our tale. it will continue, i'm just not sure where or in what form.
travel well... the sun on your face and a breeze at your back...
Monday, April 27, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
holding hands
percy and rose walked to the park together yesterday morning. they, very sweetly, held hands during most of the walk...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
last minute changes
the manager at percy's day care centre called me today. whenever i see that name come up on my mobile my heart misses a beat as i anticipate bad news- percy's fallen and busted something, they've called an ambulance, can i meet them at the hospital, percy's gone missing, percy choked, percy beat the hell out of another kid... i think i think about it too much. in truth, only two or three of the telephone calls from day care have been negative, even then it's been she's got a cold and we should collect her as soon as possible, and one bang on the head that her gp gave the ok to.
back to today's call. you may recall as of next week we had planned to do a child care shuffle between day care, grandparents and me. well now we need not. yippee! a place has become available for percy to revert to her four day attendance (wednesday's at home) in her new room, from next week. i must say i am very pleased. i was not looking forward to driving 6 hours every week just so i could go to work for 8.
speaking of being in her new room, i think she is taking to it very well. her new primary teacher is very sweet and says that percy is a princess- or is she just being nice to us nervous "newbie" parents? percy has been saying these last two days "stay downstairs" and she hasn't been bothered that her usual routine of putting her nappies in the cupboard and raffles in bed has been abandoned. in her new room the beds are stacked up until they are needed, so it's impossible to tuck raffles in on arrival in the morning, as we had been doing upstairs where there is a dedicated sleep room and the beds and cots are left out.
this morning she took a deal of pleasure and importance in showing me where her new locker is and telling me where i should fold and hang her stroller up out of the way. she hasn't been very forthcoming about what she does all day, or who she played with- we ask her every evening, often over dinner, but i expect that will come with time.
back to today's call. you may recall as of next week we had planned to do a child care shuffle between day care, grandparents and me. well now we need not. yippee! a place has become available for percy to revert to her four day attendance (wednesday's at home) in her new room, from next week. i must say i am very pleased. i was not looking forward to driving 6 hours every week just so i could go to work for 8.
speaking of being in her new room, i think she is taking to it very well. her new primary teacher is very sweet and says that percy is a princess- or is she just being nice to us nervous "newbie" parents? percy has been saying these last two days "stay downstairs" and she hasn't been bothered that her usual routine of putting her nappies in the cupboard and raffles in bed has been abandoned. in her new room the beds are stacked up until they are needed, so it's impossible to tuck raffles in on arrival in the morning, as we had been doing upstairs where there is a dedicated sleep room and the beds and cots are left out.
this morning she took a deal of pleasure and importance in showing me where her new locker is and telling me where i should fold and hang her stroller up out of the way. she hasn't been very forthcoming about what she does all day, or who she played with- we ask her every evening, often over dinner, but i expect that will come with time.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
singing and music
percy loves to sing. she sings while walking to day care or the park, she sings in the car, she sings in the bath, she sings along with paul at nite instead of dropping off to sleep.
her drum kit comes with a headphones and microphone. the headphones are fake and the microphone is crap but she gives it her best shot...
on the topic of singing along with paul at bed time she now insists on her favourite version of words too eg. singing "i've got you under my skin", paul substitutes 'you' with 'percy' at one point. if he slips back to 'you' she will say, "no, pappa, it's percy, sing it properly!"
some weeks back we bought her a cheapo cd player. she has about 6 cds of kid songs and kindermusik class songs, as well as the very favoured "lah-lah" cd that she really enjoys putting in the player by herself. perhaps it's not a good thing but she knows how to turn the player on at the wall and then operate it all by herself. it is a good activity if we want to get other things done and can't keep on eye on her. particularly so because her interest is more in putting the cd's in and out, and in and out of their covers, than actually listening to the music. i believe we've heard the first eight seconds of every first song tens of times, but no more! she's a funny one.
her drum kit comes with a headphones and microphone. the headphones are fake and the microphone is crap but she gives it her best shot...
on the topic of singing along with paul at bed time she now insists on her favourite version of words too eg. singing "i've got you under my skin", paul substitutes 'you' with 'percy' at one point. if he slips back to 'you' she will say, "no, pappa, it's percy, sing it properly!"
some weeks back we bought her a cheapo cd player. she has about 6 cds of kid songs and kindermusik class songs, as well as the very favoured "lah-lah" cd that she really enjoys putting in the player by herself. perhaps it's not a good thing but she knows how to turn the player on at the wall and then operate it all by herself. it is a good activity if we want to get other things done and can't keep on eye on her. particularly so because her interest is more in putting the cd's in and out, and in and out of their covers, than actually listening to the music. i believe we've heard the first eight seconds of every first song tens of times, but no more! she's a funny one.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
changes this week
today is percy's second last day in the baby's room at day care. on wednesday she will head downstairs to the "explorers" room which is predominantly for kids aged from two and half to three and half, meaning she'll technically be a little young for her new peers. however i don't think it will matter. she spent a day downstairs a week ago and by all reports enjoyed it immensely, including happily sleeping in a different room to her usual.
a number of the friends she has made in the baby's room are moving downstairs over these weeks too. she'll be able to play with them all day long now.
it will be a little odd that she'll attend five days this week (mon, tue upstairs, wed - fri downstairs) and then will revert to three days the following week. i'm sure she'll be fine. i'm positive she enjoys day care and loves the interaction with the other children; at home she's stuck with us boring grown ups!
we're not making much progress on stopping the whining when she wants something, or is upset. well, repeat, repeat, repeat! however she is constructing beautiful sentences some of the time. these involve a statement about something, an analysis of the situation and an expression of her desire. not a single example is coming to me at the moment- just trust me! on the hilarious but "bite-your-tongue" side of language here is a few examples of recent statements "jesus, paul!" (copying me), " bugger, bugger" (when she kicked her gum boot off) and "leftie commie" (copying paul.)
a number of the friends she has made in the baby's room are moving downstairs over these weeks too. she'll be able to play with them all day long now.
it will be a little odd that she'll attend five days this week (mon, tue upstairs, wed - fri downstairs) and then will revert to three days the following week. i'm sure she'll be fine. i'm positive she enjoys day care and loves the interaction with the other children; at home she's stuck with us boring grown ups!
we're not making much progress on stopping the whining when she wants something, or is upset. well, repeat, repeat, repeat! however she is constructing beautiful sentences some of the time. these involve a statement about something, an analysis of the situation and an expression of her desire. not a single example is coming to me at the moment- just trust me! on the hilarious but "bite-your-tongue" side of language here is a few examples of recent statements "jesus, paul!" (copying me), " bugger, bugger" (when she kicked her gum boot off) and "leftie commie" (copying paul.)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
random recent photos
with pappa's galsses on,
vaccuumming,
playing her eletronic drum kit, and
a very, very full bath
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