The Amazing Trains at Halswell

Here's a picture of me and Toby on the model railway at Halswell. It is pretty amazing. It goes on a loop for about 5 minutes, through a forest and over and under bridges and past a lake and back again. They have about 6 different trains, and one leaves every couple of minutes so there is no waiting. There were hundreds of people bustling around. Toby loved it.

In which Lily is awkward and Toby is delightful

Lily is being awkward again. Jo and I thought it might be nice to have a change from the Daisy Meadows books that are all exactly the same. So we borrowed a new book from the library: Butterfly Meadow, also about fairies. She won't let use read it though.

I said to her "I might read Butterfly Meadow myself then." That's OK she said, "Just read it in your head, so that I can't hear it".

It is just like when I bought her Mr Tickle instead of the $20 book she wanted when she was 2. It was almost a year before she let us read that one.

Toby on the other hand continues to be delightful. He was excited today because we let him wear a spiderman T shirt. "Bear, bear" he said, pointing at spiderman.

We made a cake yesterday. When I brought it out this evening he said "MeMeMeMeMe. Mmmmm!".

More Giraffe Action

We have been back to Orana Park to see the giraffes. They have a 2 week old baby. He looks just like an adult but smaller, which is probably not surprising. Toby was just as excited as the last time we were here. "Giraffe! Giraffe!" he said.

Lily's Drawings

Lily is doing lots of drawing these days. Here is an example (click the picture to enlarge it). She has drawn 7 fairies. It is based on the books of Daisy Meadows, of which there are at least 106, all of which have exactly the same plot.

Now Dominos Pizza are Lying to Us

If you order a pizza from Dominos they give you on-line pizza tracking. That sounds amazing. They tell you when your pizza is being started, when it has been put in the oven and when it is ready.

But I can't help but think that they are having us on. Think of the logistical complications. Do the pizza workers really update a computer at the end of every stage to say how things are going? Do they give each pizza a special code? Do they have a bar-code that can be scanned in? Or do they just assume every pizza is made in ten minutes and then divide it into segments to deceive the pizza buying public? I think its the latter.

It's a swizz. They are lying to us!

Lily's Career Choice

Lily said today: "I would like to be some sort of wife when I grow up. But I am not sure whether to be a mid-wife or a house-wife."

Plenty of time to decide yet!