It may be the middle of winter, and 0 degrees in the morning, but who cares, it’s bonfire time!
Some friends of ours have a property nearby, and we often go over for dinner and games. Ok, Aaron often goes over. I sometimes do. It’s a bit hard with the kids. I used to go more often, but Hannah slept quite well in the portable cot. Daniel not so much. They invited us for dinner and a bonfire, and I really wanted some s’mores, so I decided to come to.
The afternoon was spent gathering and chopping wood. Not me, everyone else. I was busy making sure that Daniel didn’t eat rocks and Hannah didn’t poke her eye out with a stick. I would have loved to help though, I like that sort of work. I grew up on a property and going horse camping, so that stuff is right up my alley.
Hannah loved getting ready for the fire. She decided that she needed to carry the biggest log she possibly could, and spent about an hour gathering little sticks and putting them on the not-yet-lit fire. Oh, and she also thought it would be a great idea to get bucket loads of dirt and pour them over the log pile “for the fire.”
How she carried that, I’m not quite sure.
By the time the fire was actually lit, Hannah was exhausted and just wanted to go to bed. I thought she’d love fire roasted hotdogs, but she wanted no part of them, only eating a bit of the bun instead. Sigh. Of course she liked the s’mores though. The Aussie version with Milk Arrowroot biscuits instead of graham crackers (since we don’t have those here), and some chocolate I got at Aldi instead of Hershey’s (since we also don’t have Hershey’s here, and after sampling the chocolate on offer over here, I’ve come to the realisation that Hershey’s chocolate does, in fact, suck).
Rome #3100 Chrome-Plated Steel Marshmallow Roasting Sticks, Set of 2
Did I mention we were staying the night? Yeah. So the kids went to sleep ok after a bit of crying and consoling. Then Daniel woke for his usual 10pm feed (the only one he was having over night, which has since been dropped).
Teeth brushing time!
I put him back in the portable cot, he turned over, and went back to sleep.
Graco Pack ‘N Play On the Go Travel Playard, Go Green
But then the screaming started. Sigh. I patted him. Shushed him. Patted some more. Picked him up. Laid with him on the bed. Offered more boob. Nothing would work. He cried for an hour straight, with no sign of letting up.
Crap, I forgot to bring the panadol. Sigh.
Natrabio Children’s Teething Relief, 1 Ounce
Instead of keeping the rest of the house awake all night, we gathered Hannah up, and drove home.
Daniel screamed for half the night even though I gave him panadol.
But in the morning, I knew why. He had another tooth. Poor baby.
We drove back as soon as we all woke up in the morning and no one knew we’d even left.
“Mommy, can we have another sleep over at M’s (name with held for privacy reasons) house?”
Sigh. Maybe when they’re a little bit older.
I should have brought my digital SLR to get some decent photos, but I didn’t. So here are some not so good ones from my $50 point and shoot (which doesn’t like tricky lighting).
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