The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
Bean is in his usual weekend mood, averaging 1.3 whines(*) per minute (actual fact) and dragging his feet (literally) so that a 3 minute walk takes 3 times as long.
(*) his legs huuurt, he’s too waaaaarm, he’s getting weeeet, uuuungh, it’s not faaaair, stooooop it
Bean didn’t like anyone this morning. He didn’t like school. His hair was wet. His bag was heavy. He was too warm. Unnnngh. Not fair. All he wanted was to find a missing bit of lego (*), but nobody would help him. He was walking as fast as he could (**) but his legs were hurting.
And then a switch went click, he started talking about seed potatoes, and he was happy again.
Grief. If he’s like that at 7, we won’t survive 17.
(*) 5 minutes after we should have already left the flat.
(**) he would have been hard-pressed to keep up with a drunken sloth.
Working on the 3Rs :)
Watching Bean walk is like watching an interpretative dance performance.
Bean is just sitting on the sofa, singing: “a bit more wine! a bit more wine! We want a bit more wine!”
Bean’s class after a 3k walk.
“9 out of 10 people love chocolate; the 10th one is lying…” John G. Tullius
Indulge your love of Swiss chocolate at this scrumptious festival.
The town of Versoix near Geneva has considerable chocolate pedigree – it’s home to Cartier and Favarger, two chocolate brands who pioneered chocolate-making back in the 19th century. It’s as good excuse as any to celebrate the loveliness of chocolate and the skill of those who make it with this chocolate festival.
The Festichoc comprises a tented salon in which 25 invited chocolatiers from the local area and beyond stage chocolate-making demonstrations and sell their produce to chocoholic visitors. Participating chocolatiers will fight it out in a chocolate sculpture competition.
Of course there’s plenty of opportunity to scoff a load of chocolate in the aptly named ChocoVillage, while a ChocoTrain (there’s a theme here…) will transport you from the venue to Versoix train station and the Favarger factory – useful if you’ve eaten so much chocolate walking is nigh on impossible.
All pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/festichoc_mar_2016/
Santa had gotten the family some tickets to go see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in London for Christmas. Bean’s always wanted to go to London, so now was his chance.
Bean loved the show, and so did the oldies.
It’s an orange bubble gun. It was meant for the child. It was a sign from on high…