A Proper Weekend

Craig's Dad had a proper weekend for the first time for a long time. On the Saturday, Craig's parents purchased a new drinking cup/water bottle for Craig. Craig's Mum was of the opinion that Craig's old cup was a bit too small and it was very hard to clean completely.


Craig seemed to think that the best thing about his new cup is the strap. He can use it in a variety of ways to lift the cup to his mouth and that can't be a bad thing, can it?


Craig then spent some time at the park with Craig's Dad while Craig's Mum had her hair cut.


As is his current custom, Craig took a picture with his camera.


Then he asked Craig's Dad to take a picture. He doesn't usually strike a pose when a picture is going to be taken but maybe he's just starting to learn about that.





On Sunday morning Craig was back in control of the camera. This time he was upside-down when he pressed the shutter button.


Lunch was had at a cheap cafe not far from home. Craig and his Dad went upstairs to sit down first and as soon as they were seated, they had a little visitor. She was a very happy little girl who carried her mother's mobile phone with her all the time.


Craig and his new friend swapped mobile phones back and forth for quite a while. They had a lovely time.


Then, there was a tremendously long walk to buy supplies for Craig's upcoming long flight to the US. Craig's Mum wants to be well prepared for that big adventure. After the shopping came dinner at Craig's favourite restaurant.


And there was time for one more photo just before bedtime at the end of the weekend.

Breakfast with Mum, Just Like the Good Old Days

The problem with the title of this post is that Craig's Dad forgot to take any pictures of Craig's Mum having breakfast with Craig. There are plenty of pictures of the boy though.


While waiting for his food, Craig played his current favourite game of open up the camera on his mobile phone and then shine the light around everywhere.


Craig then insisted that Craig's Dad "take a picture" with Craig's camera.


Then Craig took a picture all by himself.


Back at home after breakfast Craig entertained himself by watching Finding Nemo for the one millionth time. This time was different because he watched it on Craig's Mum's new DVD player.


It's a tiny toy thing but it did its job when Craig's Mum was in hospital. Hopefully, Craig won't break it too soon.

Craig Gets His Mum Back

As I write this, Craig's Mum is on her way back home from hospital. She will pick Craig up from downstairs where Craig's Dad left him with his Taiwanese Grandma. Since Craig's Dad is at work there won't be any pictures of the reunion but Craig has been looking forward to seeing his Mum at home all day. The first words he said when he woke up were a hopeful, "Mum, mum." And he's been asking to "Go see Mum" all morning. Fortunately, sometimes good things really do come to those that wait.

Craig Visits the Hospital (to see Craig's Mum)

Craig has been making almost daily visits to see Craig's Mum in hospital. On Friday, he had a nap from 6:30pm to about 8:30pm while at Craig's Taiwanese Grandmother's house. So, he was taken to the hospital for a late night visit. Craig had plenty of energy and had a great time jumping up and down on his poor sick Mum.


Then, even though he arived home quite late, Craig was not interested in sleeping. And, when he finally decided he would allow himself to be put to bed he wouldn't stay in the bed unless he had plenty of company.


After breakfast, Craig spent almost all Saturday at the hospital. He had short trips outside for lunch and to play in a park but he was obviously very happy to see Craig's Mum.


In the afternoon he played on the bed with Craig's Mum while Craig's Dad took a much-needed nap.


Craig had plenty of energy all afternoon. He played a new game where he tries to squash Craig's Dad's nose with his forehead. Craig had quite a happy day. He helped Craig's Mum eat her dinner and even helped Craig's Dad do some shopping on the way home.


Craig's Dad has been pleasantly surprised by Craig's behaviour while his Mum has been in hospital. He's been a really good boy.

Testing Time for Craig

Just a quick update to let everyone know that Craig is having a very special day. Because Craig's Mum is sick in hospital and won't be out for a couple of days, Craig is spending the day without Mum or Dad by his side!!! It's a bit of a first.

Craig is being cared for by Craig's Uncle Guapo and Craig's Taiwanese Grandmother in their big house up in the mountains. Craig's Dad will go up there after work to sleep with him. Meanwhile, we'll just have to hope that Craig's Mum's kidney infection gets better soon so Craig can go back to his normal life.

Brunch and the Quiet Life

Craig's life has been pretty quiet of recent. Almost as quiet as Craig's Dad's life and he's been working six days a week. In fact, too much work for Craig's Dad is the main reason that there are no new pictures of the boy. No new pictures means no blog updates. Craig's Dad tried to take pictures during brunch at LA Cafe last week to make up for the lack of suitable blog material.

Craig began brunch with banana slices.


Craig's Mum attempted to read the newspaper while Craig finished the banana.


Craig surprised his parents by insisting on drinking the grapefruit juice that is served with the breakfasts at LA Cafe. It was quite sour.


By the end of brunch, Craig had eaten plenty. But, then the sexy waitress came over and gave him a lolly. It was a hard thing that he was supposed to suck for a long time. It was just the sort of thing that Craig's Mum and Dad would normally NOT give Craig but he insisted in putting it in his mouth there and then.

Naturally, he sucked on it for a while, tried to swallow it and it got stuck halfway down his throat. Craig's Dad was on his way to rescue the boy when Craig threw up!! Not much, just enough to remove the lolly and a tiny bit of breakfast. It all went on Craig's Dad's shirt! Such are the joys of parenthood.