violence on the swings

just back from a long yet lovely walk to one of our local parks. 

miss poppet and i made a bee line for the swings, of course. 

and were met by a little miss who didn't wish to give up either of the 2 swings. 

after much toing and froing i popped my poppet in swing number 1, much to this little misses horror. 

who then preceded to poke the big stick she was holding at the swing and then once i started pushing swung the stick right next to my miss poppet and struck the swing seat. 

now when faced with other children's misbehaviors i really struggle. what is appropriate for me to say or not to say? 

my initial reaction was a very stern 'no', while her grandma smiled and laughed from up in the adjacent play equipment. she then finally came over took the stick from the little girl, pretended to then hit her in the neck with it and then threw it in the bushes. 

hhmmhh??

fun in the sun

yesterday miss poppet and i popped in to a nearby community event called Fun in the Sun. it was a fabulous event with so much for all the family.

miss poppet had her first ride - the teacups, potted her first plant - which included putting the dirt into the watering can (oops sorry bout that!), painting a plaster of paris butterfly and holding her first event helium balloon. It was so wonderful to watch her taking everything in. And to top it all off we left via a swing on the swing. Yay! Fun in the sun it was.

beautiful morning

its is such a beautiful morning today in melbourne, its due to get hotter later so miss poppet and i went for a quick walk to the park this morning as she was cranky yet not quite tired enough. we had a swing which we both love, saw lots of kids walking to school and we blew some bubbles.  a nice start to the day! hope you have a good day.