Host Guest

Yesterday our latest Host guest arrived, she is a lovely young lady from America who is currently studying in London. Little Prince was very shy when she first arrived, but now adores her :-) I love the way he is now so used to our temporary guests and no matter where they are from he just chats away to them and tries to get them to play Power Rangers! Even the ones who's English isn't that great and who don't really understand him, he just somehow gets them to do what he wants anyway! He is such a little charmer! And he is growing up (like our older girls have) knowing something about people from many different countries and cultures, and finding out that different means interesting :-)

This morning Mr Messy was wonderful and got up with Little Prince, made breakfast for everyone and allowed me to wallow in bed and catch up on some sleep :-) Its the little things like that, that make you realise how much you appreciate someone. When I was finally up and ready we went out to a local Organic Cafe/Shop. We had a lovely freshly cooked, organic meal and while Mr Messy and Student explored the Produce Shop I supervised Little Prince in the playground. He was so pleased with himself when he managed to walk along the balance beam, partly by himself :-) And when he did need to hold on he only held onto one of my fingers :-) Given his difficulties with co-ordination/motor control this was a HUGE achievement for him and as he says "Mummy's prouds were bursting out all over the place." We then went to visit the Civic Art Gallery, where the exhibit was all about childhood tales and fantasy and Little Prince was intrigued by the different artistic interpretations of this theme. I love the way that at only 5 years old he gets so excited about visiting Art Galleries and Museums :-) Our policy is to let him look at what he wants to see and not to try to slow him down, or push the learning aspect too hard and it seems to be paying off :-)

We then walked to the town centre and wandered round the shops, which was a bit more stressful as Little Prince started every sentence with "Mum, can I have...?" It got very very wearing after half an hour of this constant refrain. I don't know why, but this weekend I'm finding it harder to deal with than usual and needed Mr Messy to step in and take over as much as Little Prince would allow. Which wasn't very much as Little Prince relies heavily on me to keep him regulated and calm, but it gave me the small break that I needed :-) Thank you again Mr Messy :-)

I had a couple of text conversations with LMS who is visiting her friend at a different university this weekend. They are having a great time together, and it is apprently definitely worth the 6 hour train journey! She was also thrilled to hear that we've bought a new copy of Lego Star Wars for the Wii (our old copy just won't load any more for some reason) and I'm sure she and Little Prince will be playing when she is next home.

On the way home we visited the supermarket to stock up on vegetarian food (our Student is vegetarian) for the weekend. Little Prince complained quite a lot that he wasn't allowed to visit the toy aisle, but eventually calmed down after we repeatedly pointed out that we had visited a toy shop while in town and bought him a toy there. We called Drama Teen when we left the supermarket, and I was very proud of her when she told me she'd finished all her homework - well done Drama Teen :-) We all unloaded the car and put the shopping away before flumping down to relax for a while, well as much as you can relax with a mega active five year old running round lol.