Hey ho, hey ho, its off to China we go!

"We all liked Michael Jackson"

 Sister Carrie says it best over on Jiaozi "we all liked Michael Jackson", yes indeed we did, and it was so painfully tragic to watch the boy unable to cope with becoming a man, a boy so incredibly talented but so deeply uncomfortable in his own skin and with his own beautiful face that he changed them both.

I wasn't an avid fan but I liked his music and when he came to the Milton Keynes Bowl we all got tickets, we knew Michael was one of those performers you just had to see when you had the chance.

More recently I had been watching the unfolding disaster of his planned London Come Back tour, he looked so frail it seemed impossible for things to go well but his death was a total shock. We will all miss you Michael, wish it could have ended differently, wish you could have found your way back but you leave behind a body of work that speaks for itself.  Sending sympathy and best wishes to your children and family.

My favorite things - the ones she can remember.

Loops singing "My favorite things" accompanied by BB on the toy kitchen.

BB's very low, low, budget telephone.

Kids!  They start so young these days with the "I need a computer, I need a phone, I've got to check my Facebook."  Well, we will be having none of that stuff and nonsense at our house, who needs their own cell phone when there are perfectly good "price tags" to talk to your friends on!

p.s Notice the liberal use of the word "No" in this clip, its his favorite word and he isn't even two yet, be afraid, very afraid!

And to think they said I wasn't good enough for the Choir!

I would now like to present to you a video clip for your viewing pleasure. In this clip you will see what a multi talented family we are.  Filming was carried about by Simon and shows a skillful mastery of the subtleties of cinematography.  Loopy and I provide the musical soundtrack, and I think you will be hard pressed to decide which of us has the worse better singing voice, although "voice of an angel" might not be the expression that immediately springs to mind.  BB treats you to his audition piece for Cirque de Soleil entitled "Baby feet" and I fully expect to get their call inviting him to Las Vegas as soon as this clip goes on world release.

Apologies for the very loud background noise, like most good parents we feel it is important to make the effort to visit places where our little darlings can learn, discover and stretch their inquisitive little brains, yep you've guessed it we were at the local Casino.  If you keep the volume to the half way point its not quite so headache inducing.

I am especially proud of the fact that BB has already started to learn our carefully choreographed hand actions to "Stop in the name of Love", admittedly they might be slightly more impressive if Loopy and I knew more than just the one line from the song, but we like to concentrate on quality not quantity.

Please let me draw your attention to my personal favorite moment when I (naturally) request that BB put his feet in his mouth and you can see in his face total disbelief that his mother really is that bizarre, he shoots his Dad the "she's a nutter isn't she?" look and makes a mental note to ride the bus to and from school so no-one will ever know about his crazy Mama.

Brown eyed boy.

There for each other.

May they always have each other, may they always have such an easy relationship, may they always offer each other a hand to hold.

No Kiss for you!

Its always such a special bond between mother and son, unconditional love and all that. Apparently it doesn't run to kisses!

Well I just hope he's going to make up for this on Mother's Day ;)

Apparently we were members of the same yahoo group!

I just saw saw this link posted on the RumorQueen site.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/532829/online_forum_etiquette_how_to_deal.html?cat=15

OMG, I had to retrieve my head from the floor, I was nodding in agreement so much it fell off!  I was a member of a yahoo group that I adored, but then the proverbial hit the fan (in much the same way as the article describes) and, despite the best efforts of some, things just couldn't be fixed.

There is something strangely soothing in reading that article and knowing the same drama (different plot, different characters) is playing out all over the Internet.  I always felt that somehow I should have been able to head the trouble off at the pass, or at least stick the bits back together afterwards but reading this I think the train wreck was always going to happen at some point I just didn't know it back then.

Still, it was a fabulous, wind in your hair, laugh till you cry, jump for joy, pass the tissues, hugs all round, kind of a ride, just hurt like hell when we crashed!

Happy Easter!

Probably won't be including this one in BB's post placement reports!

  

He loves it really

This boy was born to play dress up, he'd do it all day long if I let him.  Or, maybe not!