In Melbourne now it’s Showtime. That period steeped in tradition around Australia, where we all trudge along to buy our Pluto Pups (me), or cream polly waffles (my dad), fairy floss (Adam), or sample all and sundry (Keira). I opted to stay home with Riley, just like last year, thinking it might be a chance to spend some quality time with my son.
Right?
Wrong.
Most of the time, he looked like this:
Why? Because, and I hadn’t figured this before, he revels in his role as the ‘quiet, but cunning’ one. Keira deflects a lot of the stuff he gets up to and she is a great enabler (”You want to pull the toilet paper off the roller, Riley? Sure, I’ll help you!”) So, given I was able to devote almost 100% of my attention to him yesterday, that meant his mischief making was quashed. And he wasn’t happy.
Until sister returned! Replete with facepaint and showbags!
That is, until it was makeup time, from a cheap kit she won on the clowns:
Then he went back to wishing he had the house to himself……..as did I later, once my face also took on that lovely shade of ochre….
So who else has been to the shows this year?
8:30 pm
Umm, right now, we’re having the nationally renowned Bloomsburg Fair, and while I haven’t spent any time there beyond an aborted attempt to cover an event for the paper (apparently, they don’t make “VIP” passes like they used to), I am going tonight to cover Creedence Clearwater Revisited. And eat hot dogs. Gotta have fair hot dogs.
2:55 pm
Ooo I thought it was only Americans who used words like ‘enabler’? Is Australia going all psychobabble too?
Cheers
6:54 pm
At least it didn’t go on the wall.
8:29 pm
Pluto Pups are also called dagwood dogs, which are (I think) some sort of fried hot dog, so I’m with you D.Paul. (Can’t get into a fair with a VIP Pass?! Wow)
It’s a jargon word, but sooo true, maddy!
JLP - Not yet……not yet….
2:21 am
We love to go to music festivals. It’s cute how your son missed his playmates.
1:14 pm
Ahhhhhhh - it’s show month. I hated it when the kids went to school and found out about the show. I HATE going to the show - all the unhappy parents with their stressed children, spending money they can’t really afford, etc.
But….most kids LOVE it.
Lucky for me, husband is a show lover (aka one big kid) and demands to take the kids and their friends. If kids are facing disciplinary action and the show is looming on the “choose which nice thing you have to forfeit” board, husband will do anything to get the kids out of trouble and into the gates of the show.
I stay home and eat smoked salmon and read a book….so really, I LOVE the show. lol
Happily here via the Carnival of Australia.