Dot Doc

So enough lazy posting of lovely gig posters (although I reserve the right to post in a lazy and uninspired way at any time in the future). It's time to pull up my socks as a daddy and document dammit.

D Painting #1 (finger and paint on A3 paper)

For a long time there we had to feed D with two spoons. Even though she didn't quite have the dexterity (or a big enough mouth) to feed herself, she insisted on holding her own spoon in her clenched fist as one of us would feed her with the other spoon. One spoon only, driven by Mammy or Daddy, and no food would pass her lips. She is now feeding herself, out of the side of her mouth, from above, sometimes even facing away from the spoon, so even though her mouth hasn't gotten much bigger, her aim has improved and she's up to about 25% of the food arriving safely in her mouth. Those are organic Rice Krispies by the way.

Mammy and the kids at Rosses Point

Miss Post & Telegraphs, Sligo 1973

Those are her second pair of shoes. She cashed in while she was on holidays. That dress is new aswell come to think of it. We also said we'd get her a nice "do" to go with her new dress and shoes. So we sauntered into a Sligo barber and got some mixed results.

Before

After

Noooooh little Snowbear....

All together now! "Hey Mr Tambourine Man......"

There's a toy shop on Quay Street in Galway where D buys herself one of these wooden birds every time we're down there. It's run by a German woman and her daughter and for such an amazing little toy shop jam packed with beautiful, hand picked, hand crafted kiddies toys, there's minimal emotion on display at the cash register. They do all kinds of animals but we particularly like the ones with beaks. All the better if we don't know what the name of the bird is. We also have a bear somewhere and a giraffe who has also gone missing. Get D to do her giraffe impression next time you see her. It's quality. So these birds live on top of the mirror in the bathroom where D gets changed. She salutes them on entering now with a Hiyiz! and on leaving with a wave and a b'bye!

In the spirit of documented randomness here's a montage of some photos from our honeymoon in Italia which I tastefully placed on a bedspread and photographed when I got the prints.


And finally this is her favourite piece of televisual entertainment at the moment.