A Day At The Fair

Well, okay an hour at the Fair. Hmmm... an hour at the school fete? One of the local primary schools had their Fair today but to be honest, it didn't really meet what I would think of as "Fair" standards, even calling it a school fete would be being kind. There were a few stalls - maybe 8 or so local ladies who sell one thing or another through party plan, you know: Tupperware and jewellery and wooden toys/puzzles - a couple of school run stalls like one with over-priced plants and a sponge throw stall and a bouncy castle. That was about it. Oh, I almost forgot, there were some food stalls out the back but to be honest they didn't do alot for me - no bain maries to keep food warm, no fridges to keep it cool and I had a few issues with the general hygiene too. It's going to be about 35˚C here today and I wouldn't be choosing to eat the food being served. It's a bit sad really - there isn't a whole lot to do at Red Dirt Central and with a little forethought, planning and some decent organisation this could have been a terrific money spinner for the school. The last school fete (for one of the other schools) was not long after we arrived in town and I swear the entire town turned out for it. That one was well run, well organised and a really enjoyable event. Oh well, at least the kids and I got out and had a wander round for an hour or so before it got too hot today.

Offspring #1 on the bouncy castle

#1 has been so tired lately. He doesn't have a daytime sleep anymore but he tends to need just a little bit more than he gets at night. He goes to bed around 7.15/7.30pm and wakes up around 6am. I have been trying to get him to have a nap for about a week but no luck so after this mornings efforts when he refused to get off the bouncy castle and came home in disgrace I told him he would be having a sleep after lunch no arguments! Funnily enough after the usual "I don't wanna have a sleep" he toddled off and I haven't heard from him since. When I peeked in a while ago he was sound asleep, even with #2 awake and tearing around the place like a madwoman! I admit that I cheated and gave him lunch a bit early at 11.30 in an effort to have him awake again at a reasonable hour so that we might get him to back to bed at a semi-decent hour tonight. It's all Catch-22 really. No extra sleep and he's a grumpy little monster, sneak in a nap and he'll be bouncing off the walls till all hours. When it cools down later we might have to take the dog up to the park and throw some tennis balls around to wear everyone out.