Day Ten

For Christmas Callum got a magic set. He'd been asking for one for a few months and we'd even been to the library to borrow some books on magic tricks so as you can imagine this was a great present in his eyes. This morning we were treated to Callum's Magic Trick Card Tricks, the one where you have to pick any card, look at it and not show him. All I'll say is that he needs to work on the trick a bit more... and not have a wicked Mum who knows how it works so goes against it. Yes I am wicked.

Day Nine

One of Callum's favourite T.V. shows at the moment is Bamzooki which is a fun show where kids get to create online their own "robot" and then participate in various challenges. Even as a 36 year old I find it quite fun. A few weeks ago we downloaded the programme to make our own Bamzooki but hadn't got round to making one. That was until yesterday. I'm still trying to figure out bits but when I do I'll show you our very own Bamzooki that Callum and I created. It was a great way to spend half hour or so.

Day Eight

Yesterday Callum and I were looking at some photos and I showed him this photo:


It's of my Mum, my sister Frankie and brother Joe. At first Callum didn't think it was an old photo as "Well Nanny still looks likes that.".

So then somehow we ended up with a quick photo moment where Callum tried to do the pose of his Uncle Joe. A lot of people comment how the two look very similar. What do you think?






I think I can see some similarities.

Later that evening when I was putting Callum to bed we then had a little chat about Bumpy. Callum wanted to know if Bumpy was sleeping too and put his hand on Bumpy then whispered ever so quietly "Night Bumpy, have good dreams.". We then quietely chatted about what names we had picked out for Bumpy. Callum laughed at the boys names stating that Leonardo was a footballers name. He then said that we couldn't use the name Summer as he has a Summer at school. What name did he think we should call Bumpy when they are born? Well Bumpy. lol. He thinks that Bumpy will be used to being called that name and best not to confuse them. Kids logic.

Day Seven

I haven't gotten round to do yesterdays entry due to a technical hitch which I'm really hoping can be fixed tonight when hubby gets home.

I'm lucky in that from a young age Callum has understood the importance of tidying up. Sure you'll get the odd occasion when you tread on a piece of Lego in his bedroom in the dark when you go to check on him at nighttime, or you'll find a car being chewed by Dash who is hiding behind the sofa and other such, but they aren't biggies and don't often happen. However one thing you'll find that Callum does leave over the place is the scene below. He's sort of 50/50 about tidying up his drawing stuff. lol.

Day Six

I did orginally want to post a video clip of Callum's typical madness but sadly I can't get the video to upload off the camcorder. So instead I'll post an old clip of Callum one christmas time singing Jingle Bells. lol.

This was December 2006 so Callum was about 3.5 years old.

Here's a better link as I can't seem to get it to work properly here.

Day Five

When I was pregnant I had huge cravings for melon, any melon would do but it was mostly water melon. Seems that craving paid off because melon is something that Callum loves, he'd probably have it every day now! Today Daz went and did the weekly food shopping and was happy to see that they had whole water melons on a special deal (£2) so he bought one. You can imagine the face on Callum when Daz got home. The thing is Callum's now asking if he can have some to eat. Well I say some he actually wants the whole thing! lol.

Day Four

"I'm the best there is, at what I do!"

Our son is a geek!

Nothing wrong with that his Dad definitely is one and seems like I'm not too bad on the old geekness too. From a young age Callum has known who Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, Silver Surfer, Thor, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman etc etc are and these days he can run circles round his friends with his Super Hero knowledge. Last summer we even donated to the school a huge bunch of age suitable comics from our collection which was great especially when I caught the kids sitting outside reading them in the mornings before school started, you have to remember I live in England so comics aren't as readily available as say they would be the other side of the pond and don't get me started on costs.

Anyway lately we've been watching Super Hero Squad and Wolverine and the X-Men cartoons which if you haven't seen yet I highly recommend, Marvel's site has some Super Hero Squad episodes to watch online. We've also just started watching Batman: The Brave and the Bold which is really great viewing too.

As you can imagine there is always some form of Super Hero conversation going on in our household and goodness knows how many action figures are lurking about. lol. Which brings me on to today's post.

Conversation this morning while Callum and I were having breakfast.

Callum: "Mummy you're Ms. Marvel."

Me: "OK, why is that?"

Callum: "You are good on the computer and always on there. I'm Wolverine, I'm the best at what I do."

Me:... in my head "hmm so being a monkey is what Wolverine does best is it?"

Callum: "Daddy is Thor."

Me: "Thor?"

Callum: "Yes, Thor. And he has gone for a haircut, Thor needs a haircut, they both do.".

Me: Uncontrollable laughter.


I do love these little conversations with Callum, it's like you get that little insight into what goes on in his head and obviously today he thinks that Daddy needs a haircut. lol.

"Verily I need a haircut."