Teddy bear's picnic

Despite hubby not feeling great we ventured to Hervey Bay to the 'Teddy bear's' picnic. We were naughty to miss church but wanted an early arrival, as it was finishing around lunchtime. There were plenty of activities including jumping castle/slide thing, face painting, teddy hospital, fishing for prizes (we did pass this one and I think Jos was more interested in hopping into the the little pool than fishing for the ducks). We had to keep a very close eye on her as she continuously wanted to dart towards the water. There was a barrier but we were on a bit of an incline and so when she headed that way, it was with a speed. (And she wanted to do it often!) We bumped into a colleague from work's wife and their 2 kiddies. I took Jos for a little walk around (and we missed out on free cake by a second!! - They had cake to celebrate Harvey the Whale's 3rd birthday). We watched the kiddies do some activitie up front - lots of dancing and jumping around. She is still a little young for that but she liked watching. She does not sit still. She just wants to be up and off. We did try tempt her with tea and biscuits but to no avail. She did eventually become lethargic - from being tired I suppose. I bought some candy floss (fairy floss as they call it here) and tried to tempt her to have a taste. She only but performed and would not even let a morsel touch her lips. We also bought her her first ever show bag. Show bags are 'big' here, as in very popular. The bigger the show, the bigger the variety. They also have a poster up showing what is inside each show bag so you can choose and they have bags for boys and bags for girls. Jos didnt really know what was in it and only once we got back to the car (And mummy fished out the 'dodgy stuff' ie the stuff she could possibly swallow - a lolly and a necklace type thing - i have put the necklace in safe keeping until she is a little older. It's nothing fancy so could go to the bin, but i am sure she would enjoy it for dress ups in a few months time. Before we left we decided to take a last walk around without the pram or bag. Jos even got rid of her shoes and then she scrambled around through the crunchy leaves, chased some unsuspecting Ibis' and thoroughly enjoyed just playing, running this way and that and investigating nature. She picked up leaves, sand and grass and just seemed to love every moment of the sheer simplicity we often forget to enjoy and savour. Life through the eyes of a child certainly is refreshing. A short nap, lots of coughing later and a visit to the park we were ready to call it a day. Jos had a very bad night though. Lots of crying and coughing - her and daddy both (daddy was coughing not crying) She woke up several times and battled getting back to sleep. At 3 am i was desperate for just a bit of sleep. Since hubby was in the spare room due to all his coughing and snoring, i thought I would put her in the bed with me. She thought it was wonderful! Over an hour of me telling her to lie down quietly and sleep was pretty futile. I was however, smiling in the dark as she would lie down for short periods then yell 'daddy' 'daddy' 'tea' tea'. I had my back turned to her, then she would pat my head and say 'Ello' Ello'. This went on for over an hour. I had no choice but to take her back to her bed and much to my surprise with very little fussing it went quiet and she slept until after 6am. Eish, but I was tired on Monday as was poor sick daddy...