Had a rare day with the boy off the mountain today. And it was lovely.

We began the day making m&m brownies. As you can tell by the boy’s shirt, m&ms are quite popular at our place . A quarter never fails to go into the lolly machine at our local market after shopping and a handful is always enjoyed on the walk home. Our little ritual.

While the brownies were cooling on the baking rack, the boy and I mucked around a bit on the guiter and acoustic bass respectively.

Now don’t get the wrong idea! I don’t have the musical ability or the voice I always wished I did  with such a talented father. My sense of rythmn is a little off as the boy has discovered whilst trying to teach me a bass line to play along with a tune he’s recently made up.. I need to state at this time how incredibly talented the boy is on guitar although he denies it.. to the point of being annoying!

So I am practicing.. even when he’s not around.. and my fingers hurt.. and after commenting on the funny look on his face when he plays the bass in particular, I have realised my own face contorts while concentrating on what I am doing. It is a different look of concentration to my snowboarding face however which involves a poking out toungue. This one scares the boy because he’s worried I’ll bite it off accidently!

Finished the day eating homemade pizza leftovers and knitting a beanie with the new wool I picked up at Walmart a couple of weeks ago. (I came home that day with my wool and a variety puzzle book.. the boy said it looked like his grandma had been shopping!)

Was glad for the brownies when our friends Jesse and Simone popped over unexpectadly for a pot of tea tonight! Went down a treat!