Dominic's botany lesson 1: Roses

Matt brought me home a red rose today at lunchtime so naturally Dominic had to investigate this strange new plant that came into his surroundings.

Hence today's blog post is a lesson on botany proudly brought to you by Dominic.

Dominic's Botany Investigation: Rose

Aim: To discover what, if any, uses a rose has.

Hypothesis: Roses can be used for food or as a rudimentary toy. Why else would Dad bring anything else home for Mum?

Methodology: I shall perform a series of tests in which I attempt to play the rose in a number of increasingly destructive ways.

Results:



Chew test - Rose lacked sufficent firmness to be a successful chew toy. Also not particularly tasty.



Bash test: Waved rose around and performed some impressive fencing manoeuvres. Rose lacked weight to be used as an effective weapon.



Flute test: Tried blowing on the rose but no sound resulted.



Durability test: Hit rose with small yellow plastic block. Some leaves and petals became detached during process.

Conclusion: Roses are not useful as either food or toys. Obviously worthless.



Luckily I discovered for Mum that the rose was not a useful toy or a delicious snack.



Oh wait, you don't mean you wanted the rose left intact, do you?

Apparently the gym is a good place to go to meet ladies...

So Dominic made some new friends at the gym today. From the second I let him out of the stroller for a crawl around, he sped over to a couple of girls about 3 or 4 years old who were colouring in. Before I even got over there, he was in the middle of everything and they were giving him his own felts and a picture to draw on. Having visions of a felt covered baby or Dom chomping on potentially toxic ink, I said that I'd move Dominic away because I didn't want him to ruin their drawings.

Of course Dominic was pretty determined and went straight back to them first chance he got. I chased after him and then I got the preschool equivalent of the Spanish inquistion. What was my baby's name? How old was he? How old was I? (and when they heard the answer, they gasped and exclaimed that 'that's old!') Did Dominic have any brothers and sisters? How old was he when got his teeth etc?

They then fussed over Dominic while he grinned and shouted excitedly waving his arms with all the attention.

About ten minutes later when I was about to leave, one of the girls ran over with a drawing to give to Dominic as a 'valentine'? Valentine's drawings? In November? Should I be worried about Dom getting embroiled in pre-school romances already?

As you can see from the photos, Dominic is pretty chuffed with his Valentine's drawing.

End of the holidays

The holidays were much fun but alas have come to an end again. Dominic did get to bask in the sunshine in the backyard yesterday. Hopefully there will be more good weather days coming. It feels like it should be summer already.



Crawling around on the grass is fun.



But then he spots the paparazzi...



...and tries to grab the camera. (At least he doesn't smash cameras or assault the photographers like other celebrities).

Hurricane Dominic Strikes!

Dominic's appliation to join the Evil League of Evil is now online :-)

The Hurricane

Dominic has now had his first starring role in his short film 'The Hurricane' - an Evil League of Evil application. Here are a few pictures of him in his costume:


Who knows what terrible things will happen when one of most sinister super-villains is sprayed with the Fountain of Youth and transformed into a seemingly cute and innocent baby?


Will he still manage to carry out his plans for world domination over the internet?


Watch out! The Hurricane may be a baby, but he's still ready for action. Evil action, that is.


Hey, even evil super-villains need to snack, OK?