Purple Dragon

It is No1Child's 8th birthday tomorrow. More on that tomorrow - suffice to say, he's been totally hyper today.

Took him to choose his birthday cake this morning. He decided on a football.

Got his hair cut as well. He looked like a Beatle - John Lennon sans spex?

The other two needed their hair trimmed as well, although not properly cut as such, coz I want their hair long. Typically, about 10 minutes before we were due to leave, No3Child fell over and smacked her head off the dog's bone, blood everywhere, much screaming - you know the scene. No stitches required, but she only got her fringe trimmed.

The joys.

Thanks to Stoney's Blog (http://stonehead.wordpress.com/) I have been reintroduced to the wonderful world of fairies. I'm just gonna give you two links, to two pictures, of fairies.

One is a fossilised fairy :

http://raincoaster.com/2006/11/24/pic-o-the-day-fossilized-fairy/

and the other, a mummified fairy :

http://raincoaster.com/2007/04/01/mummified-fairy-remains-found/

These are totally excellent. I love fairies! We have a fairywoods nearby here, and the kids are desperate to spend some time there, fairy-watching, but unfortunately the woods are on private land.

I have never seen one myself unfortunately, but I read a book a long time ago by a witch called Lois Bourne who had seen piskies washing their socks in Cornwall.