http://frydman.co.uk/cars-and-trucks-and-things-that-go/ Dan and Alison on the couch of life Mon, 21 May 2012 03:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://frydman.co.uk/cars-and-trucks-and-things-that-go/#comment-3518 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:31:29 +0000 http://frydman.co.uk/cars-and-trucks-and-things-that-go/#comment-3518 By way of an update: Donn's deep passion for tractors is showing some signs of abating. Fire engines are becoming a firm favourite. Perhaps this is because we pass the fire station on the way home from playgroup and often see one or two fire engines on our journey home. Dunfermline fire men are particularly obliging and now wave when they see us coming along the pavement. As you know, Alison, we are fairly conspicuous, even from a distance. I'm still not sure who is more thrilled by the sight of a fire engine full of waving fire fighters, Donn or his mother... By way of an update: Donn’s deep passion for tractors is showing some signs of abating. Fire engines are becoming a firm favourite. Perhaps this is because we pass the fire station on the way home from playgroup and often see one or two fire engines on our journey home. Dunfermline fire men are particularly obliging and now wave when they see us coming along the pavement. As you know, Alison, we are fairly conspicuous, even from a distance.
I’m still not sure who is more thrilled by the sight of a fire engine full of waving fire fighters, Donn or his mother…

]]> http://frydman.co.uk/cars-and-trucks-and-things-that-go/#comment-3457 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:12:09 +0000 http://frydman.co.uk/cars-and-trucks-and-things-that-go/#comment-3457 Depite the obvious Thomo-centric focus, our boy has a predilection for anything with any form of transport - snow ploughs, fire engines, the lot (with the possible exception of milk floats, as we don't tend to see many of them here; but do you remember his "tractor friend" round the back of our road?). Indeed, we're now onto backhoe loaders and things like that - Rachel and I are rapidly having to expand our knowledge and vocabulary in these areas .... Current fave is his remote control 4x4 ("fuori strada") which we got him for his birthday, which gives rise to further opportunities for linguistic crossover/interference. We also have a much treasured copy of the Richard Scarry book ("Where's Goldbug?"), which I think Miriam found for him in a second-hand bookshop in Cambridge. Keep blogging, David et al. Depite the obvious Thomo-centric focus, our boy has a predilection for anything with any form of transport - snow ploughs, fire engines, the lot (with the possible exception of milk floats, as we don’t tend to see many of them here; but do you remember his “tractor friend” round the back of our road?). Indeed, we’re now onto backhoe loaders and things like that - Rachel and I are rapidly having to expand our knowledge and vocabulary in these areas …. Current fave is his remote control 4×4 (”fuori strada”) which we got him for his birthday, which gives rise to further opportunities for linguistic crossover/interference. We also have a much treasured copy of the Richard Scarry book (”Where’s Goldbug?”), which I think Miriam found for him in a second-hand bookshop in Cambridge. Keep blogging, David et al.

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