Young Masterchef 2010

3 of the most painful things a man can experience are 1) a kick to the crown jewels, 2) man flu and 3) a proper sickening dead leg. Unfortunately women can only experience 1 of the 3 so they probably won't fully understand this blog. Anyway poor Joshua had his first dead leg earlier this week and I felt really sorry for the poor boy. Me and Brandon were playing on the bed and Joshua decided to start jumping on the bed and then bundle us. The result was the fleshy part of his thigh landing right on the point of my elbow. For the next day and a half all we heard from him was "my leg hurts, Daddy did it!" - nothing to do with the fact he was jumping all over our bed. I bet the nursery think I am a great Dad - a 2nd dan in karate and a son with a bruised leg running around saying "Daddy did it!".

Brandon managed to get his first go on the ride-on horse in town today. Normally this is one of Joshua's Saturday treats but for once Josh was engrossed in eating. Brandon was looking up at the horse from his buggy as if to say "I want to go". So I let him on there and he absolutely loved it and held onto the handles for the entire ride.

Everyone knows just how much Brandon likes his food. Well I started to wheel the barlecue out of the garage for dinner tonight and the first thing he said was "dinner". So he has made the link between the barlecue and dinner. As you can see from below he is a bit of a dab hand on the controls and was more than happy to help out with the cooking. Maybe we have a budding young chef in the making.

Following on from "Bargain Hunter" blog earlier this week - check out the latest bargain which Joshua and Brandon's Nanny got them. The digger and scooter have now become second fiddle as Joshua favours performing imaginary missions on his tractor (replicating some of the story lines from the Joey JCB books).

You may not realise it but Joshua's little imagination is in full flow and in this picture he is actually moving a tree out of the way using his tractor.