A new frontier

The boys are challenging boundaries at present. Some examples of their work:

• Oliver sneaking out on the street to ride his bike, leaving Pip to walk into the road in front of thankfully slow moving lorry, while Mama was screeching at Oliver to "get back here right now". Seriously, I'm still getting over this one. On reaching the house he was told to have some 'quiet time' - his reply? "Oh bugger".

• Oliver's most over used phrases: "I don't want to do that" and "I'm playing/[insert appropriate verb] at the moment".
  

• Pip throwing his dinner over the dining room, pretty much every meal. Is there a point when we won't have to hose down the eating space after every meal? He is developing a mean right arm as he continually practices throwing cars, trains, books, cutlery, toys all over the house, from the table, and down the stairs (a particular favourite).

• Pip's point blank refusal to say 'yes'. He answers 'no' to everything.