I had plans for a relaxing Saturday after the VE Day 75th anniversary celebrations yesterday. At 3.30am yesterday, our two children with PDA decided to declare war on each other, waking the house up. As a direct result, they then both refused to take part in anything VE Day related except eating the (German) frankfurter pittas for our picnic lunch.
The street was fairly busy at lunchtime, with families sitting out the front of their houses, but quiet. So I thought I would put some music on from my phone. Then I quickly realised that wasn't such a great idea as the German lindy hop music started playing!.... Swiftly changed for British and American instead.
I don't think anyone outside our family noticed, or if they did nothing was said (an advantage of having a vacant house next door).
Obviously my son noticed and took great pleasure in teasing me about it for the rest of the day 👋
Miss G made the most of all our planned activities, including a colouring competition (obviously she won), a word search race (she legitimately won) and a word competition to see how many words coukd be made from the letters in the word 'victory'.
Having finished all of the competitions, demolished lunch and some convincing, we took our dog for a walk in the greenways and valley as a family.
It has taken us almost a year to discover the greenways and valleys near us, but worth the wait. The only thing missing is a toilet. (I am sure all parents can relate).
Last night we decided to order tea from our favourite cafe/restaurant. It was their first night doing takeaway during this coronavirus crisis (up until now they have had boxes of various essentials available). Our food arrived with a free bottle of prosecco to make up for our two and a half hour wait. Fast food it was not, but atleast it was as delicious as always.
So on to today. A planned day of relaxing and not much to do (who has a lot to do in this lock down when they aren't working?) starting with YouTube. I, and the children, am missing being able to be outdoors more, seeing new things and especially animals. So I put on a virtual safari video from Longleat safari Park. No point in watching one we would realistically never see in person.
Watching the video I learnt two main facts that were completely new to me.
1.
Ostriches have no teeth (I knew that bit), so in order for their food to be broken down as teeth woukd do, they swallow small pebbles that grind together inside their bodies in place of teeth, breaking the food into smaller pieces.
(the photo is of an emu not an ostrich because I didn't have one)
2.
Giraffes sway as they walk because they move both left legs at the same time, then both right legs at the same time, therefore making their stride longer. Only when they run do their legs move as other mammals do.
With the number of safari parks, zoos, wildlife parks and museums we have been to, these two facts have completely eluded me. There are two more safari videos from Longleat available to watch sometime when I get the chance. Plus millions and millions more about almost everything else too. Full of information (not necessarily fact) both useful and useless.
Whilst these aren't the everyday facts we might need to survive, they are interesting and show the amount of questions I had never asked myself.
My head is often full of random questions and wondering, some of which make their way out.
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