Big walk

[nanila]

Today Humuhumu went back to school, but Keiki was at home because it was a teacher training day at his school. You'd think that they'd be thrilled when this happens - no competition for internet-enabled devices, or access to parents. The reality, however, is that they spend most of the time asking when the other one is finally going to get home.

Rather than mope wistfully around the house for the whole day, Keiki and I decided to tackle a milestone he's been wanting to accomplish: Walking all the way to Tardebigge Tunnel and back. This is no mean feat. It's over 4 km uphill to get there. It took us two hours and ten minutes round trip with only a few brief stops for a drink of water or to unwrap a sweet. Above, he stands proudly at the entrance to the 530 metre tunnel, which can only be accessed by the water.

Comments

[annofowlshire]

Hurray for Keiki! Enting had an inset day today as well.

[nanila]

Yes! Aw, bless him, I bet he's ready to go back to school now.

[forests_of_fire]

Go Keiki!!

and dear God he's growing up too, isn't he?!

[nanila]

\o/

Yep, he's catching up to his sister. Although given her moodiness and the difficulty with dragging her out of bed recently, I suspect Humuhumu is about to start a growth spurt.

[kate]

What an accomplishment! And a lovely photo.

[nanila]

Thank you! He was very proud.

Inset days

[bryangb]

Hah, we had the opposite, kind of. Younger should have restarted today, while Elder has not one but two Inset days and doesn't restart until Thursday. But Younger managed to skive off day1 with a bit of a tummy ache, leaving her brother grumpy and angry all day as he'd been looking forward to having the house to himself. Sigh. At least he came for, and enjoyed, a damp walk to the park with me and the dog.

I hope she is not planning to take the day off tomorrow as well, because it is Not Happening.😠

Re: Inset days

[nanila]

Off to school with you, Younger! :P I feel like inset days scheduled post-holiday are a special kind of parent torture. I realise they're probably good for the teachers - they come back refreshed and can concentrate on their training before the avalanche of work and over-energised children hits them. But it's a pain to manage on our end.

Re: Inset days

[bryangb]

Exactly as predicted, there was another attempt to skive off this morning, accompanied by a lot of wailing and shouting of "It's not fair!" - never mind that she has a day off next Monday when her bro will have to go in.

But as usual, once we got the bikes out and set off, all was OK. In some ways, that's a relief but in others it's frustrating. So much fighting for zero gain.

[shirebound]

What a wonderful accomplishment! *applauds*

[nanila]

He was so happy. :D

[kotturinn]

Achievement unlocked! Well done Keiki.

[nanila]

Yes! He was very proud.

[pbristow]

[LOVES THIS]

" It's over 4 km uphill to get there. "

4km? That's longer than I have to walk to work!!! =8oO

(OK, granted, you/he probably weren't worried about getting there by a specific deadline, upon pain of "having to talk to the Big Boss(TM) and Explain yourself(TM)")

Well done, Keiki! You have now resounding passed "adult manipulation" 101! =;o}

[nanila]

Yes, the round trip is almost 9 km, which is a pretty long walk even if you're not on eight-year-old legs. :)

[kirundo]

Good stuff, long walks are fun and he's not old enough to pout and complain if not wanting to go ;)

[nanila]

It was his idea! He loves a big walk. His sister, on the other hand... :D

[bryangb]

Excellent - well done him!

[cmcmck]

Not a walkable tunnel which suggests they took the horses up and over.

[nanila]

Leaving the humans on the boat to "leg it"!

[sfred]

Cool!

[nanila]

Yes! (Also, rainy, haha)

[silveradept]

Congratulations, Keiki. An excellent walk there and back again.

[nanila]

He was very proud! Also, tired. :D

[kaberett]

WELL done that smol! :)

(oh NO they FRET about WHEN THE OTHER WILL BE HOME that's ADORABLE--)

[nanila]

He is a very determined smol. ;D