Craig Gets Sick

The next weekend the weather was dry. So, Craig's parents decided to take both boys for a lap of the local parks. Craig and his Dad do this tour of four (sometimes five) little parks near home almost every weekend, weather permitting.

While Craig had fun climbing, running around and see-sawing Graham sat with his Mum. The parents even had a relaxing enough time that they could drink coffee while Craig played! Woohoo!

But then, Craig's Dad received a call on his mobile phone to say that he was expected at work several hours earlier than he had thought. It was a real shame that he couldn't stay and play. ;(

Then, almost a week later, poor Craig was sick. He caught a stomach virus and needed to see a doctor. Worse than that was that he could only eat tiny amounts of food until the medicine started working. When it came time for the weekend trip to the park, Craig wasn't as energetic as usual.

Craig was also forced to wear a pair of pants that were much too short for him because all his other long pants were dirty.

But, he was still pretty happy about hanging out with Dad and doing his thing.

And, he did all of the usual things: climbed on this thingamajig above and rode the little rocking animals until it was time to move on to the next park.

At the next park a man was making bubbles with a little battery-powered gun. The bubbles he was making were quite heavy and were falling to the ground. So, Craig got busy popping them with his hands! Craig's Dad suggested using his foot but Craig didn't like that idea.

Then, it was time to have fun on his favourite slide before heading for home to a tiny dinner.