Whirlwind

We saw one of our nephews today, in his Nan and Grandad's back garden in the sun. He has grown so much since the last time I saw him but what stood out the most was the way in which he has matured as a little person. He was playing with toy cars on the paving slabs and I joined him for a bit. I was thinking to myself that it wasn't so long ago that I was doing something like that. The last time that I saw him he was at the stage where he would pick any toy up and wave it around or throw it about; today he was there 'driving' the cars around.
Another trait he has picked up is to court a little controversy. He's pushing each and every boundary to see what he can get away with and what is out of bounds. It was like a little whirlwind had hit the garden as piece by piece the ornaments were pushed until they toppled over. "No", said Big Mama. "NO", said P, "NO!!!" shouted Chief. It was only when there was a little feeling put into the command that he stopped, stared at his father and knew that the boundary had been crossed. He still looked around the garden with an air of someone planning their next 'job' though :-)
When we got home we split the jobs between us, I cooked the roast beef and by so doing avoided mowing the lawn. The dinner was a roaring success. For the first time I got my timings right across the board, I was like a whirlwind in the kitchen!