Fun with food

Another sick day of domesticity and rest. Alex has bursts of high energy that quickly turn to screams and temper so he is obviously still not feeling the best. I think Graham is getting better, either that or the medication is working.
We were expecting a visit from Dad today but he sensibly decided to avoid contamination. Maybe we'll get to infect him tomorrow :)
Alex had fun exploring the garden in between naps.

He is very cautious about stepping down anything. He climbed up the back stairs and could get down the last step on his own but balked at the higher steps. The last step has an upright support for the handrail which he used but the higher steps have just a horizontal rail which he didn't like. Will to remember this when we replace the handrail, though he probably wont need a rail by the time we replace it.
He is careful about even the tiniest step downwards, even if it's just an inch. Here's what happened when he got to a change between the concrete where the BBQ used to be.

Tonight Alex had his dinner then got to sit in his highchair with some finger food. I turned my back while on the phone and when I turned back to him he had very carefully arranged his food on the edge of his tray and was grinning like a Cheshire cat.

It was so clever I accused Graham of doing it but Alex showed me how he did it himself.

Of course the chips were too good to play with so it was meat for the tray, chip for the mouth then carrot for the tray.

Alex had his hearing test on Thursday and did really well. They said he achieved more than they required to give him a pass. So that's one more thing out of the way. Not that we were worried about his hearing but I did feel bad that I hadn't had him tested last year when I was supposed to.

Graham is bathing Alex right now and by the sounds of it the cat's in there too (the bathroom, not the bath). I better check on them, it's way past bed time for little boys.
OK correction, the cat was in the bath. She needed a wash anyway.