...peeping through the keyholes...

...a lazyish day today... can't get much done while alone with the wee man... Stuart was off to work at 5.30am & I dozed on & off for another couple of hours before getting up ...

been catching up with the laundry but that's about it & picking up & putting things away all morning but no sooner is is away & it's out again....

yesterday afternoon found the remote for the tv in the toilet... someone had left the baby gate open & a little horror took full advantage of the situation! Luckily toilet was clean... so wash the remote & put it on the radiator to dry & it works fine, phew....

After work Stuart went to get more jobs done so we popped up to see him & the wee man played peek-a-boo with this hole in the gate...

Willie Winkie


Wee Willie Winkie rins through the toun,
Up stairs and doon stairs in his nicht-goun,
Tirlin' at the window, cryin' at the lock,
'Are the weans in their bed, for it's noo ten o'clock?'
'Hey, Willie Winkie, are ye comin' ben?
The cat's singin' grey thrums to the sleepin' hen,
The dog's spelder'd on the floor, and disna gi'e a cheep,
But here's a waukrife laddie that winna fa' asleep!'

Onything but sleep, you rogue! glow'ring like the mune,
Rattlin' in an airn jug wi' an airn spune,
Rumblin', tumblin' round about, crawin' like a cock,
Skirlin' like a kenna-what, wauk'nin' sleepin' fock.

'Hey, Willie Winkie - the wean's in a creel!
Wambling aff a bodie's knee like a verra eel,
Ruggin' at the cat's lug, and ravelin' a' her thrums
Hey, Willie Winkie - see, there he comes!'

Wearit is the mither that has a stoorie wean,
A wee stumple stoussie, that canna rin his lane,
That has a battle aye wi' sleep before he'll close an ee
But a kiss frae aff his rosy lips gies strength anew to me.

Meaning of unusual words:
Tirlin'=rapping
ben=through
thrums=purring
spelderd=spread out
waukrife laddie=insomniac boy
glow'ring=shining
mune=moon
airn=iron
Skirlin'=shrieking with excitement
kenna-what=something or other
creel=deep basket
Wambling=wriggling
Ruggin'=tugging
lug=ear
ravelin'=confusing
thrums=purring
stoorie=dusty
stumple stoussie=short, sturdy child