Guest Post

Things I learnt on the way to Boston to see my dad run in the marathon, by Monkey (who will say he's aged three and a half until the day he turns four, which coincidentally, is next Saturday).

1. Colouring is now a viable way to pass the time on a long car journey.
Parental reaction: excellent news. Must bring more than two crayons next time.

2. Fruit Loops are a delicious and healthy breakfast food.
Parental reaction: Not so thrilled. Wonders why he won't approach other new foods with this much enthusiasm. Probably because they don't come in neon colours.

3. More than my mother ever suspected my father knew about superheroes and their nemeses.

4. That my parents can always find a new and interesting way to get lost when trying to pass through upper Manhattan as quickly as possible on the way from New Jersey to Connecticut.

Things I did not learn.

How to fall asleep before 10.30pm when sharing a hotel room with my parents and baby sister.

A note from The Management:

A big thank you to the lovely people of Boston and everywhere else, who helped me get my enormous stroller and two children (one of whom was almost always asleep) onto and off the most crowded trains I've been on since rush hour at Sydney Parade at Christmas when Funderland is on, and up and down the stairs of the T, as we headed off to support B on his run, which went really well.