Having not made it to bed until about 230am I wasn’t up until 1030am and then had to dash around doing various things before we went out at 1ish. Davies and I dashed into town for birthday presents for Boo and Buzz, I sewed up an undone seam on my dress, unplaited Scarlett’s hair which we’d washed still in it’s camping plaits and left to dry so it was suitably wavy and medieval.
On the drive over we were behind a convoy of several vehicles all with banners on protesting about fuel tax prices and proclaming Labour to be the killer of small businesses. Davies tried to read them and asked if they were an advert? We had an interesting conversation about freedom of speech and protests, what taxes are, whether it is right or wrong to make something like fuel expensive from a moral pov to reduce people’s usage, how travelling 30 miles to a birthday party is something that wouldn’t have happened years ago (possibly because you’d only actually know people from your own village anyway), the welfare state (briefly) and what our taxes are spent on. I do worry that the more I explain things like government, politics and law and order to the children the more I tend towards wanting to promote anarchy 😆
We arrived at Ros’ slightly early and changed quick into costume. Having panicked about not having any material to make any costumes and running out of time before going on holiday I’d bought a dress for me, a dress for Scarlett (although it was suitably princessy it will do her for other such occassions as she’d outgrown all the other princess and fairy dresses we had) and a ladies elf outfit for Ady which he wore with a jesters hat. We didn’t spend a fortune but seeing the outfits others were wearing I wished I’d had the time and inspiration to make ours rather than buy them.
The party was ace, Ros had put in loads of time and effort and come up with a fabulous theme, loads of activities and authentic food, drink and crockery :). Ady was in his element cooking on the barbecue, I was in my element drinking wine from a metal goblet and the kids were in their element in all sorts of games and activities – I hardly saw them!
It was lovely to catch up with friends and we finally left around 7pm.
Good Party! I believe I was suffering from caffeine withdrawl rather than the plague though!
Comment by Simon — 23 June 2008 @ 2:35 pm
Nic, would you really promote anarchy to your children?
Would you promote a collective anarchy where true peace and happiness can be achieved by the complete absence of government and capital and everyone would work for the collective good above the needs or desires of the individual?
or
Would you promote some sort of anarcho-capitalist or laissez-faire libertarian view?
Comment by Simon — 23 June 2008 @ 2:37 pm
No, that was a flippant comment really but I am spending time lately considering politics and how it all really works. All very half formed tbh, I should probably blog about it, but it does mean answering questions to the children is tough because my own ideas are so scattered about and don’t fall into any easily housed belief or affiliation to any one political stance.
Comment by Nic — 23 June 2008 @ 2:45 pm
Have been and looked at those and done the political compass test again -with rather surprising and different to last time I did it a few years ago results.
Yes, I think anarcho-capitalisism sits kind of where I am coming from although I want to do some further reading to get my head round it properly.
Comment by Nic — 23 June 2008 @ 4:42 pm
Oh Simon, you should have made yourself at home in the kitchen and made huge mugs of coffee. Sorry for not providing you with the stuff.
Comment by Roslyn — 23 June 2008 @ 7:04 pm