I took Dexter to the park yesterday for the very first time. I feel like an appalling mother admitting I was a park-virgin before then - but I’ll blame the weather and gloss over it!

I could feel the other mother’s eyes on me as soon as I whipped out the Canon and starting snapping away. I looked like a wind-swept and uncool David Bailey wannabe doing Karma Sutre inspired poses to get the perfect shot. When I got home and realised I had the camera on the wrong setting and most were entirely unusable I felt like a right wally!

Dexter had a really great time though. Although most of the play equipment was for older kids - I tried to let him explore as best he could. The slide didn’t go down too well (of course I was supporting him as he had a go) but the swing was a real hit. They also had some of those wobbly things on springs which he quite liked (what do you actually call these anyway??).

Eating daisies and grass also proved quite popular. Given a choice of this and a gingerbread biscotti he had his sights firmly on the green stuff!

In fact, we had such a great time, I didn’t realise that I actually spent a good half of the day with my right boob on show. All the earlier “Smile for mummy” action meant I’d inadvertently popped out from my bra - combined with a low-cut top I should have realised that disaster was inevitable. When my heterosexual male friend eventually caught wind of it he yanked up my top with all the force of a dad tugging at a teenagers micro-mini.

Despite all the disastrous shots, I did manage a few seriously cute ones. I might not be photogenic (evidence above) - but he certainly is!

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