Let me entertain you!

Here we go again....
We've been entertaining this week. Last Thursday saw Grandad, Anne, Alan and Hanna come for dinner with me. Mum and dad sat either side of me so I couldn't fling foodstuffs at out guests but I entertained them as best I could anyway. Alan was pretty concerned that I had two slices of cake for pudding.....fusspot, i'm a growing lad! Grandad drew some 'interesting' pictures on my magna doodle thingy which were really funny. I stayed up until gone nine as I didn't have nursery the next day (mum was off, I bet they missed me!)
I let mum have a lay in until 9am on Friday, dad came home at lunch time then cleared off out on his bike leaving mum and me to it, miserable git! In the evening we had the other side of the family round, Nanny, Chris, Ian, Owen, Slim, Trace and Trish. Laura and James also popped in for a bit. When the harsh realisation dawned on me that I was actually related to this lot, I decided to leave home:

But realised I was only wearing a t-shirt and it was pretty cold outside, and anyway i'm not going to start changing my own nappies thats for sure. I let my staff have the evening off from cooking and authorised a chinese takeaway! I got to rub prawn crackers into Auntie Chris' top and get stuck into the puds again. I was on pretty good form even if I do say so myself. Had another late night (nearly 10) before turning in, leaving them to gamble away my remaining college fund into the small hours.
Had another lay-in on Saturday, so late in fact I missed the morning line completely! In the afternoon we went to Bucklebury farm park...but it closed....IN OCTOBER! So they decided we should try action farm (on the way to Basingstoke). When we got there, they wouldn't stump up to go in as it was too expensive, the squeakers! I suppose it was gone three o'clock so we wouldn't have had long. they said we could go back when we had more time. Anyway, we went to Victoria park instead (which suited the stinge-bags because it was free). I really enjoyed the roundabout....as long as I could bolster myself up against dads leg.
Mum went to work on Sunday so Dad and I had a lazy day. I've been watching the world gymnastics championships on the telly and mimicking some of the moves accross the living room floor.
Dad got another accident report from nursery today for a small scratch accross my face. It was inflicted by an as yet undisclosed child at nursery as a result of an as yet undisclosed incident. Also unknown at this time is my reatliation......I shall be remaining tight lipped on this one.

Seaside Shennanigans!

Alright gang?
Wednesday saw the usual trip to Tesco with Dad in the afternoon. I'm starting to get really good at recognising the stuff on the shelves especially the bannanas and the cakes. Funny that....
Friday night I had the pleasure of Sue's company. Things got off to a bad start when dad put his jumper on and I turned on the waterworks big style, I knew they were going out. Anyway, Sue pulled a masterstroke and got me well and truly engrossed as they slipped out of the door. By the time I noticed it was all too late. I had a late night and everything, great fun.
Dad obviously woke up confused on Saturday as he decided we were all going off to the beach!

We went to Lepe country park, and it was lovely. The sun shone and we ate our sandwiches on the wall just like it was summer!

Dad and I had a great sword fight until my stick broke, such was the force of the blows I reigned down on him...sucka! I was really keen to go for a paddle but they seemed reluctant to let me so I settled for giving Dad stones to chuck into the water instead.

Here's me and Mum looking at the Isle Of Wight. Wow, sounds so exotic. Maybe one day if i'm lucky I can go to a luxury holiday destination like that, with sea all the way round....
The other good thing about Lepe is the smart playground:

Another playground, another slide conquered.
Sunday we had a leisurley morning and lunch before heading off to Nick and Carols for afternoon poker. Neither mum or dad bothered to play well enough to boost my college fund and ended the game empty handed. Never mind the cards, Chrissy set up a huge bean bag by a step that I had great fun launching myself into over and over again, top bombing!
We went to the library again on Tuesday, I think I managed to remove almost every single book from it's shelf in an attempt to bury Mum under a huge pile of literature. I eventually settled on just four to take away. After that we went to pay a surprise visit to Nanny. While we were there her phone rang and before she had the chance to answer it I darted accross the room, picked it up and said 'Hello' into the mouthpiece. It was Aunty Chris! That was great, but I had nothing really to follow it up with, so I just grinned and gave it to Nanny. Must work on some more words and phrases.
I've also taken it on myself to liven nursery up a bit in the mornings as well. As soon as I arrive and am extracted from whatever winter clothes mum has trussed me up in, I make a beeline for the CD player, press play and crank up the volume! They know when Ned's in the house, although it's only ever nursery rhymes. I might have to sneak some drum and bass in I think, it's better for dancing to.....

Chickenpox...eeuuuurrrgghh!

It's me, spotty Ned!
I've had Chickenpox this week, I haven't been too bad at all really but I have had a really spotty back. Not attractive. I was just about the last one at nursery to get it so it was inevitable I suppose. I'm allowed to go back to nursery tomorrow, i've had mum at home in the mornings since Friday looking after me so i've really put her through it. She'll be glad of the rest at work.
Strange things have been going on round these parts lately. Dad went out on friday night to see a band. Mum baby sat, while aunty Chris (one of my usual sitters) went to see the band with him Andy and Owen. Most unorthodox.
Mum went to work on Saturday so we did the usual take her out for lunch bit and in the evening we went out to the firworks. I initially thought that Alan, Hanna, Owen and Andy had all come to babysit me and mum and dad were going to sneak off. How surprised was I when I was loaded into my pushchair and we all walked off towards the farm over the road? There was loads of people about and we we got right near the front. This was my first fireworks trip so I wasn't too sure what to expect. The display started at 7 with queit ones for the kiddies, I hated these, they made me cry. Mum and dad looked anxious before the big ones kicked off at 7:30 but I loved these (even though I did need the occasional re-assuring glance from Uncle Alan or Mum to make sure it was okay). Thanks to Owen and Andy for trying to win me a horse from the fairground by fair means or indeed foul.

Here's dad and I looking skywards.

Here I am in the safe haven of my puschair during the main event.
Sunday, just for a change was a trip to the shops, Reading this time. Mum made us park at least 14 miles out of town so we didn't have to pay parking fees which didn't bother me because I always have a nice park and ride arrangement in my pushchair. They got me a special christmas cup that has santa on it and glittery snowflakes sort of inside and treated themselves to some fancy new gear. I think I got the raw deal there. Oh, I suppose I did get a pack of crayons as well.....haven't tasted them yet though.
I'm talking like mad at the moment, they don't seem to understand a word i'm saying though. Their loss I suppose, I know what i'm going on about.
my current diet trend is to eat mostly only meat. When I get given a meal i'll systematically pick out all the meaty bits (or maybe stuffing as well if it's a roast) before casting the plate aside and requesting my 'goh-goh' (pudding) by looking at mum and pointing to the kitchen. I've got her well trained.
Anyway, that'll do for now, see you for more action next week.

Scare-cuts tantrums and sundaes

Hello! A few developments for you first off. I can now point (when prompted) to my own ears, nose and mouth although I still struggle with the eyes....
I've learned the word 'cake' which is proving to be very usefull after i've finished my main meal of an evening.
So now on to out and about news....

Here's Max and I after we terrorised Fantasyland for the afternoon on Thursday. Max ran dad ragged and made him go down the tube slides and everything. We had some great bundles in the ball pools, although I did have to fend off a few other kids who thought they could also join in. I got loads of cuddles off of Emma and she put me through the soft mangles which was really funny. I even had a fruit shoot and didn't spew it up again. Max was really cool and could do all the climbing stuff really well, I was in awe. I eventually bit my lip and looked like a vampire.... I hope we get to do this again soon.
On Saturday they took me swimming. They hadn't asked me if I actually wanted to go swimming, they just took me. As it happens I didn't want to go swimming and nothing they could do would convince me otherwise. I cried for Britain until they finally relented and took me back to the changing room to end the whole sorry affair. Grand total of time in the pool, less than five minutes.....oh dear.
We went down the town in the afternoon, it was okay. We went to see Aunti Chris at work and guess what? I got a balloon!
We stayed in on Saturday night, here I am trying to scare Simon Cowell with my ghost disguise:

I must be a lot less scary than I used to be as the cat decided to spend the evening indoors with me rather than take her chances with the fireworks outside, we're getting along nicely now.
On Sunday I decided to give my kitchen staff the day off and we went to the carvery for lunch:

Andy, Ben and Rach came along too so that was good. I made up for the swiming debacle by being a good boy, especially when my ice-cream turned up.
Last night was haircut night again. Mum distracted me with Postman Pat while dad hacked away. They seemed quite pleased with the results but quite honestly I couldn't care less.
Think thats it for now, have a good week, till next week.....

Pucker up....

Greetings my autumnal friends! It's a bit more chilly in the mornings on the way to nursery now and dark when we go and pick mum up from work.

Just a random picture of me reading a book in my room for you there!
I've learnt kissing this last week or so and nothing is safe from my pursed lips. Teddy, tigger, Zeddy the rocking Zebra, pictures of cats in books and sometimes even mum are on the recieving end of a Nedster smackeroonie!
Friday was Dad's birthday, I got him a really smart card with a monkey peeping on it. I like it more than he does and keep pointing it out to him. Mum got him some presents but they weren't anything like as exciting as the ones I had for my birthday although ripping the paper off was great fun. Can't wait until christmas....
They went out on Friday night so it was left to an Aunty Chris AND Nanny 'tag-team' to look after me. Mum was just saying that i'm always happy to be left with Nanny so I thought i'd turn the waterworks on just to give her a twinge of guilt before they went out to stuff their faces without me. I soon forgot about them though and had a good night, I even filled my nappy good and proper for Aunty Chris!
On Saturday mum went to work, so dad and I had our usual leisurley breakfast in front of the morning line before doing some more lazing about until it was lunchtime when we took mum out for lunch. Saturday afternoon we went to fix nanny's telly so that was a special bonus visit for her....lucky devil!
Sunday morning grandad and Anne came around and Grandad dragged me around the floor in a nice Ned-Sized cardboard box. It was great fun until the box ripped open and I fell out of it. Dad and I also experimented with a new line in headgear:

We are style icons, I kept mine on for ages but dad just couldn't hack it. We went out for a walk in the afternoon, nothing too exciting.
Mum was off monday, I wound her up all morning and in the afternoon we went to Fantasy Land:

I'm getting a lot more confident at all the climbing and that now although I went into the upstairs section for the first time which I wasn't too sure about. We had a good afternoon and we were all tired out when we left.
So there we have it, another weeks worth of fun and games.