Anyway, here's whats been keeping me busy over the festive period.
Emma and Max came over for the afternoon a couple of days before Christmas. We were quite well behaved to begin with although in the end the afternoon descended into and all out cushion fight accross the front room....proper funny, but as you can see above it took it out of us a bit.
dad and I had to get more shopping, god knows what else he was buying, I lost interest back in November.
Christmas eve was a pretty low key affair. We did yet more shopping (I know, I can't believe it either) and then went home. I threw a big old tantrum and bit mum on the upper leg/bottom. I went to bed pretty smartish after that.....sorry Mum. Trish, Al, Matthew and Carrie-Anne popped over to see us later in the afternoon all the way from Amazingstoke. Dad was boiling a piece of pig in a drink known as Cherry Coke and made the house smell terrible, it was an awful stench and I thought about filling my nappy in a bid to mask the foul swine and fruit aroma. I can only apologise to my visitors. Trish was bestowed a Christmas treat when I gave her a slobbery kiss goodbye too!
Then the big one, Christmas day. During the night someone had attached what could only be described as a large sock to my cot. Upon closer inspection it appeared to contain items within. These were in turn wrapped in ornate and colourful paper. I believe these things are what is commonly know as PRESENTS!
Here I am going through a few. This was pretty good but when I got downstairs there were even more of them, some of them were bigger than me! Mum and Dad had a few each too, but they were all rubbish and really boring.
Alan, Hanna and Grandma then showed up, and guess what? They had more presents! I could get used to this.....
Alan read the tags and then I delivered them to their recipient, offering my services as an expert paper tearer should my services be required. As per Mum and Dad's earlier, Alan's, Hanna's and Grandma's presents were dull, mine were the best!
Slim and Trace then popped in, with...you guessed it...presents! I even managed a quick game of ball in the garden with them which was nice.
Dad sort of sloped off at this point into the kitchen.....
Which was okay, he looked a bit silly in his country squire style shirt, the misguided fool.
just when I thought I couldn't possibly see any more people I knew, Chris, Ian, Owen and Nanny turned up, wahey!
Here I am chillin' with my favourite laydeeez. Laura and James also popped by soon after which was a nice surprise too. Blimey, what a day and it wasn't even dinner time yet!
Next off, two tables were set up and we all sat down for dinner (Me, Mum, Dad, Chris, Ian, Owen, Nanny, Alan, Hanna and Grandma). I wasn't bothered with what appeared to be a relatively standard roast dinner, I knew a spectacular pudding was a safe bet if they had gone to this much effort for a meal. I was rewarded with chocolate Yule log! Winner. I knew I was onto something with my tactics. I had a great time holding court with all my loyal subjects during the meal, thanks everyone.
Owen help me set up my art table:
...and then we had a crayon face off! Chris and Ian then sloped off, only to be replaced by Grandad and Anne. I should have set up a cloakroom or installed a turnstile, i'd have been minted. Grandad and Anne had even more presents! We then had some supper and everybody started to slope off until there was just me, Mum, Dad and Owen. They played the Bullseye game and scoffed chocolates (dad has milked his win, sorry I mean 'crushing defeat' ever since) before I finally turned in for the night at just after half past ten PM. A very heroic effort I think with not a tantrum or power nap all day. I think this shot kind of sums up my Christmas:
On Boxing day we had a bit of a lie in and I got to play with my new toys a bit more properly than yesterday which was good. We went around Chris' in the afternoon, and saw everyone again! We had horse racing on the telly so I was well pleased even if we didn't win any money on the various sweeps.
Things now get a bit blurry, mum went to work for a few days so Dad and I just slouched about and played with our new stuff.
On the Thursday mum was off work so I decided to be a right little grisly monster. i think i'd earned an off day to be honest. I was not a popular boy. In the evening we went to Grandad and Anne's new house near Swindon
Here we are mixing up some flavours on my music thingy. Their wood floor was brilliant for zooming lorries accross as well....I was a right git there at tea time as well. Sorry everyone.
Faced with another day indoors with a wailing banshee Mum decided we were going out, no matter what. They decided we would go to the Cotswold wildlife park. Hmmmm, it was tipping it down. There was hardly anyone else there which wasn't really a surprise. We went to the Cafe for lunch and I knew it must have been the season of goodwill when Dad let me share his fishcake, chips and beans dinner (he's so classy), either that or he was just stuffed so full of Turkey sandwiches and Lindor chocs he'd nicked off Mum that he couldn't finish it himself and didn't want to loose face.
Anyway, the animals! There were some small Monkeys whose enclosure adjoined the cafe and they were great fun to watch. We also saw some truly massive snakes and lizards which I wasn't too sure of and some fancy looking frogs which were okay. We also saw loads of bats flying around in their own special dark room, they were really entertaining. The Gibbons were also a bit of a favourite of mine although I didn't like them springing up into the window right in front of me.
Now these fella's were a pretty smart looking bunch, although they did smell a bit wiffy. Did I mention it was wet at all? We didn't get to the outdoor enclosures, but I expect the lions and all the other more glamorous creatures would have cleared off indoors anyway.
I could probably have passed myself as a pretty good drowned rat exhibit by the time we decided we'd had enough. It was a good day out though.
New years eve I got to try out my bike seat on the back of dad's bike. I really enjoyed it and laughed all the way to the swings. I laughed even more on the way back because it was uphill nearly all the way. You all know how he loves to ride uphill!
In the evening we went to Rach and Ben's with Andy and Owen. I went round clinking my beaker against everyones drink and shouting 'Cheers' Dad taught me this one weeks ago but I had been saving it for a special occasion, it seemed right to unleash it tonight. We stayed over and enjoyed a lovely civilised croissant breakfast, sorry I got you up so earlt Rach and Ben, I hope you went back to bed....
Mum went back to work on Monday, because she hasn't even got a proper job (Dad told me to say that, he doesn't complain when he's spending her money though). Chris and Ian came round in the afternoon so it was nice to see them. In the evening, Alan and Hanna came round to look after me as Mum and Dad were going to the cinema. About an hour later they were home again because the film was full. I bet dad was pleased. I didn't mind though as I got to have a play with Alan and Hanna who are always good fun.
If your still reading after this mammoth update, thanks for bearing with me. I hope everyone had a nice Christmas, I certainly did. Thanks to everyone who got me all the really great presents, dad says I want a storage unit for my birthday......
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