We’ve been making the most of it that’s for sure. Last Wednesday we picked mum up from work and went straight down to the outdoor pool, it was brilliant. I’d only ever been here once last year and I cried my eyes out and we went home after about 3 minutes…..this time they struggled to get me out! We did loads of splashing and I raced dad up and down the pool, I kept beating him! I hope we can go again soon.
Thursday afternoon dad got me to work in the garden. He got out something he called a gazebo (looked like a tent to me) and I helped him to put it up all the while singing the Bob the builder theme tune. He wouldn’t let me have a go with the mallet, so I tried to bang a few pegs into the ground with a plastic golf club, I think he was impressed by my ingenuity. Once that was done, we got the big paddling pool out and filled it with water…it took ages! Finally I got to go in and have a good old splash about with Mum and Dad before dinner.
On Friday Dad didn’t take the usual route home and we ended up at the racecourse. We watched the horses being unloaded from their lorries and being led into the course before going up to near the starting gate to watch the start of the first race. As the horses thundered past I shouted ‘HOOF’ at them a few times. I thought it was really good but now I’ve become a bit obsessed with racing. On the way back I got Dad to race a train pulling out of the station and although we out accelerated it for a bit, it soon overtook us. He’s too slow, I need a faster pedaller!
Mum went to work Saturday, so Dad was fearing the worst….he needn’t have. We had a nice slow start in the morning and went to meet mum for lunch. In the afternoon I came home and went to sleep on the sofa…all afternoon! I even missed the thunder and lightning. That evening we went to the pub to meet up with all the holiday gang and Nick, Carol and the bump and had a pretty late night.
Sunday we went to feed the ducks in Hungerford (I ate most of the bread), we had a picnic on the common (I only wanted crisps and cake but wasn’t allowed any) and then we went fruit picking again!
This time we picked Raspberries! They were better than strawberries in so much as I didn’t have to bend down quite so far to pick them up. I was stripping the bushes bare and mum and dad were having a fit in case they had to pay in instalments for my mighty harvest….they only cost £1.03 (after Mum had chucked the iffy ones i’d put in the basket). Still, I probably ate a fivers worth before we even got to the shop to pay….ha!
Dad was pretty brave on Monday and got the painting stuff out single handed (albeit in the garden). He even made me some potato prints which were pretty good to be fair. What he doesn’t understand though is that I’m in my green phase at the moment…dark pond slime green (well that’s what colour it goes when I mix ALL the colours together anyway), He just doesn’t get true art.
In keeping with my racing interest at the moment, I tried to egg dad on to race lorries up the dual carriageway on the way to the supermarket this afternoon. He overtook one, but wouldn’t got for the next one so I cried! He said something about getting told off by the Police if he wasn’t careful.
We got in the pool again tonight:
We played ring-a-ring-a-roses, but no one wanted to do the falling down bit except me. Pretty soon I’d ditched the singing and the dancing in favour of just the falling down….I thought I was hilarious!
We got a letter from nursery today, saying I can go up a room in two weeks time, I can't wait to get back with the old gang again!
Now then, there’s some new arrivals we need to talk about!
First of all we have another Nedster! The eagle eyed, computer literate among you will have noticed his comment on last weeks entry, but for the rest of you, here’s a link to another Ned on the other side of the sea, how cool is that:
http://thenedster.blogspot.com/
And also, a very special welcome to Abi Hardy, who still isn’t even a day old yet! How brilliant is that? I can’t wait to show her a few tricks to keep Nick and Carol on their toes. Mum’s been telling me all about it, hopefully I’ll get to give her a cuddle soon (I’m into cuddling at the moment).
1 comment:
Ned you are too cool! I feel so special that you mentioned me!
We went swimming today at an outside pool and I loved it. My cousin did too although he wasn't as brave as me and wouldn't jump in like I did. He clung to his mom a bit. Will have to get him out of that habit!
Post a Comment