First sighting of Santa!

Hello once again.
Well Wednesday was pretty exciting! We went to pick Nanny up before going to get mum from work a bit earlier than normal. Then Aunty Trish arrived and we headed into town:

There were loads of people hanging about and then along came Santa on a sleigh towed by two reindeer, right up the High Street! Can you believe it? Everybody then carried on into the market place where they switched on the Christmas lights, they looked okay I suppose but I was more interested in tracking down the man in red and giving him some pressure about what I want for Christmas. Eventually mum managed to track him down and I made sure he knew who I was by staring at him……for a very long time. A very, very long time. I then got mum to tell him what I wanted for Christmas (I was a bit too shy) and we went home and left the poor man in peace.
Thursday afternoon Dad picked me up from nursery and we went up the woods. We both put our wellies on and went for a right good splash about:

There were loads of huge puddles after all the rain, I think I must have paddled through every single one of them!
Saturday morning we went shopping, I played on a duck shooting gallery in the shops and managed to get a few shots on target! It took quite an effort to release my grip on the gun and a good few tears as well. We had a lazy afternoon and then went down to see Ben, Rach and Andy, but most of all Earl and Eddie the cats!
Sunday we went round to see uncle Slim and Aunty Trace. Slim made me laugh by burping every time I pulled his finger and Tracey sorted me out with trifle and grapes…..winner! Nanny was there too, the lucky lady got to see me again!
Grandad came over to look after me for a bit this afternoon on his own….we played with the railway set, I have to keep him happy! When mum had told me he was coming to see me I described him as a ‘funny old boy’ which mum found really funny for some reason.
Okay then, that’s about it for another week except for one last picture to show you all how to travel in style:

By the power of Pork!

Back again for your weekly update are we? Jolly good let’s crack on then!
Sandwiches, that's where it's at! Just a quick note to Dad, don't bother with all these different dinners, just get the sandwiches sorted out! Especially ham, or cheese and ham, or marmite but mostly ham. If you do insist on cooking, make sure it's sausages or chicken and stuffing please.
Well after all the excitement of the chest infection last week I was really pleased to throw up my dinner on Wednesday night (I blame it on Dad force feeding me carrots that did it). I woke up early Thursday morning, got into bed with mum and Dad and then spewed on mum’s pillow…oh dear! No nursery for me and a morning with Mum it was then. I was a bit subdued all morning, but by the time Dad got home I was pretty much back on it and gave him the run around all afternoon.
I didn’t go to nursery again on Friday either, but I felt much better and was back to my old self again.
Saturday we had a nice lie-in all together in bed watching the early morning kids programmes before my tummy got the better of me and I demanded breakfast. After that we headed into town for a bit of shopping and of course to visit Aunty Chris. Hope you have a nice holiday all upside down. By the time you get back it’ll nearly be Christmas! In the evening, Sue came round to baby-sit. I hadn’t seen her for ages but she bought me a James the engine book…..I was more than happy to wave Mum and Dad off for the night.
Sunday morning we went to see Grandma. She had so much chocolate in her fridge I couldn’t believe my eyes! She wanted me to eat the whole lot I think but Mum and Dad were killjoys and wouldn’t let me. I was allowed a bit to eat there and a bit to take home that mum carefully wrapped in clingfilm. I wouldn’t let her have it and decided it was best to keep it in my pocket…..where it soon turned to a horrible mushy mess. Maybe Mum does know best sometimes? After that we went to Waitrose (posh or what) to get some extra food. I spotted some Smarties ice creams:

They’re lovely and there’s no way I’m going to share them with anyone.
In the evening Nick, Carol, Abi and Andy came round for tea, which was great. I got to play with Andy and make a load of fuss over Abi. She was certainly making herself heard this week, good on ya!
Monday was back to nursery after a four day lay-off, it was good to be back playing with my friends.
Tuesday we met Mum for lunch and it was back to the pasty shop (and about time too!). We went to sit in the downstairs area which was a first for Dad and I and I had my usual jumbo sausage roll and pointed out all the pirates I could see. On the way back to Mum’s work we passed the butchers shop and curiosity got the better of me and I dragged them in for a look around, a masterstroke on my part. The butcher man gave me a lovely cooked sausage and I put that away as well! It was lovely. This was all in addition to my lunch I had had at nursery just before Dad had come to pick me up…..according to mum I’m a greedy gink!

More Poppins!

I took advantage of my car seat being in the front room on Friday morning by getting it set up in front of the telly with my pre-breakfast breakfast (I have breakfast at home as well as at nursery most mornings!).

Mum went to work on Saturday so I helped dad do a bit of tidying around the house before we went to meet mum for lunch. I was banned from the pasty shop this week as mum couldn’t face another one, so we had to slum it in McDonalds instead. After that, we went to see Aunty Chris in her shop afterwards and I made mum late for work finishing a jigsaw puzzle. In the evening, just about everyone I knew turned up at our house to go and see the ‘poppins’ over at the farm. Just like last year, I didn’t like the queit kids ones but loved the full on bangers…..just as long as I was safely strapped in my pushchair. The great big bonfire was really good. After the fireworks we went home and had a barbecue. I loved playing in the garden with everyone and even got to join in with the conker tournament a little bit (congratulations to Nick the eventual winner). I went to bed really late…..
Sunday I had a small lie in before getting the slugs up and out. We went to the Cotswold Wildlife park! That was a nice surprise. This time round I was really up for it, but made sure they weren’t slacking off by shouting ‘Come on’ every time I’d had my fill of the current animal. I’ve also got used to the idea that the animals are quite safely contained behind their glass or bars enabling me to be quite brave in getting more up close than I have before.
We saw some Lions who roared so loudly the ground shook, zebra’s, rhino’s some funny little piggies and best of all the snakes and lizards. Some of the snakes were massive, dad said they could eat a whole Ned, I reckon they could have eaten a whole dad! We made hissing noises and tickled each other!

We stroked the goats as well!

The park was really good too!

The Dad’s got this roundabout going round so fast we all got off dizzy!
The park play was cut short so we could watch the penguins being fed, we should have left earlier as the best view I could get was on mum’s shoulders:

I managed to see the action though, it was really funny to see them zooming about in the water.
Mum was off Monday and I had a big lie-in until mum woke me up at 10. I wasn’t feeling too well so it was off to the doctors again for some different medicine for my chest infection. It’s orange flavour this time and not quite as nice as the strawberry. In the afternoon I got ridiculously excited at the prospect of going shopping in Newbury of all things.
Tuesday bought a bit of an upset tummy and an early exit from nursery. We went home and I helped mum do some washing up.
Even with my ailments I’m still up for plenty of dancing and singing still as well as bundling mum or dad when they least expect it so I’m alright really.

Poppins

I’ve gone all musical lately. I’m constantly singing and dancing these days. I still like the old favourites like twinkle twinkle (which I can sing all the way through) but I’m learning loads of new ones at nursery that mum and dad don’t know. That’s a good thing though, at least they can’t join in and spoil it. We’ve also been having a lot of spur of the moment disco events after tea where my favourite songs dance to are the Bob the Builder theme tune and The Feelings ‘Fill my little world’ which I love to sing along to as well as perform my smart spinning round and stomping dance.
Thursday we went to get Nanny and all went to the library to get me some new books before going home for tea, Nanny ate loads! Later on Chard came round and dad helped him carry out the huge television we have been borrowing since last year. It looked pretty heavy. Dad rigged up our old smaller one, but I can still watch C-Beebies on it okay so I’m not too bothered really. I hope you’ve managed to get the sticky fingerprints off the screen!
Saturday we went shopping in Reading to get mum a dress…boring! It wasn’t too bad actually, but I was having a bit of a mummy clingy day. Dad had the rather unpleasant task of trying to pacify me while mum was in the changing rooms. At one point I made a desperate bid to join her by crawling across the floor of Next trying to get under the curtain before I was rumbled but it was all in vain. There was a merry-go-round in the high street and I fancied a go. Dad coughed up the 80p and I got myself all set up in the drivers seat of a lovely double decker bus. Everything was going well until the thing started turning round and after two laps I was making a hasty exit bid, culminating in mum heroically grabbing me one handed from the speeding carousel. When asked what I wanted for lunch I simply requested a sandwich, they had other ideas and were trying to palm me off with allsorts of other nonsense. I was having none of it so decided to have a right old screaming fit just as we bumped into Kin and Melissa with Fen and Yanna. In spite of my noise level they invited us round to play in the afternoon after we’d finished our shopping and settled the lunch dispute.

When we got there Kin had just finished cutting the grass and he let dad and I have a go in the lawnmower! It was really noisy but great fun zooming around the garden on it. We had a lovely time playing in the garden even though the grown up’s were cold. I’d also like to thank them for the lovely inflatable tune playing alien toy they had got me from Hong Kong, everyone loves it!
After that it was home for a brief pitstop (Mum tried on her new dress to show dad and me, I told her I didn’t like it! That pleased her) and then it was on to Alan’s for a meal in the evening.

Grandad and Anne came along too and we had a really nice time. Alan made lovely roast beef and then dad and I ate so much ice-cream I’m surprised we weren’t ill. At one point I managed to disassemble the poppy Alan was wearing. We attempted to fix it but the black centre piece had gone missing…it turned up at bedtime in my nappy if you want it back Alan?
Sunday was bonfire night apparently. I’d been very aware of the fireworks (or Poppins as I prefer to call them going off for a few nights and thought they were realy exciting. Mum said we’d get a few for later on, so after a quick trip around the farmers market (hi Paul and Lynne) we went and got a load of rockets for when it got dark! Slim and Trace came round in the afternoon which was nice as mum and dad were getting pretty boring by then.
Then it got dark!

Here I am inspecting the ‘Poppins’

And here’s where I ran to from the garden when dad started launching them! It was all a bit close quarters for me I think. Still, Mum and dad seemed to enjoy themselves.
Back to nursery on Monday and I really didn’t want mum to leave me and made her late for work with all my crying…..sorry mum, it must have been a Monday thing but I just wanted a bit more of this I think:

Today Dad and I went out for a walk to see the horses, I patted them all on the nose and they seemed to quite like that. We walked all the way to the park over at Henwick and I set up a pretend kitchen under the climbing frame. I offered dad Ice Cream, Cake and coffee and made him wait ages while I ‘cooked’ it all for him!