I had to get busy with the paints Friday afternoon because Nanny’s birthday was imminent:
I find the whole creative process easier if I am free from the shackles of such mundane items as clothes.
Had a busy weekend just for a change. We set off early for the Coral Reef on Saturday morning. Due to mum’s condition it was all down to Dad to take me on the flume slides. The exercise will do him no harm, it was only about 460 steps to the top anyway, I don’t know what he was moaning about. Mum sat at the waters edge in the splashdown pool to see us gracefully enter the water after our high speed slide down. She was very impressed with our efforts and said we were the only two splashing down who looked like they had actually enjoyed it. She also said I was a lucky boy because all the other children were almost getting drowned by their grown up in the mad scramble to get out of the water whereas dad was making a good job of keeping me upright and out of any unpleasant splashing. There was also high drama when one of the little pools was closed down, the reason being someone left a poo in it! I’d like to make it quite clear that it wasn’t me, although I can’t rule out Mum or Dad. All the kids were crowding round to see what was going on but I wasn’t allowed…. After the swimming we went to Kentucky Fried Chicken (Mum’s favourite) and then we went to Windsor!
Here we are outside the castle.
Here we are in the railway station. Both of which were rubbish compared to Daniel’s Department store’s toy department! It was brilliant, they had every toy you could think of (and even I few I couldn’t have). We were allowed to stay for ages too which made a nice change. They even had a train that went all the way round the shop hanging from the roof. Apparently Mum’s shop used to have a toy department a bit like this back in the old days too, what a shame, all they have is boring clothes for grown ups now. Then it was round to Nanny’s to deliver my handmade card. Uncle Den was already there and then Uncle Slim and Auntie Tracey showed up…smashing! We obviously had some of Nanny’s birthday cake…..
No let up on Sunday, it was over to Grandad’s for lunch (the train set is coming along really nicely now) before going to the Pub for Nanny’s birthday outing. This time we had the Flack’s (minus the wedgie giving Owen) and Auntie Trish and Uncle Al. I was a bit quiet to begin with but soon warmed up.
Monday morning I had a very serious incident. Sometimes I like to stand up on the footrest of the buggy and face backwards holding onto the tubes. It’s pretty cool until mum tries to push the buggy up a dropped kerb and the buggy comes to an abrupt halt. I ended up landing on my backside quite hard, I was in tears and had to ring Dad at work for some comfort. Still never mind, no permanent damage was done.
Dad came to get me on the bike again today. On the way home a lot of trees have been blown over into the river, I was telling Dad all about it. The wind blew the trees over and they died in the water and now the sharks are going to eat them. I don’t think he believed it all….. Once we got home we had lawnmower races and did some digging before I emptied all my outdoor toys into the garden and played with them all for 45 seconds a piece.
One last thing, don’t come looking for updates next Wednesday as I’m going on my holidays at last. It’s been a while.
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