So then, Mum is still off work and the sun has finally come out, we’ve picnicked ourselves stupid!
Mum and I formed a marching band while Dad was trying to have his now customary half hour kip when he gets home from work:
He woke up pretty sharpish….
Ned has been experimenting with the camera as well, he managed to take a nice one of me:
And not such a nice one of Dad:
Thursday afternoon Chris and Nanny came round, Nanny had got me a lovely outfit.
And she had got me the greatest jumper ever, Transformers!
Dad cleared off out with Owen, Andy, Ben, Jase, Rich and Kaz on Thursday night, Mum reckoned he was going dancing! How ridiculous, I found it hilarious but I’d love to have seen it. Dad said he had really been to see a concert and that there was in fact minimal dancing (but quite a bit of beer by the look of him).
Friday afternoon we went to Fantasy Land. We haven’t been for ages so I was really up for it. I can now climb, slide, jump and balance on everything in there so Mum and Dad are truly redundant when we go there now (I may need to go back to them occasionally if I have a bump though).
Saturday morning we were up and out early to the outdoor swimming pool. I have a chequered history with this place so I think they were a bit nervous as to what I’d be like, but I quite liked it, even though there wasn’t any slides! I taught another small lad how to jump into the water and we had some races up and down the small pool. I’m now big enough to stand up in the shallow end of the big pool as well! I had a good time riding round on Dad’s shoulders, even though he kept falling over and getting me wet. I also enjoyed pushing Mum and Dad into the water from the wall around the side while they were just sitting there minding there own business. We stayed for nearly three hours which must be a record? Even better than the swimming was a trip to the pasty shop….it’s been a long time, I’ve missed you sooooo much.
In the evening Grandad, Anne and Alan came round for a little Barbecue, Grandad and Anne bought me the best t-shirt ever, that had dinosaurs you could stick on and take off, it must be magic or something.
I got a lovely dress as well! I am very well dressed indeed (until I puke all over myself).
So Sunday was picnic time at Savernake:
Dad and I found some bike jumps in the woods, I loved it and was hitting them really fast, so fast the pictures are blurry:
The rest of us sat about in the shade and took it easy:
So then Monday and another day off! Mum suggested we take a picnic to Victoria Park….but walk instead of taking the car! Dad took some convincing but we were soon on our way along the canal.
I was in a hurry as usual. We fed the ducks on the way, and even spotted lots of fishes swimming near the surface:
We set up camp near the playground and had just settled down for a Ham sandwich when Abi, Nick and Carol turned up! Great stuff, I got to play on thw swings with Abi:
We stayed a while and then walked home again. I didn’t get in the buggy once and walked all the way myself. By the time I got home I was whacked out, so tired in fact I didn’t even bother having my tea and just went straight to bed.
I had a lie in on Tuesday so didn’t bother going to nursery. I didn’t mind because I had a lovely time with Mum. We did some gardening and even found a bramble with blackberries on it. They were lovely!
After last weeks art, here’s a piece of performance art for you:
We call it yang-yang!
First off I’ve added two new words to my vocabulary this week, Awesome and Cool! Anything that’s any good is described like this (such as new toy cars, not broccoli).
I’m still not bothering with actual words, but I am cooing and gurgling quite a bit.
We went out for kite flying and a picnic last Wednesday afternoon at Hungerford common. When we got out of the car the entire place was covered in cow poo, so we decided to give it a miss and ended up at the park in Northcroft. There was a smart aerial runway that I decided I was brave enough to try (with a little help from Mum) and we had a picnic in a rare glimpse of sunshine. I decided I wanted to climb the hill at the back and made Dad come with me all the way to the top. I then insisted that we run back down to Mum, I beat him by miles!
I made Ellis a present at nursery:
It’s a monkey, I really like it too so it’s gone in my bedroom. While were on the subject of bedrooms I’ve now been put in my own! Mum and Dad have kicked me out of their room now I sleep for a good twelve hours at night. I don’t mind at all, it’s better than sleeping in a basket on their floor, I get my own big cot and a lovely animal mobile to watch while I nod off.
Yeah, but what a row she made before she decided to settle down the other night, I had to have a good shout at her!
Friday afternoon and Mum and Dad were hell bent on having a summer so we had to have a barbecue. The weather wasn’t too bad actually and I really enjoyed my sausages.
I had to be trussed up in a big winter all in one and was dragged out to sit in the garden with the rest of them…..
Saturday morning I was having a good old game with my dinosaurs, I asked Mum what one of them was called, she reckoned it was a brontosaurus but I declared it to be a Grumpysaurus (well it looked like Dad). We went over to Grandad and Anne’s for lunch and then a carnival went right past their house, how smart is that? It was their village show and I’m sure it would have been brilliant if it hadn’t been quite so wet! We all got proper soaked.
Except me in my luxury buggy. Suckers.
Then in the evening we went round to Owens. I had a happy meal as everyone else was having curry. The only problem was that the curry wasn’t coming for some time so there were many hungry faces watching as I tried to eat my supper. I let them have a few chips. I’m good like that (well, they had gone cold anyway).. We were staying over for the night as well so after a wrestle with Chard I was off to my Thomas Ready Bed (which everyone coveted almost as much as my happy meal).
I had to go back to my basket and listen to them playing cards all night. Mum did quite well and Dad didn’t (I’m lead to believe that this is quite normal).
When we woke up Sunday Owen cooked us a lovely breakfast, but I got a bit confused and thought it was lunch (sausages at 11:00?) We came home and had a sleepy afternoon, before I had a fit of inspiration and got all arty:
I shouted out ‘look it’s the sun’ and then sat in the middle of my creation.
Monday after nursery we went to Guildford to get me some new shoes. I love having new shoes and I like to make sure they are grippy and I can run fast in them. The trouble is the shops are often a little small to really test them out. Nevertheless these seem fine, if a little ‘bling’ I’ll get a picture for you next week, but they’ll probably be ruined and filthy by then. I spent some of my piggy bank money on ‘Ramone’ (from the film Cars) and nearly bought a Fireman Sam engine until Mum pointed out that it would use up all my savings. I decided to hold back and keep the money for a rainy day (shouldn’t have to wait long!). We rounded off the afternoon with a visit to Pizza Hut. As usual it was all about the ice-cream factory but I made a huge error of judgement and piled on the chocolate raisins. They were okay to begin with but I wish I’d stuck to the pure chocolate hit of the smarties or the buttons.
And guess what…I had milk! I also didn't get any shoes. Having said that my feet are still too small to kepp my socks on.The best thing about going to Guildford is the park and ride bus trip though. I love it.
So did I, I kept all the other passengers amused by smiling at them all the way back.
On to today then and Mum didn’t bother taking me to nursery because I was a bit sleepy. I gave Dad an early morning call at work, he loves to hear from me and listen to my riveting converasation. In the afternoon we went bowling again. I had a really good game getting three strikes and scoring 129. I beat Dad but not Mum.
I even decided to wake up to watch the show-down. It was a funny place, full of bright lights, loads of people throwing heavy looking balls about and really noisy. I had a good old smile.
After the bowling I decided I wanted to ride my bike on the up-downs at the park, Dad’s always keen to indulge me this one:
I was soon carving some nice lines about the place but did ned a little push now and again. After that I played shops with Mum, my list of stocked items could best be described as limited:
I managed to keep the customer happy in the end though. I also had quite a scary near miss. As we walked across the park, I saw a beast running in front of me and shouted out ‘Wolf!’ and ran for Mum and Dad. Mum reckoned it was in fact Yorkshire Terrier, I’m still not so sure and you can’t be too carefull.One last point, can someone please take the 'Birth to Six months manual off of Mum?
It suggested that baby may like to lay on it's front for short periods, to try a new perspective on the world. Well guess what...BABY DOESN'T WANT LAY ON IT'S FRONT FOR SHORT PERIODS, IT'S RUBBISH! You end up laying on your hands and get your nose all squashed up.
Summers here and we’ve been outside plenty!
We went to Coate Water country park last wednesday for a picnic.
Well they did, I got milk in the car:
We played in the playground:
Had a game of football, a bit of bat and ball and a bit of a laze about:
And Dad also gave me one of his special public feeds:
Although Mum did muscle in for a cuddle as well:
I suggested we go strawberry picking on Thursday afternoon, what an ace idea! It's only right and proper that I attempt to eat my own weight in fruit before we took them to be weighed and pay for them. The lady behind the till commended me on how clean i'd managed to keep myself despite the amount of fruit that I had no doubt eaten.
I enjoyed it as well:
Friday we had Nanny and Grandma round for the afternoon, we had all the garden toys out and I had a lovely time entertaining them before we headed in for tea. They were both really good and ate all their food up so I let them have some pudding.
It was still nice on Saturday so we spent all day in the garden playing with the sandpit, the paddling pool, the tent and anything else I could drag out of the garage. We even built a ramp to jump our bikes over again. Apparently they had a barbecue for tea but I missed it because I fell asleep.
Sunday was Toby and Martha’s party at Action Farm, I was so excited! I made a bit of a slow start but once Alistair and Ted turned up there was no stopping us:
We rode a pony:
Drove some really fast electric cars (on which I nearly ran mum over and then hit a gate knocking over two other children, sorry!)
We even went on a tractor and trailer ride without any parents to keep an eye on us, how grown up are we?
I even stroked a real live snake, it wasn’t at all slimy and was actually quite soft and nice.
And then today at nursery the animals came! This has happened before but I really git into it this year. There were Horses, Donkeys, Rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens but best of were the geese. They ran around our playground like mad things, especially when the lady was trying to get them to go back to their cages. We were all laughing through the window, I bet she loved that.
So while Ned has been having a generally great time playing and enjoying himself I’ve had to go to the doctors and have my first lot of jabs! It made me cry….really cry. Cry so hard for a little while that no noise actually came out. Mum hated it almost as much as me I think but I’ve forgiven her!
So the weather is still nice, good!
We had a barbecue last Wedneaday, as usual Auntie Chris and Nanny sniffed it out and turned up. I’ll only eat little sausages cooked on it and don’t fancy any of this burger malarkey at all.
I still prefer milk, and milk alone!
Friday afternoon we went to London to see Max, Leo, Emma and Dean. We had a barbecue Friday night when we got there which meant I got to stay up really late.
I always get to stay up quite late, and for the purpose of this weekend I decided to also do a lot of lying in. I thought it would be best seeing as Dad was on duty and these weekends usually end up quite boozy affairs.
The weather was lovely all weekend so we made the most of being outside, so much so, even Dad was tempted into a game of cricket:
We even found an abandoned trampoline to have a go on:
But in the end we had to have a little sit in the shade:
Dad made spaghetti for tea and even managed to finish the job off and sit down to eat it with us this time, rather than his trip to the naughty step and off for an early night….
I had a lovely cuddle with Max, and here’s this weeks close up:
I had a great time, sorry I got you into trouble Max.
I had quite a shock Monday afternoon when I awoke from my post nursery nap to find Mum and Dad gardening. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I’ve never seen them do it before ever since I’ve been born.
Tuesday I had the morning off from nursery in preparation for the main event…baking with Auntie Christine! We mad spiderman cakes, cookies, shaped biscuits and even ribena ice lollies. I had such a lovely afternoon, thanks. I’ll be back soon.
I spent the afternoon in Newbury town with Mum and Dad, it was rubbish so I slept through it.
Okay then that’s about all for now I think, except I have now come clean regarding the two mysterious scabs on my nose, I fell off one of the bikes at nursery. Dad was quite proud I think.
And I’ve had a horrible stinking cold, I think Dad gave it to me the horrible man. I’ve been snorting like a little piggy and sneezing like a good un. It hasn’t really upset me though. I even produced an enormous bogey for Mum, she loved it almost as much as she loved me getting up for a little snack at 4:30 am Monday morning when she was back on duty.
