Still love the swings:

I wish she didn't though, when we go to the park dad has to share pushing duties between us, as a consequence I don't always go quite as high as I would like....

We waited for mum out the back of her shop the other night at home time, they have a great puddle that always seems to be there even if it hasn't rained for days and I got to show of my bike skills in front of all her colleagues:

I also rode the skatepark with a couple of older kids, it was great fun chasing them round the place on their bikes, much more fun than riding round in front of Dad and Ellis.

We went to feed the ducks, as usual Ned didn't like it when our feathered friends got too close and was soon hiding in the buggy. He threw half a loaf at them and made Dad make a run for it:

Mums been good fun lately:

Although she did have a hand in putting this weird thing on my head:

Apparently I can go on the back of the bike now in (relative) safety.

It hasn't all been fun fun fun though, I gave myself a really big fat lip falling out of the passport photo booth in Tesco during the weekly shop. It bled a little bit and I screamed as loud as I ever have before. Still, it wasn't all bad, a load of lovely ladies helped pack our things while Dad was on cuddle duty. He did alright but I still screamed for my Mummy. Same again next week then Dad?

On mouth related matters, I nearly have six teeth! How about that? Ned and Dad went to the dentist today, he didn't want to look in my mouth though.

Yeah, so you missed out on a sticker !!!!

I can also make 'kissy' noises back at people with my own mouth now as well. I tried it out on Auntie Christine today, she loved it.

And I tried out her cake, I loved that.

So to make up for last weekends washout, we saw the weather was looking good for saturday and just for a change we headed for the coast.

Southsea!

We'd never been here before, I loved it from the off. Miles and miles of wide open path by the sea to ride my bike on, swerving between the people for fun.

I could see the admiring glances he was getting on the bike, so while he was having a pitstop in the toilet I decided to pretend it was mine:

They had a bouncy slide, it was pretty high:

Mum got given more change than the money she had handed over, so Dad was well pleased!

These sorts of rides are getting a bit on the small side for me now:

Still, never mind, the bloke from the bouncy slide was still paying (turned out he paid for the car parking and the ice creams as well!).

This was more like it:

Yeah, I really wanted a go on that too:

I raced a girl on the motorbikes:

We watched a great big noisy thing called a hovercraft come accross the sea and then drive straight up onto the beach. How weird is that?

I tried to push this great big thing into the sea without much luck, I need to eat more eggs like Mr Strong I reckon!

This is the view Dad got as I came at him with one of my stinking socks:

There was a music festival going on too, there was loads of noise all around, I quite liked to watch it all go by:

I didn't get an ice cream like Ned did (obviously the slide man's money had run out) so I had some daisies instead:

After I managed to tear Dad away from the skatepark fence, we played a little golf:

I was brilliant of course!

Best of though was Dad's ridiculous Panda face he got from wearing his sunglasses all day! He looked proper stupid. It's not like he was ever going to match my tan anyway!

Okay then, by way of a bonus after this weeks pocket sized update, i'm going to try the birthday video we struggled with last week...



While we're on a roll, have another one:

Okay, bit scant this week I’m afraid….
First of all Auntie Christine is on Facebook!!!! What’s all that about, even I don’t have a Facebook account? As if that wasn’t bad enough, there are other people on there calling her Auntie Chris as well…the cheek of it, she MY Auntie Chris okay!!!!
Right, got that of my chest, lets carry on. Very, very weird scenes over the weekend with Mum and Dad starting some DIY. Not just any old DIY, fitting a bathroom. They didn’t get very far before Grandad got roped in. He finally saw sense and got in touch with a plumber friend of his who is going to do it for us. Thank god for Grandad! I think I achieved more with my Bob the builder tool kit than they did. After that was arranged we all went to the park.
I had a lovely play on the swings and a nice buggy ride thanks to Anne.
While I rode my bike.
Still, we did manage to get a bit of excitement over the weekend by going to stay at Kimi’s for the night on Saturday. I hope we weren’t too much trouble for a very tired looking Ben and Dad who had apparently stayed up all night for a boxing match. I’m not sure which of them won, Dad would certainly have had the weight advantage but would have lacked the reach of Ben.

We had a nice play, even if Ned did get a bit over excited.
It’s difficult though, I don’t want to play with the grown ups and I’m a bit much for the little ones sometimes.
Grandma is out of Hospital in Reading…..and into another one in Newbury. Still, it isn’t as far to go I suppose. We went to see her Sunday afternoon and took her out in the wheelchair to the park. To liven up proceedings I decided to fall off the swing losing my trousers and revealing my bright red pants to the world, before getting hit on the head by the returning swing….they loved it! Not only that, uncle Alan asked the security chap in the hospital whether it would be okay for me to ride my scooter down the long, smooth, shiny floored corridor….and he said yes! Dad was so jealous of that one.
I’m helping Ellis with her dinners:

Yes, he is. Mum reckons I’m getting a right big belly.
I did a couple of my fizzy dinosaur eggs, they were brilliant:

Mum didn’t go much on it though, apparently the fizzy stuff didn’t agree with her and made her fingers really sore, it’s okay though, I’ve volunteered Dad to do the next one.
I’ve been really getting around this week, it’s great and winds Dad and Ned (when he's playing with something on his own) up a treat. I am still occasionally though:

I’ve decided I need to master a new skill now though and have moved on to skateboarding:

I’m doing very well at it too.
One thing I have done this week though is miss my Mum, I’ve told her a couple of times this week that I wish she could be home in the afternoons to play with the rest of us….I ought to stop it though as she seems to get a bit upset. Still, as she explained, if she didn’t got to work I’d have nothing to write about on my blog. I told her it would soon be the weekend and we could do something nice then.
Think that’s about all for this week, like Ned said, short and sweet this week, see ya!

We had the crazy Halford boys to play last week, that made a change from playing at their house with their toys even if it was just for an afternoon.

We all got involved, even us littler ones!
I’m sure everyone reading this must know it was my birthday at the weekend, I think I must have seen all of you at one of my parties.
First off was one at Northcroft for all my nursery friends. 11 had said they were coming but a grand total of fifteen actually turned up, good, extra presents!

We had half an hour of the usual mindless violence and plenty of tears on the bouncy castle.

Even I had a go on it, I stayed away from the hooligan element and made sure I was well protected by Ted and Dad.
After that everyone had to line up behind me to go to the soft play area, I got to feel all important leading everyone around:

Once again, I got in on the act and hung out with Ted:

He was getting plenty of practice in for when he gets his new baby sister.
Our party host was brilliant, he remembered all out names and made sure we had plenty of fun, he wouldn’t let us have any beer though:

After a good old play we were off upstairs for our dinner:

I got my own private table, away from the rabble:

We had a delicious main course of tomato sauce with a little garnish of fish fingers and chips:

followed by an ice lolly and then birthday cake:

Now, truth be told, I’m not actually that keen on birthday cake. I like to talk it up though. Mum and Dad were pleased though, my party guide Jordan, gave out rather small portions meaning there was plenty left to take home.
Once I was full, I nodded off:

It was then time to dish out the party bags:

This was probably my favourite part of the whole party to be honest, I loved handing them out to everyone. Then that was it, all we had to do was go home and unwrap my presents…..and what a lovely lot of stuff I got and it wasn’t even my proper birthday yet. In the afternoon we went to see Grandma who’s still in hospital and then home for Sue to come and look after me in the evening (hope all your revision pays off Charlotte). We played with my new boom bats amongst other things and managed to get the ball stuck in the uplighter with all the dead spiders. I thought this one of the funniest things that has ever happened.
I was in bed and fast asleep before all the fun started…..boo.
Sunday then, my birthday….after months and months of my self created hype it was finally time. First off we had presents on Mum and Dads bed.
I missed out on the all you can eat breakfast wrapping paper buffet as I was having a lie in to catch up on my beauty sleep.
Then it was all hands to the pump to get everything sorted out for my party. As usual this involved Mum and Dad’s annual clean because we had people coming round. In addition there were pork products to be cooked and sandwiches to be made. Slim and Trace were the first arrivals, he said it was because he had to go to work later and so would have to leave early. The truth of the matter is he wanted a go on my present that he had got me!
The others arrived in dribs and drabs all afternoon until we maxed out at around 35 guests, I must be popular, must be down to my internet presence or something? Everyone came baring the most fantastic presents which was really lovely of you all (except uncle Alan who doubled up, but apparently it wasn’t his fault so many apologies to you Alan, the fizzy dinosaur bombs were brilliant).
Fen showed me some of his secret ninja tricks:

In the meantime I set a new world record for most people cuddled in one afternoon and had a lovely time. Here I am with the ladies:

Max and I carved through the crowd on my horsey space hoppers, not sure if it was the best idea we’ve ever had but it certainly got a few laughs!

For the first time ever we had a proper children’s party game as well, pass the parcel:

Abi was the lucky winner of the main prize, I wasn’t completely happy with this result until Max pointed out that I had lots of presents to play with. It’s nice to have such a wise, level headed friend. Fortunately though, he wasn’t too wise and level headed to help me attack Charlotte with Lighting Storm McQueen’s rocket launchers!
I must have had the best birthday ever, so thanks everyone for coming to see me (and of course for the presents) I think I like being a ‘Four Boy’ but I am told that time on the step will now have to go up to four minutes!

Now I can get a word in edge ways at last……what was I going to tell you about……no, can’t remember. Oh well, maybe I’ll have more to say for myself next week.
I'll just apologise on evryones behalf for this weeks update being so late.....

All back to ‘normal’ this week then. Boo! But it’s not so bad really is it?
Biking last week at the BMX track again, I was well up for it, maybe a little too up for it….I was coming down at quite a rate this time around when I took a jump a little too fast, had a bit of a wobble on landing and crashed into the next jump:

I hit the ground so hard my handlebars dug into the earth. I thought that was pretty cool, cool enough to stop me crying anyway. I had a pretty disappointing bruise count for such a hard crash. I was soon back on it though, albeit a little bit slower this time.

I sat and watched, I know how mum must feel now:

I did quite enjoy it though, it was a decent enough day to top up my tan a little bit.
Dad took Ellis and I shopping for mum’s birthday presents and cards, we did really well I reckon. I decided I didn’t want to make her a card this time around but told Dad that he had to instead while Ellis and I went for shop bought numbers. Once we were home Dad got busy with the glitter and paints under my careful guidance but he did it all wrong…he didn’t make hardly any mess at all!
Friday night we went to see Auntie Trish and Uncle Al in Amazingstoke, how exciting. We ate, we drank drinks with bubbles in, we went to the park and we had some quiet time watching telly. I was only there a couple of hours but we like to pack it all in!
I accompanied Mum and Dad on a secret mission to Toys R Us to get Ned some birthday presents (don’t tell him).
Saturday was Legoland time again!
Brilliant, I love Legoland, I get to drive:

But not only cars, we did boats as well this time:

Ned went in with Mum and I went in with Dad, we chased them all the way around the track waiting to make our move on the final corner. It all ended in big coming together and much shuffling of boats to get past.
I expect these pictures will look very much like the ones from our last visit, except Ellis will be bigger and I have probably had a haircut or something:


This time around though we stumbled upon the outdoor show arena just as it was about to start so we picked a nice spot and started on the picnic. I was soon pretty much agog at the high diving, jet ski-ing, kung fu fighting action and sat with my mouth open, baguette in hand until it had finished. I then finished my food and started stalking the cast members who were wandering around the poolside. It was brilliant and probably the highlight of my day…..well except for the big dragon rollercoaster that I decided I would go on, even though I hadn’t seen it properly (it’s tucked out of sight behind the castle). It was okay to begin with and then we climbed up a big hill before plunging down so fast I could barley believe it. After a few turns we started to climb again and I advised Dad I’d rather not have another big speedy drop, but it was too late, we were soon plunging down again. I was quite shaken up when we got off but after I’d calmed down I told Mum it was my favourite ride!

Even though I laughed the most on it’s smaller, less scary version with Mum.

We went on the big wheel, I explored a possible career direction for later life.
I loved the little train as I could go on it on my own, I had about 300 laps of this while Mum and Ellis had a nappy pitstop.

I had quite a nautical day, here we are on the fairytale brook thing:

I really enjoyed it, Ned was a bit skittish though, I think he was waiting for the big scary drop or growling attacking monster that never came.
Mum drew the short straw and had to come on the ride that required real physical exertion:

We got there when it opened and reluctantly left when they kicked us out because it was closing……what a great day out!
So we’d already had a pretty exciting start to the weekend, when Mum shouted up to us that we should look out of the window Sunday morning I could barley believe my eyes!

Snow! Loads of it! We didn’t have a carrot in the stock cupboard so I ruled out a snowman early doors. Owen was keen though and he was soon round:

We decided to head for Northcroft and were soon joined by Alan and Andy as well as Laura and James (hope the legs better Andy). There were snowballs and sledgeing aplenty.

The only problem was that I didn’t have any wellies since we lost one on holiday so I had pretty cold and wet feet. Poor parenting indeed.
I couldn’t see the attraction myself:

Although I think my lovely tan did contrast very well with the white snow didn’t it Laura!
Uncle Alan made me a snowball, thanks Alan. I t was wet cold and horrible:

I didn’t like it at all and could quite easily understand why everybody was throwing them about.
We soon got dry and warm and headed for Grandad’s for lunch where I showed off my standing up skills:

We went to the patk and I showed Alan how to ride a springy motorbike:

Even I had a little go:

Before Grandad and Anne gave me a push on the swings:

Then it was Mum’s birthday. Naturally I unwrapped her presents, opened her cards and ate her cake (actually, I didn’t eat the cake as I didn’t really like it. I did carry it in from the kitchen singing happy birthday though).

I also got to eat some delicious wrapping paper once again, it’s a shame such a tasty delicacy is reserved for such special occasions.
So after all that I was pretty tired:

Hopefully you'll now find this weeks video underneat. I've put my foot down with the wussy music this week though and insisted on using one of my sing along favourites by the Hives...enjoy!