Well we haven’t been up to much really, there’s been lots of packing and unpacking! I did get a new big boys seat for the car though, that was exciting. It uses the ordinary seat belt now so if any of you fancy taking me for a spin sometime it’s just got a whole lot easier.
Yep, and in the latest in a long line of hand-me-downs I’ve inherited Ned’s old car seat. Still, I shouldn’t complain as I do get to face the right way around now and I can look out of the window rather than at the back seat and car roof.
We can even hold hands in the back, which I love…
…..but I find a bit tiring sometimes.
So the big move day finally arrived, Andy took Dad off to get the van (he won in the end) and they were soon back with the biggest van I’d ever seen! Trish, Al, Carrie-Anne and Owen all turned up to help. Trish, Carrie-Anne, Ellis and I went round the park for a bit of a play leaving all the others to the hard work. I think I frightened them half to death as they didn’t trust my navigational skills.
Yep, we pretty much stayed out of the way, but sadly the camera got packed so there’s no real action shots.
Only problem was I missed out on the first trip over to the new house in the big van, I was pretty upset about that but it wasn’t long before there was another trip and I got to have a go. We were so high up I couldn’t believe it. We could see into everyone’s gardens as we drove along and I made a point of waving only to other van drivers as we drove around. It’s a good job Owen was on board with us though as Dad was having such a good time he forgot just how long the van was and came pretty close to a parked car. We spent the rest of the day playing with our rapidly unpacked toys before heading off to bed in my new room…my BIG new room. So big I can have my train set out all nice without that Ellis charging over and knocking it all down.
Yeah, well I’ve got my new room too, and very nice that is too!
So Sunday Mum and Dad promised us some time and some fun after all the upheaval. I rode with Dad to drop the van off (halfway to Reading), so that was a great start to the day. We carried on for Toys R Us, for a browse as I still had some birthday money to spend. Now this may shock a few of you, you might even think I’m a little bit weird, but I spent my money on a reversible princess dress (blue one side, yellow the other). There is a story behind it though, the girls always wear them to nursery and won’t share them with the boys like we do with our pirate or policeman outfits. I decided that if I took one in, I would let Hugo, Ted and Jude share it and put one over on the girls. Well that, and the fact that I like the way it looks when I twirl round. I learned a harsh lesson though and snagged it when running up the stairs and catching my shoe in it, oops.
I didn’t get anything as usual……
So it was then a bank Holiday, when everyone does something really exciting. Except us, we went back to our old house and did some cleaning!
Still, it was soon Tuesday and that means back to nursery. We had a whole new route to go, how exciting.
Well it was for you, I got wet from the overhanging bushes mum had to push the buggy past to stay out of the road.
And it was back to proper afternoon business with a trip to our new local park in the afternoon. It’s brilliant, it’s really close to our house and apart from a football pitch and a playground there’s a bike track (of sorts). I immediately started hustling for races but after seeing off one older girl, any further takers were scared off by my lightning speed.
I played on the swings, after riding there on the back of Dad’s bike. It was okay but I think my helmet needs some fine tuning as it keeps falling down over my eyes.
Still, the swings were really good, even though my pushes were few and far between due to Ned’s insistence on maximum height at all times.
We got back from the park and pretty soon after the Halfords all turned up. Max and I wasted no time in ransacking the toys! I understand that they are hopefully moving nearby soon, I can’t wait for that!
So after a load more unpacking and other dull old stuff it was soon the weekend again, hooray!
Or rather boooo, we were supposed to be going to stay in London with the Halfords but my tummy was really, really poorly. I was utterly pathetic as well and I reckon a weekend with all those crazy boys could well have finished me off! I’m really sorry we were a no show though Halfords, hope we can come again soon before you move or Mum won’t get her favourite curry again!
So we had to make the best of it, trapped in Newbury! We had a trip into town and got a big bag of cherries to eat on the way home, they were really lovely! I was desperate to show mum the park so we went down there in the afternoon. I made a new friend (another Jacob) who it turns out lives just down our road!
I played on some of the playground, but would quite honestly have rather stayed in for a kip. At one point I did actually try pushing myself home so I could have a comfy lie down.
Eagle eyed Dad had spotted a rather spectacular sounding event in Reading while out on a work do Friday night, a Donkey Derby in Twyford. Sadly that’s all the detail he had though and without the internet to look it up on we were pretty light on detail. Dad tried his colleague Gareth but his phone was off so had to ask another semi-local Kin what he knew. He told us where and when it was on and that he would meet us there! Excellent news. We arrived in time to have a donkey ride before the racing started as well:
The Law family soon turned up, we watched some (brutal) donkey racing, rode in a train, raced some buggies, rode on the fair, bounced in a bouncy castle, crashed some dodgems and ate some ice cream, it was fantastic fun!
Here I am with the ticket inspector!
Fen and I eyeing up the options on the race track.
Seeing if I can get a drift going round the corner!
And here we all are on the teacups.
Then it was today, my birthday! I am one, how about that!
I had some presents at breakfast time which was nice, the paper was better than the presents within. After a last minute change of plan (they didn’t fancy taking me to the pool with my icing bag tummy for some reason) we set off for Longleat safari park. Considering the weather it was actually a pretty smart move as we could drive round and see al the animals from the dry comfort of the car.
Except for out brief excursion around Wallaby walk, we even saw one in it's mum's pouch. I wish my mum had a pouch.....
I didn't quite make it over the entire puddle.....
I had to drive around some of the more tricky sections of the Safari Park.
Arty mirror shot, did we mention the rain?
And he we both are, dissing the king of the jungle in favour of Kate Humble on the CD commentary.
We had a lovely time once I had got Dad to promise not to open the windows at any point near (or indeed NOT near) any animals.
We got home and had a little quiet time doing some nice colouring. It’s the best birthday I’ve ever had!
Hope to see you all Sunday afternoon for a bit more of the same (except the rain).
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