Nedster's World now featuring Ellis!

We went away for Andy's 40th birthay, he's a little older than my other friends but I think we can make an exception for him. We left as soon as I had finished school on Friday, not even time to change. Things were obviously going to be a bit on the silly side right from the start:

Add this lot to the mix and you're well away:

Plenty for us kids to do, I don't really think I saw Mum or dad for the whole weekend:

Except for when we were tired and wanted a bit of a cuddle:

Once we recharged we were back on it though:

We had a trip to the beach, the boys did a load of digging and explored the sand dunes:

I didn't stray too far from base camp, i'd seen the size of the picnic that had been packed up, well done to every one involved in that!

Back at the cottage (actually, it was the size of a warehouse) we were dinosaurs, big scary dinosaurs:

And I had a lovely time on the swings with Mum who was so keen to give Abi and I a push that she didn't even bother to get dressed before coming out to play!

Of course the main event with any birthday was the cake! I made sure Ellis and I were ring side for this bit:

The house itself was great, with so many hiding places, some were better than others though:

I even managed to give Mum and Dad the slip so I could stay at the cottage and play with Max while they went out to some boring town or another, ha ha!

Don't tell Ned, but we had dinner at the pub, sat by the river, playing cards in the sunshine!

We had a lovely time, and once again we'd like to thank everyone who fed us, watered us, played with us and made sure we didn't kill ourselves. We'd also like to wish Andy a happy birthday again! When's the next one?

Home news now, I had my first proper haircut last week. We went to meet Mum while she was having her done and once the hairdresser had finished with her she asked if I wanted a little tidy up trim. Well, all i've had so far is Mum having a snip at my fringe now and again so this was a real treat!

I piped up that I wanted mine done too, but was soon put off again when I realised that this place was way too posh to dish out sweets for the kids!

I've gone up to stage 2 at swimming and started my new lessons this week. I'm still pretty keen on it, for now.

I'm stringing words together now, I amazed Dad today by telling him to 'Come on Daddy' It's harder for him to ignore a direct request like that.

And my writing is really coming on, i've done loads latley in cards and even made my own book at school. Talking of school, it was parents evening last week, I had a glowing report apparently. So much so that Dad wasn't even sure they were talking about the same Ned!