Nedster's World now featuring Ellis!

So we bought the lovely weather back from Cornwall with us, we've been out and about as much as possible.

We went to the castle with the Halfords on Wednesday, we had paper planes, sweets and a lovely big muddy puddle for Leo to try and soak up with his trousers, oops!

Yeah we had great fun throwing a hand grenade at each other (well, a packet of tissues anyway).

Owen and Hannah came round with my late birthday present on Thursday, a ramp. I don't know who was most pleased, me, Dad or Owen! We headed out to test it out:

I gave it a few test runs usuing the scooter:

But the threat of Owen having a go on my bike soon convinced me to up the ante a bit:

Here's my first go, I gave it plenty:

And progressed very quickly onto this one footer (actually it was an accidental one footer but i'm still going to claim it):

Yup, and while all this was going on I was trying my best to get to grips with Ned's old three wheel scooter. I'm so desperate to get moving but it's a bit of a struggle and I normally end up resisting mum's attempts to help me and just walking along with it.

Saturday was Shimon's birthday party, it was a bit off/on/off/on due to the weather but everyone decided to press on with it in the end, a Scooby Doo themed treasure hunt at Snelsmore, cool!

Good job too, it turned out to be a lovely day. Here's Yannick and I considering the merits of dragging outsized sticks behind us:

It was a proper adventure, so we needed to keep pur fluid levels up. It was a good job Shimon's mum knew how to make cups from a sheet of paper:

After following a trail of ghosts, finding clues and fending of monsters we finally found the treasure....sweets!!!!

And then it was all back to the car park for a picnic:

What a great outing!

Later on that afternoon we had to go to the shops....I got some smart new headgear to keep the sun off my head.
And I spent some of my birthday money on a Ben 10 watch......cue endless questions about what time it is.
Sunday saw my belated birthday party, it was well worth the wait. kicking things off (literally) was the bouncy castle. Veterans of my 4th birthday party (Alastair and Hugo) knew what to expect, 20 minutes of Power Ranger influenced carnage. I think it may have been something of a shock for everyone else and their parents...ooops!

They weren't so scary, I decided to get in on the action:

Thats right, Alastair and I even jad a nice 'cuddle'

We then had a good stint in the Bumpers play area. Everyone really seemed to like this bit with all the slides and climbing and chasing about.

Then it was upstairs for dinner:

Well, you do need something to soak up the tomato sauce:

Here i am with the boys:

I sat as far away from them as I could get:

I think there was some concern when I announced I had a garlic cake, when infact I had a Dalek cake:

The candles were so hard to blow out I had to pretty much put the last one out with my tongue and almost set fire to my hair!

I polished off any leftovers!
All that was left to do was haul my massive sack of cards and presents home to open. I'd like to thank Auntie Christine for coming along too, my friends loved playing the I-phone drum kit and I know they appreciated your attention during times of injury and ill health! Ha ha!

While i'm at it, i'd also like to thank everyone that got me a card or present this year. It's been a long drawn out celebration and the presents have been nothing short of spectacular, so a really big thank you to you all!

I can't wait until mine!!!!