I had beep beep day at nursey on Wednesday, we allowed to take in our bikes or scooters. Despite Mum's best last ditch efforts I hadn't really got the hang of pedalling the bike just yet so it was the scooter for me this year. Ned very kindly rode it all the way to nursery for me while mum pushed me in the buggy. We went onto the next door school playground to zoom about, we even had a stop/go board which I observed perfectly. All that zooming about certainly gave me an appetite and I ate 3 portions of lunch!
Meanwhile at Dragon club we were having a dancing day in the hall, as soon as Dad tracked me down and came in with Ellis I had to pretend I hadn't been involved in any of it of course.
It didn't stop there either, we went up the castle with the Halford boys in the afternoon. Max and I latched onto a couple of girls...
...and Leo and I did our own thing too. Mostly making ourselves comfy on stone sofas and trying to avoid the masses of flying ants!
I had bike day at Dragon club on Thursday, that was pretty cool as I got to take my cool bike and razz it around the playground and do some racing.
Friday at Dragon club was a bit crazy actually, it was vote for one of the grown up helpers to go in the stocks day (to be pelted with wet sponges). Dad arrived mid way through a funny play some of the kids were doing so sat down with Ellis and I to watch the end of that before we all went outside to shackle the poor unfortunate into the stocks for her soaking.....maybe they should do this at school? I might suggest it.....
Once all the excitment of that was done and dusted we met Mum for lunch in the park, well, rather we hassled her to eat her sandwich quickly so we could go to the kiosk for an ice cream!
Then we went to the library to get some books for me to read for my Quest Seekers stickers and medal.....i'm very enthusiatic about my reading you know!
Then it was the weekend and after my refusal to wear my wetsuit on the grounds of decency and comfort we went shopping for a new one in East Wittering. I had to try literally hundreds of them on....it got terribly boring....still better now than on holiday next week I suppose?
We had a wander around the town and then set off for the beach for a picnic.
But not before I slipped over in the toilet and made a lovely graze/bruise combination on my back...ouch.
Pebbly beach this time though...bit uncomfortable?

Never mind, they had ice cream all the same:

Messy messy blackcurrant flavour ice cream at that:

I thought I ought to try my new wetsuit out:

It seemed fit for purpose and much more comfortable than my old one.
And I was glad it had a nice red accent so I don't look quite such a boy when I get it as a hand me down in a few years time!
In the evening we went to see Faye and Abi, first up it was cuddle time for Faye:

Then it was Ellis and Abi's turn, you lucky lucky ladies!

We had a very late night indeed so Sunday was a bit of a lazy one i'm afraid. We had a wander down the park and did a bit of this and that.
We were charged back up for Nursery and Dragon club on Monday, it's my second week at Dragon club and i'm still loving it. We made plaster masks of our faces, when Dad came to get me I was still a bit white in places.....
And it's my last week in my current room in nursery so i'm making sure I get the most out of that.
Today was Brazil day, I looked really cool with the Brazilian flag painted on my face!
I spent a good part of the day at nursery telling everyone to look at my willy, as I wafted my undone belt about....that raised a few laughs!
We went to the Cafe with Mum and Dad for lunch, guess what? Another Ice cream! We tried to see auntie Christine but she was too busy working which was a shame and then we headed back to the library to get my first lot of stickers and another pile of books.....
Thats all for this week then, we're away for two weeks as of Friday to Cornwall!
Yeah, the school hoildays have been great so far lets see how two weeks with Mum and Dad goes eh?
See you all soon (unless you're coming with us in which case, wahey!)

Well after my early enthusiasm for the potty, i've rather gone off the idea now. A nappy is just more convenient really. Well, it is for me anyway! I've been making loads of visits to the next room up at nursery and now have a date for my official move. Once we get back from holidays i'll be going up full time.
I finished off my week with auntie Christine in fine style in a whirlwind of pooh sticks, aborted trips to Krazy Klub, cake baking and film watching....lovely. Best of all I got to stay the night on thursday! It's the forst time i've ever stayed away from Mum and Dad and I wasn't worried at all. I think Auntie Christine was hoping that she'd get a lie in of I stayed over...unlucky! I woke up rather early actually, but it just so happens there was a tv in the bedroom.....result, I may have snoozed off again. So on Friday we headed for Mudeford for a day out at the sea side. We collected stones (one of my favourite hobbies), bought myself a toy lizard and even went on the boat over to the island (which I always ask to do and get told no by Mum and Dad). Uncle Ian drove us in his lovely big comfy car and on the way home we called into a Motor Museum where I sat in the biggest chair in the world. Hopefully one day we'll manage to aquire the pictures that Auntie Christine took during my week and upload them on here at some point.
So, thanks very much for a great week Auntie Christine, I really had a great time!
I should add that I got quite used to Ned not being about actually, for one thing I could abandon our sleep rota and sleep as often and as long as I liked which was nice.
What wasn't so nice was being dragged out of bed at silly o'clock on Saturday morning to go to Devon! Once we arrived and I realised that we were going camping at the seaside I was more than happy about it though. We met up with Owen, Hannah, Andy, Kin, Melissa, Yanna and Fen who had already toughed it out for a night throught the howling wind and lashing rain. By teh time we had arrived the sun was out though...ha ha!

Once everything was set up we had a lovely picnic:

And a bit of a walk around the (otherwise deserted) field:

Of course all this outdoor living meant outdoor nappy changes:

We got our kids only tent sorted out pretty pronto too:

Then it was time to hit the beach, mum got a close up in:

I refused to wear my wetsuit, it's so short in the body they obviously never want to be grandparents. Wetsuit or not I was on a surfing mission and couldn't wait to get amongst 'em. I amazed Dad with my new found wave riding skills (not shown in the video later on, I won't perform on camera).
We had a barbecue for tea, overlooking the bay as the sun went down, how lovely and then all too soon it was bedtime....I wasn't ready to go bed and had plenty left in the tank:



Even though I soon nodded off in the tent.
Ellis was sharing with Mum which meant me and dad were in together. I wanted to stay up until he came to bed but wasn't allowed. They'd forgotten to bring us any books so I had him make me up a story and tell me twice!
I woke up with Mum along side me and told her quite clearly 'I wake up now' as I sat bolt upright on the airbed (thanks Hannah, you would have thought someone would have checked ours for punctures before we left eh?)
And I awoke to find Dad had finally slithered into our tent later on in the night too. We listened to a little bit of Frank Turner on Dads mp3 player before having a bit of a Beetlebum singalong, which Mum could hear aparently.
We got up, the sun was out again and after we'd had breakfast we chased some rabbits around the field, the best incident being the one we cornered around the bins, leaping over my foot!
Yanna nd I rolled off down the hill in the kids tent:

We played a little bit of cricket:

And then it was back down the beach for digging, more surfing, sliding down the sand dunes on my bodyboard and a rather ill advised adventure for Fen and I off over the dunes..oops, never mind we got back okay in the end.

After all that effort, it was time for a lie down:

So that was my first camping adventure, we all had a really lovely time, thanks everyone! Hope we can go again soon.....
So after a late trip home sunday night after we finally dragged ourselves away from the seaside it was soon enough Monday morning. Something new again this week though and it was Dragon club for me (which is in the school right next to Ellis' nursery). I was a little cautious on the way in, but I had no need to be. By the time Mum left all she got was a wave from the far end of the playground....
We did face painting ( a cheetah for me), scooter riding, all sorts. I had a great time and when Dad came to pick me up I let him know quite clearly that I wanted to stay for the afternoon session too! He explained that I could go all this week and all next week which I thought was a fair compromise really. I also won the most coveted 'Super Dragon' award on my forst day there! Today we had a visit from a Birds of Prey man, he had a big old Owl and a Red Kite for us to see, so that was rather good, when Dad and Ellis arrived we were making and flying paper aeroplanes indoors.....ha ha!