Nedster's World now featuring Ellis!

Sword fighting at the castle:


We were really good, swashbuckling away, fancy moves, spins the works.....and only a lightly damaged knuckle in the way of injuries to report!
Yeah, it was okay for you two, Leo and I had to share this one between us, Dad, make sure you take four next time eh?

Dad has this habit of asking me what I want to do on the way home from school, every night the answer is the same...can we go to the BMX track? Usually the answer is no, because apparently we don't have enough time or something. Anyway, I thought i'd ask again on Thursday, surprise surprise he said yes! I couldn't believe my ears, we packed up the bikes and set off for town....we rode at a new place to me, at the top of Northcroft hill. It wasn't as good as our usual haunts, but it was okay.
Yep, I loved it too on tha back of Dad's bike, bouncing away. After we tired of that we bombed down the hill to the park for a bit of a play.
Before we headed off to the other side of the swimming pool for a general explore and to ride over a load of bridges. The hill back to the car wasn't much fun though it has to be said....
We went into town to pick Mum up from the hairdresser, I was filthy and sweaty from the bike riding but I think she was still proud of me.
Friday night we headed for the bright lights of Basingstoke for Toys R Us and pizza hut...Yay!
Ned and I shared a garlic bread with cheese and a Ham pizza (no tomato sauce though) before having an ice cream factory frenzy.
Hmmm, I made the mistake of filling my bowl with chocolate raisins (didn't like them) and indeed ice cream (overrated). Ned helped out by bringing me supplimentary handfulls of smarties though, he's a good brother sometimes.
Saturday was Chard's birthday, well actually it wasn't, his real birthday was about three months ago or something like that but what with everybody being on holiday and what have you he decided to have his babecue on a big field, by the Thames when he knew the weather was going to be lovely. Good work sir!

Here's Andy, fielding shortly before his ball/groin/head/ramp incident caused so much hilarity:





We rode for miles and miles on our bikes, finding some great dips to plough through:

There was endless flowing Lemonade too:

Games with Yanna:

Posing:

And best of all lots of lovely fruit. It was however suspended in a mystery liquid called Pimms? Whatever, they were some of the nicest strawberries i've had!

Same time again next year Chard??

We've been doing a project at school on growing from when we were babies. Dad sorted me out a picture of me from when I was just born and the first outfit I ever wore (bought by Slim and Trace) with it's accompanying Litte Roo teddy. The outfit was tiny against me now!

I wouldn't believe it was actually his at all, as if Ned was ever that small?

On a literary note, the BFG has been finished and now we're onto the Twits....i'm loving these longer books at bed time almost as much as Mum I think!

As a special treat, i've managed to get hold of the pictures Auntie Christine took on our week out and about, so they're a few weeks old but still, better late than never eh?

And also a little bit of video that she took.....