Had a few issues last Tuesday. First of all, Mum came home from work at lunchtime as she was poorly. Unluckily for her, Dad had taken the bike to work so when she rang him at lunchtime the best he could offer her was a ride on the crossbar of the bike home. It was lovely to walk home with her though, dad pushing his bike with me in the back and Mum with the empty pushchair.
And at school I fell off the climbing frame and bumped my head a bit while I was hanging upside down. I had a bit of a stiff neck too, but nothing to worry about.
To give Mum some quiet time to be poorly in style we headed off out to the pet shop to have alook at the rabbits and the fish.
And to try out all the squeaky dog toys. Most satisfying. We had to go to Sainsbury's too to get a few things for pancakes. We needed a lemon and some ice cream but I decided that a nice bunch of flowers would help Mum feel better so we got some of those too.
I refused the pancakes outright and settled for a load of Jaffa Cakes.
I really liked the idea of the pancakes, but decided I didn't really like them that much. Dad arrived at a similar conclusion so we set about the ice cream instead.
Wednesday trampolining was super busy again. I love it when there's loads of others there and I didn't even mention Bumpers once.
I had my multi skills after school again, I love it.
When we went to Tesco on Thursday we saw Ned's friend Tegan's Mum. I thought that was really cool and a real one up on Ned. She thought I was being a really good girl as I was quite happily walking round the shop helping Dad buy things. Some of them he even actually needed. Like the bright pink and purple dish washing brush, very him.
Friday night we went to play with Kimi and Marny for a bit while the grown ups did some boring stuff or another. Was great fun and as it turned out a very late night.
Which meant we weren't supposed to be up to much on Saturday. We had a slug-around morning and then headed off to look at cars again. AGAIN! Boring boring boring boring.
We went to have lunch in Sainsburys cafe afterwards and had a wander around Wantage town, exciting stuff eh?
We loved the jewellers shops and we got some new books though so that was good.
And I also got some free samples of some fancy cat food for my beloved Poppy, she loved it.
When we got home I wanted to put a little idea I had into practice. I'd made a kite at breakfast club and wondered if the two fans we had in the garage would generate enough wind for me to fly it indoors:
And it did, of a fashion....once we'd put a weight in the bottom to stop it from spinning.
It was race day again on Sunday, I think you'll find this is how most premier athletes prepare for a big day of competition:
I couldn't wait to get on the track and do a few laps. I did a few with Dad but shouted at him if he overtook me.
Another cool thing was seeing my name at the top of the table for the series after the last event, Ned Atkins, Male 7 years, 50 points, position number 1.
I couldn't wait to get to the park! I love the park, there's always other children to play with and loads of climbing to do. Having said that I did insist on wearing a lovely dress so had to try and keep a bit clean.
Once i'd bored Mum and Dad senseless with the park my saviour arrived...ANDY!
I loved showing him round the place and took him on a track tour. I had a bit of crash in practice, well I say a bit of a crash, I was t-boned by another boy when I sort of pulled out onto the track in front of him. We both went down pretty hard and I was pretty upset with myself. He was okay though so it was okay in the end.
We were soon up on the gate for the first race, but I was in for a hard time as I was in with the 8 year olds this time:
I was pretty well beaten in the first race to be honest, everyone tried to explain that there was no one in my category in the first heat and that I was still only six. So I was okay with it and couldn't wait for my next one. I did much better in that and came second, I was very pleased.
I shouted for Ned again of course, from before the race even started until well after it had finished. Well, when i wasn't in the park anyway:
In my third heat I think I came 4th or fifth against another batch of eight year olds, so I was still pretty happy. This was enough to see me through to the A final in the 8's, I put in another good race and finished well in front of the other seven year old getting myself another 50 points for the standings. Another succesful trip I think.
We came home and had a monster hot chocolate session. That put us off our tea a bit so it was a good job Alan and Hayley popped round to finish it off for us.
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