Nedster's World now featuring Ellis!

I had a great start to my after school sports club last Tuesday, I was made team captain and got a certificate for player of the week for my efforts at dodgeball! I really enjoyed and can't wait for
next week, especially as Jess will be going now that I am.
So while Ellis was doing her bit, I decided it was time for pre season BMX training. I haven't ridden it since my last race, last season, which is was about six monmths ago.  I made the best of the path outside with my jump and some cones:

I had a lovely time dancing on Wednesday.

I had a great big book all about penguins to read, as recommended by one my class mates Melissa who's Penguin mad. I probably wasn't so keen on the book as she was truth be told, but i'm still doing okay with my reading on the whole.

We had a right grumpy morning on Thursday, don't know why, we just did.

Poor old Mum having to deal with us when we're like that.

Things picked up at school though, we did music outside in the afternoon.  I wouldn't have mentioned it but Dad could hear me drumming from right up the street when he got home from work.  His eyesight isn't what it was but he must have been able to see me too as he did give a rather accurate description of my rather elaborate playing style!

My day didn't fare quite so well, I managed to lose a chunk of goldentime for reasons that still remain a secret known only to me.

Our multi sports session was blindfold football, with the ball having a bell in it.  It was great fun and quite a challenge.

I took Dad down the park again while Ned was chasing a dingling ball round the field.  A load of my friends were there again which was really good.

Friday was our class trip to the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford again.  This time we went to see the Egyptian exhibition which featured a real life (well, dead I suppose) Mummy!  It was cool, the toes were sticking out a bit as well.  Apparently it had been x-rayed and they knew it was a lady Mummy as well.  We loved it, learned loads and all got super excited about little model Scarab beetles in the gift shop.  I got a lovely blue one that almost said Ellis on the bottom.  In Egyptian times Scarab Beetles were a sign of new life apparently, so there you go, a nice fact for you.

He was a little bit late getting back so we very nearly missed our last swimming lesson of the term.

Or in fact the last one ever for me, Mum and Dad have finally seen sense (as well as noticed what a massive effort i've put in over the last god knows how many weeks) and decided that thats enough for me.  I can't tell you just how pleased I am about that.  The lesson itslef was great fun, after s hort warm up swim we had the mats out, the balls and lots of fun.

We had races and games of traffic lights as well as the mats and balls and what have.

Saturday mornining was time for haircuts.  I decided a change was on the cards and decided that although i'd previously said I wanted the longest hair I could possibly grow I decided I wanted a load of it cut off.

I didn't want any cut off, I wouldn't admit that it got in the way of my eyes during running, swimming or bike riding.

So anyway, here it is, as modelled at the park over at Grandads where we went for lunch:

And another one, just to give you a another look:

We had a lovely time, even if we didn't quite manage to get a cuddle from Whiskey, their new cat.

Maybe next time Ned.

Sunday was race day, I was very calm about it all.

I wasn't,I was well excited, I wanted to go and play in the park down at the track with all the boys!

We stopped off at Marks and Spencer to buy our picnic (I know, get us!) and headed south.

It was a lovely sunny day and there were loads of people there.

Practice went well:

The tuck shops sweets went down even better, here I am with Charlie, shortly before he tried to remove one of my teeth with the aforementioned sweets:

In the end the racing was something of an inconvenience to be honest. I wasn't on sparkling form, but two 4ths and a 2nd wasn't too bad in my heats.  The 5th in the final was nothing to write home about though.  Still, onwards and upwards, I didn't get wound up about it and had a great time with Charlie.

I wanted a go, I saw other little ones riding and I wanted a piece of the action.  I borrowed Neds gloves and helmet:

And then Dad and Ned took me on the track:

I was away!  And I loved it, although I wanted to make sure I didn't topple over so shouted at Dad to catch me a few times (i'm not good with the brakes really):

Pretty soon I was racing Charlie as well, I stuffed him:

I had a word with him first of course and told him to let my sister win.

Then I managed to get the kit back of Ellis for a few laps with Charlie myself:

I rode better than I had all day, just mucking about on the track in the late afternoon sunshine.

There was just time for me to steal another quick go before we got thrown out as they wanted to lock the car park gate up:
















And then it was Monday again, but we got up in a great mood and had a lovely jolly walk to school with Mum.
Which was more than Hugo could say, he was giving his mum a right hard time on the way to school and was in trouble by the looks of it...ha ha!
I had cross country club after school again, 6 laps round the field this week and a second place finish.  Maxim's Mum told Dad i'd done really well again.....although I did have a curously muddy bum and back for a runner?
Andy came round for tea.....we all know what that means...parents evening!  Mine this time.  It all sounds like it went well though, it sounds like i'm getting on really quite well and making loads of new friends.