Nedster's World now featuring Ellis!

Tuesday

Badge week at gymnastics.......I didn't pass for the first time ever!!!  It was super hard though...next time....next time!

Wednesday

Ned took to his sick bed today, he hadn't been on top form for a little while which might explain why he's been quite sucha grumpy so and so (especially with me).  So he got to spend the day on the sofa with the Now TV box, lucky boy.
I decided to take the oppurtunity to have an evening off from Team Kennet training after our busy competition schedule, ahem.

Thursday

Ned passed the baton over to Dad today who decided it was his turn to babysit the Now TV box.  Meant he was a captive audience for after school cuddles though.....

Friday

The end of the week, what better way to celebrate than an ill-mannered family game of Monopoly?

Saturday

We had a day out, an actual day out.  We went to Beaulieu, the car museum.  It started off really well, we asked if we could have a quid fo rthe radio controlled cars we came accross outside the Top Gear section.....and Mum said yes!!!  We were thrilled, genuinely thrilled:

The top gear section itself was brilliant, we loved it.  They had loads of the cars from their silly challenges and the 'reasonably priced car' from the celebrity laps:

There was also this life size Stig which I thought was super cool:

So far so good.

We had another total result when the man in the restaurant said we could eat our picnic in there no problem at all, but would be nice of we bought just a little something to go with it....how about a whipped cream hot chocolate for Ned and myself?  Yes please!

As we sat there, sheltering from the wind and occasional rain we saw my school friend Mollie wandering accross the grounds, how cool was that?  She came in for a quick chat.

We headed off to the main museum, which I really loved.  Some of the cars were sooooo old, even older than Mum and Dad.  It was really interesting to see how much they used to cost and I was really rather struck by some of the design features.  A lot of them looked like a horse and cart, but without the cart.  A lot of them seemed to have sofa's rather than car seats which I certainly liked the look of.

We loved the racing car section, especially this one:

Plenty of photo opprtunities:

This one had us in stitches:

It just seemed the right thing to do, stick your head through and oull your best 'racing face':

This was apparentluy Mum's favourite car when she was younger:

We had to admit that it was pretty cool.....even by todays standards.
We went out for a wander accross the grounds towards the stately home, on the way we found a pretty cool park where Ned took me for a few high speed laps in one of those oh so small cozy coupes...ahem.  The man on these electric cars let us both have a go despite Ned being well over the height limit:

We made it to the manor house and went in for a poke around.  I loved it, there was a lovely roaring open fire, fabulous cielings and a piano in every room!  Perfect for me.
As we left the house the weather had taken rather a tunr for the worse, but as luck would have it a chap had appeared in a stretch golf cart and asked us if we wanted a lift back rather than walking.....well of course:

It was a brilliant way to finish the day.
We stopped off at McDonalds on the way home, to end our month long ban imposed by Mum.  She was much happier to return than the rest of us it has to be said...
Then it was on to Rollerskating, Sasha, Lola and Chelsea came along this week and we had a great time.  Especially when I pulled them all along after me like a train...

Sunday

Very exciting day today, Nate was coming for Sunday lunch!
I got my make up done early and helped Dad make the dinner.  I chopped the carrots with great precision and ensured we had a lump free cheese sauce for the cauliflower cheese too.  They were only a little bit late arriving which was good as I was at fever pitch!

He sat up with us for a bit of lunch and then the serious business began.  I got to babysit him while Ned went off down the park with Hugo and Alastair and the grown ups played Agricola (what looks to be the worlds most complicated board game).

We tinkled the ivories:

He only dribbled on it a little bit.

Then the best bit, a snuggled up snooze:

He's so cute and cuddly it was lovely.

Monday

After school dance.....stunts week, enough said.

I recouperated watching Take Me Out snuggled up with Mum, then, rather controversially Dad during an advert break switch around.