Pedal Power

First of all, here’s a late Christmas picture to please Auntie Chris:

It shows all of us except poor old Uncle Slim who had to take the pucture.
Wednesday and after we had been shopping, dad and I went outside to play as it had actually stopped raining. Dad got the bike out, put me in the seat and we went to the little park:

It’s a bit rubbish compared to the big park in town so we went for a bit of a ride and to say hello to the horses. When we got home the sun was still shining so dad got my bike out. I hadn’t been on it for ages so I was really excited:

Dad was really pleased as I’ve now got the hang of pedalling it all by myself. Seeing as I was on a roll with the pedalling, dad got the tractor out for me to have a go on as well:

I struggled getting up the hill a bit though.
Grandad and Anne came round on Thursday afternoon for a quick visit, I made Grandad play trains with me, he loves it.
On Friday we met mum for lunch, obviously we went to the pasty shop. I paid some Christmas money into my building society account which I thought was really exciting. After mum had gone back to work we went to see Auntie Chris. She came for a walk with us up the street and we watched a real life Bob the Builder in his big yellow digger digging the road up outside Mum’s shop, he even gave me a little wave. I recommended Chris get her lunch from the pasty shop and we went home (I should get commission). That night I got myself into a bit of a state at bedtime which culminated in me being sick on my sheets….oh dear. I climbed into bed with mum for a cuddle while dad sorted it out for me.
Saturday, and we were going to Auntie Chris’s for a get together! It was really exciting, I got to meet my cousins Ben and Josh, there was birthday cake, presents and everything:

Obviously, I had some competition on the grandchildren front and had to pull out all the stops. I think I managed it. While we were sat around the table I called for Nanny’s attention, held her hand and then told her I loved her. That’s how you keep em sweet, watch and learn….. We had a great time, and I got to have all my Aunties and Uncles (from Dad’s side) together for the first time ever. We must do it again some time!
Sunday we had Grandma over for lunch. We have great conversations about everything and anything, wittering on in our own little world.

We had a game of Thomas the Tank Engine dominoes (I won) and then we took her home again.
Monday, the rain held off again so it was back out on my bike. This time I managed to even ride up the hill myself and was going at such a speed on the way back down dad couldn’t keep up with me on foot and had to get his skateboard out. We drew quite a crowd, firstly with Amy from next door and her mum and then James over the road and his mum all marvelling at my pedalling skills and all out speed. It’s a good job neither of them saw my two high speed crashes….
At nursery on Tuesday I got an invite to Alistair’s birthday party at fantasy land next month….i’m so excited I can’t wait! In the afternoon I was pretty tired, so Dad and I had a lovely time on the sofa having a kip….it’s hard work!
Just one general note for this week, Coffee flavoured stuff is my favourite at the moment. From coffee cake (no walnuts though) through to mum’s posh coffee ice cream I love it all. Just a note for you all to get some in if I come round…..

Confused? Me?

All back to normal and it was shopping on Wednesday afternoon. When we got home, we made some stock for my shop:

Here you can see the fruits of our labour displayed on the counter. I’ve been doing a roaring trade to mum in the mornings, selling her chips and ice creams.
Mum had been telling me on the way to nursery on Friday morning that we would be meeting her for lunch tomorrow and going to the pasty shop….I got a bit confused and thought it was today! So when Dad picked me up from nursery and said we were going home I got pretty upset and demanded we go and see mum there and then. Dad made an emergency call to Mum and we did get to meet her. There was no pasty shop though and I had to make do with the library instead.
Saturday we took mum to work and then went to see nanny, she was still in her jim-jams! Once she was ready we took her to the shops to get her some dinners and then went back to her house to do some jigsaws. After that we picked mum up and went for lunch at a burger place, I don’t like burgers, chicken bits or any of that stuff….just the chips! We had a lazy afternoon at home before going round Chard and Kaz’s house so they could all play cards. I had a few left over Christmas chocolates and watched a transformers DVD with Chard after his early exit at cards. We had a very late night….
So I had a bit of a lay in on Sunday morning. When we were all up we went to Basingstoke shopping. I was a very good boy indeed and walked around the shops quite nicely. I did cause dad a few problems by over-shooting my porta-potty when I went for a wee though….ooops! We didn’t buy much but did have my favourite Marks and Spencers sandwiches for lunch. After the shopping was done, we went round to see Trish and Al. We haven’t been round to see there house even though they have lived there for a year! It was very nice and they had a lovely smooth wooden floor, ideal for zooming my bob the builder toys across. Even better than that though….they had a serving hatch!

Trish helped me burst the doors open time and time again, each time I found it hilarious! From my serving hatch vantage point I could also help myself to loads and loads of grapes, my favourite!
Mum was off Monday, and she’d told me on Sunday that we were going swimming. I woke up at 4am and made a loud request that we ought to set off for the pool there and then. It didn’t go down to well……I went back to sleep in the end and we had to wait for dad to come home from work before we could finally get going. I’ve been telling them ‘I get up early’ at every opportunity, but I think they probably already know that.

Christmas

Well, it’s been and gone…..what a great time I had, it was certainly worth the wait!
Going back all the way to the Wednesday before Christmas, we had our Nursery Christmas lunch. I made short work of it and even tried a sprout (it was revolting though, Dad was relieved as he doesn’t want me eating them). I thought I’d enter the spirit of the season by over indulging and when we met mum for lunch afterwards I still managed a jumbo sausage roll from the pasty shop!
Thursday afternoon Dad and I did the Christmas food shop. Why can’t Santa deliver the food when he does the presents? It’d save us the bother. The supermarket was packed full of casual once a year shoppers clogging the place up (not regulars like me and Dad). We did okay though and managed to get out in one piece with enough supplies to keep us going until August. In the evening, we went food shopping again, but this time we took Mum with us to get a few ‘bits’ from Waitrose. Shopping with Mum along for the ride is a very different experience, we get to buy loads of sweets, cakes and ice-creams! You can come along any time Mum. I made a really high tower out of coleslaw cartons in one of the fridges that I think Dad was particularly proud of.
Friday afternoon we had a surprise outing with Emma, Max and Leo to fantasy land. I’m getting a lot more confident with it all now and left Dad to sit in the comfy chairs drinking coffee like a real grown up rather than forcing his bulk through the children sized holes, although I did manage to get him down the particularly tight and twisty blue slide without getting stuck half way.
On the Saturday we had visits from Slim and Trace, James and then in the afternoon Ian. In the evening we went round to Nick, Carol and Abi’s house to play pre-christmas games. The whole gang was there and I had a great evening, except when Cousin Owen decided it was high time I received my first ‘Wedgie’
Sunday was Christmas eve apparently and I got to open the last door on the advent calendar at long last. We had Grandma, Alan, Sonia, Grandad and Anne around for a pre-Christmas Christmas Day. We had food and presents….

Being the smallest, I get the biggest presents:

Later on Trish and Al came to see as well, I love Christmas, you get to see so many people and not get stuck with boring old mum and dad all the time!
Now the serious business began:

Before I went to bed, I left a Mince Pie on the table for Santa, and a Carrot for the reindeer……
Then it was Chrismas day! I woke up to find my stocking bulging at the seams at the end of my bed:

It even had chocolate coins in it! After I’d gone through the stocking we went downstairs, I couldn’t believe my eyes. The mince pie had gone (all but a few crumbs) and all that was left of the carrot was the end with a big bite mark! I was amazed, and just stood pointing at them with my hand over my mouth. Then I looked under the tree and saw even more presents. We got busy unwrapping them, although to my disappointment a few were actually for mum and dad.

After we’d opened everything and dad had assembled and fitted batteries to everything and I’d given them all a proper once over we went to pick up Grandma before going to Chris and Ian’s for lunch. The pressure was on, I had 14 to entertain! I had more presents, I ate my lunch, I crashed out with mum:

I had some more presents, I crashed out in one of them:

But not for long. It was quite a day……
Then it was boxing day, we all had a nice lay in before getting up and having a lovely day playing with all my new toys and going down the park for a bit of fresh air.

My new favourite saying is now ‘Jim-lad’
Wednesday and Mum had to go back to work, we met her at lunch time though and just for a change we went to the pasty shop….
Thursday Nanny came round for the afternoon to play with my new toys and stay for tea, Aunty Chris must have smelt the pudding and turned up just in time.
Friday, and Dad couldn’t stand the prospect of another day in the house with me so he got all brave and took me to the Coral Reef single handed. We had a good time splashing about and going on the slide time and time again. When we got home Andy came around to put a plug socket in for the dishwasher, I made sure I helped him do the job using my own tool kit at every step of the operation. I’m sure he’d like my help on a regular basis at work.
Saturday we went to try out mum’s new wellies at the woods:

It was ideal conditions to test them to the max with so many puddles to investigate and they seemed to be fit for purpose.
Then it was New Years eve, the last day of the year! We had a quiet day and in the afternoon mum suggested we make some cookies. Mum and I had a lovely time getting flour everywhere and making a right old mess, we even managed to make some Christmas shaped cookies (although we put them a bit close together on the baking sheet and they came out as one big splodge). In the evening we had Rach, Ben, Andy, Chard, Kaz and Owen over, but I had to go to bed and sleep over the noise from downstairs.
New Years day and dad was a little delicate but we went out to Millets farm to see the animals before going on to the Pendon museum. It had some really big model railways with massive bridges, I hope granddads set up is as impressive as this when he’s finished it.
That brings us to today, when I had to go back to nursery and dad had to go back to work…..booo! I cried my eyes out when mum left me and in my haste to get to dad when he came to pick me up, I fell over and bumped my head on a chair, resulting in tears again. Oh dear. When we got home Dad and I made an ice-cream shop for me using a big old cardboard box. He even got the paints out in the house and let me paint it, he is getting brave.
I’d really like to thank everyone for the fantastic presents I got this year, and to everyone who fed, watered, read me a story or cuddled me over the last few hectic weeks. Happy new year!

Santa's Tree!

Still no sign of Christmas…..although we did have our Christmas party at nursery on Wednesday afternoon. Mum and Dad came along too, and we managed to catch the tail end of the food (cakes, the good bit!) before Uncle Charlie the children’s entertainer did his turn. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of him to be honest, the bigger kids certainly seemed to be really enjoying it. After all that excitement we had a visitor…Santa….With prezzies!

Mum mentioned that he wasn’t the real Santa or something, I couldn’t care less, he got me the three little pigs book.
Thursday we met Mum for lunch and Dad tried to take me Christmas shopping afterwards. It didn’t last long, I cried like mad once mum had gone back to work and Dad soon abandoned the shopping trip and marched me back to the car.
Friday night Auntie Chris and Nanny came round to babysit for me while Mum and Dad went to Dad’s work party. It’s been a while since I’ve had those two to myself and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Saturday morning we were up bright and early and off to get our Santa’s tree:

It wasn’t as big as the one in the car park, but I suppose it’ll have to do. I looked after it in the back of the car on the way home. In the afternoon we went to see Yanna and Fen. We had early Christmas presents which were brilliant fun, then we had tea and didn’t even have to sit with the boring grown ups as we had our own little table. Shame there were no big displays of Christmas lights to look at this year, I even had my own coat to wear!
Sunday and after some colourful language from Dad, the tree was up and ready to decorate:

I stuck a few bits on but soon got bored and retired to the sofa leaving it to Mum and Dad. Once they had finished and asked for my opinion I told them in no uncertain terms that I didn’t like it! I’m sure I will when it’s got loads of presents stuck underneath it. In the afternoon we went to Chard and Kaz’s for the Christmas music quiz. I ate pastry from mince pies and chased the chocolates around the room. I even ended up on the naughty step for a little bit, which surprised Chard as he didn’t even know he had one!
Back to nursery Monday and a trip into town afterwards for another attempt at Dad’s Christmas shopping. I made it a bit easier for him this time by going to sleep in my buggy. I did however see enough of what was going on to notice Dad had got some nice chocolates for Mum and hidden them in the boot….I made sure I filled her in on the facts as soon as we picked her up from work! I don’t think he’ll take me again….
Tuesday Dad took me into his work in the afternoon. He issued the usual warning of ‘if you don’t work hard at school you’ll end up somewhere like this’ but it looked pretty good to me. There was a big tin of chocolates, loads of plasticine to play with and all sorts of interesting bits and pieces lying about. There were also another five jolly blokes to talk to and play with. Quite honestly it looked easier than going to nursery to me!
I got my first Christmas card from Vijay at nursery this week, I was a little confused and thought it was a birthday card. Never mind, it’s mine and I’m really proud of it!
That’s all for now, maybe Christmas will actually be here by the time I do my next update?

Book club

I may have mentioned a while back that I have given up on the post lunch sleep at nursery, now I’m getting some of the others onside too. When Dad came to pick me up last Wednesday I was out in the corridor with Ted, Hugo and Jude having a story while all the other children slept in our room. The reading theme continued when we met up with Mum and went to the library, I got lots of books about bears!
When Dad came to collect me on Thursday I had to show him a ‘Santa’s tree’ they had put up at nursery. It was really nicely decorated and everything, I think he was impressed. He isn’t quite so impressed with it now though as nearly a weeks worth of little fingers meddling with it have taken their toll. In the afternoon Owen came round and he and Dad raced motorbikes on the television meaning I couldn’t watch CBeebies! Never mind, I had plenty of fun ‘helping’ them out with their steering.
I had a surprise Friday afternoon when I came home to find Mum all poorly on the sofa. I made sure Dad and I looked after her good and proper….
She was still a bit icky on Saturday, so Dad and I went to the sea-side with Andy to give her some peace and quiet:

We made sandcastles……

I watched the world go by……

And I sat and pondered just what is my most favourite of all the cakes!
Andy had been promised 4 and a half stars worth of surf on the internet, as you can see in the pictures I think he only got the half….still he enjoyed himself.
At tea-time we had an indoor picnic (that was my idea):

I decided that ham sandwiches were just too much effort and decided I’d only eat the ham.
Sunday we went to see Grandad for lunch:

It was his birthday too, so he had presents! He had stuff for his model railway and I loved helping him unwrap and unpack it all. It did seem a lot more delicate than my wooden set up. Alan and Sonia also came over and I had a lovely cuddle with Sonia after my belly was full of cake. I also got to show Alan just how good I am on my potty, he loved that! A special thanks to Anne as well for making me some stuffing at such short notice.
Monday, mum was off work….she must have been feeling brave as we did painting:

Notice how she has stripped me naked before I was allowed the messy stuff? Once Dad had come home from work and had some lunch we headed off to the Coral Reef for some splash action. When we arrived we were met with a big sign saying the pool was closed for maintenance until January! Oh dear…I was so distraught I fell back to sleep only to wake up in Guildford again! They had spotted another fun pool from the bus the week before. It took a while for me to warm up to the place as it was unfamiliar territory for me but I soon got into it and we had a great time. After the swimming we sat and had a burger watching people ice-skating which was pretty funny, maybe we’ll try that next time? When we got home we went to see Grandma, she'd had an operation on her eye and was wearing a patch that made her look like a pirate!
Tuesday afternoon I recharged my batteries by sleeping all afternoon and having an early night, it's a hard life isn't it.
On a final note, those doors on the advent calendar are opening really slowly.....

Advent Calendar!

Christmas is still coming…..taking a while isn’t it?
On Wednesday morning I decided to have my pre-breakfast, breakfast as a picnic:

I arranged my muzzy cloth and sat down with my drink, my apple and a Tuc biscuit with C-Beebies on for entertainment, what a great way to start the day.
Thursday afternoon I helped Dad rake up all the fallen leaves in the garden. He raked them up into a big pile, and I made sure I did my best to spread them out again….
Friday…the beginning of ‘advent’ whatever that is:

Well, it seems to mean a big picture of Santa and his reindeer with little doors to open every day. Mum has made it quite clear that Santa won’t be happy with me if I open more than one door a day so I’d better tow the line on this one. I don’t want him upset. In the evening, Andy, Ben and Rach came to look after me so Mum and Dad could go out….winner! Mum had promised me a cookie when Andy came round, so as soon as he arrived he was marched into the kitchen! We had a great night and I had a nice kip cuddled up with Rach before I went to bed really late…..
….Which mum and dad were really pleased about when I had a monster lie-in on Saturday morning. After we’d had lunch we picked up Andy and left for Emma, Dean, Max and Leo’s place in that there fancy London! We played with radio controlled cars, scooters and bikes in the afternoon before dad held a bit of a disco in the kitchen while he was cooking:

No comments on the dress code please, and I’m not telling you what we were dancing to either! I think Dad enjoyed the cooking and dancing a bit too much and ended up ‘going to sleep’ a little bit earlier than we’d all anticipated…oh dear!
Sunday and Dad was looking a little ill, good job mum can hold it all together isn’t it? After what seemed like a few hours of organisation we headed off for 100 Aker Wood (where Winnie the Pooh lives). I got proper grumpy when we had to get out of the car and cried that I was cold (even though I had my lovely new coat on). I topped this off by falling face first into a muddy puddle and stepping into a stream that went way over the top of my welly boot. I was brought back from the brink just in time with the lure of a trip to the pub for lunch! Mum always looks out for me, she asked the waiter if he could knock me up a ham sandwich and chips…winner! We went back Max’s house in the afternoon, Max and I had a jumping onto the bean bag frenzy while they watched football on the telly. Max and I decided to join in with the football watching and my special chant of ‘Come on West Ham sandwich’ seemed to go down well (although not well enough as they still lost the game).
Then it was Monday, but instead of nursery, mum and dad were off work. We went out in the car to the shops, I thought we were going to Tesco’s so I was quite excited about getting some grapes. We were in the car for ages, and when I woke up in Guildford I was quite concerned as the where I’d be getting my grapes from? We went to the park and ride…BUS! We parked up and walked to the bus stop where a big green bus was waiting for us. Just as we got to the door, it drove off! Mum was not very happy at all and used a word I’d never heard her say before…..so I duly repeated it for her. It’s a bad word apparently, you best ask her what it was. We didn’t have to wait long for another bus and we were soon on the move. I love going on the bus and grinned all the way into town. Once mum had gone and complained to the bus company it was off to Pizza Hut. I ate loads of garlic bread and cheese, over half of my pizza and a big old bowl of ice cream…..dad’s leftovers are getting few and far between these days. Then it was on with the shopping. I got a lovely new pair of shoes and had to test them out by racing dad around the shop. Later on when dad had gone to the loo, mum and I hid in a rack of coats and scared him half to death when we jumped out on him when he came looking for us!
That brings us right up to date and a nice surprise visit from Laura this afternoon. We had a really good time racing our mini’s up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down the front room before cuddling up on her lap to watch a little bit of telly.

First sighting of Santa!

Hello once again.
Well Wednesday was pretty exciting! We went to pick Nanny up before going to get mum from work a bit earlier than normal. Then Aunty Trish arrived and we headed into town:

There were loads of people hanging about and then along came Santa on a sleigh towed by two reindeer, right up the High Street! Can you believe it? Everybody then carried on into the market place where they switched on the Christmas lights, they looked okay I suppose but I was more interested in tracking down the man in red and giving him some pressure about what I want for Christmas. Eventually mum managed to track him down and I made sure he knew who I was by staring at him……for a very long time. A very, very long time. I then got mum to tell him what I wanted for Christmas (I was a bit too shy) and we went home and left the poor man in peace.
Thursday afternoon Dad picked me up from nursery and we went up the woods. We both put our wellies on and went for a right good splash about:

There were loads of huge puddles after all the rain, I think I must have paddled through every single one of them!
Saturday morning we went shopping, I played on a duck shooting gallery in the shops and managed to get a few shots on target! It took quite an effort to release my grip on the gun and a good few tears as well. We had a lazy afternoon and then went down to see Ben, Rach and Andy, but most of all Earl and Eddie the cats!
Sunday we went round to see uncle Slim and Aunty Trace. Slim made me laugh by burping every time I pulled his finger and Tracey sorted me out with trifle and grapes…..winner! Nanny was there too, the lucky lady got to see me again!
Grandad came over to look after me for a bit this afternoon on his own….we played with the railway set, I have to keep him happy! When mum had told me he was coming to see me I described him as a ‘funny old boy’ which mum found really funny for some reason.
Okay then, that’s about it for another week except for one last picture to show you all how to travel in style:

By the power of Pork!

Back again for your weekly update are we? Jolly good let’s crack on then!
Sandwiches, that's where it's at! Just a quick note to Dad, don't bother with all these different dinners, just get the sandwiches sorted out! Especially ham, or cheese and ham, or marmite but mostly ham. If you do insist on cooking, make sure it's sausages or chicken and stuffing please.
Well after all the excitement of the chest infection last week I was really pleased to throw up my dinner on Wednesday night (I blame it on Dad force feeding me carrots that did it). I woke up early Thursday morning, got into bed with mum and Dad and then spewed on mum’s pillow…oh dear! No nursery for me and a morning with Mum it was then. I was a bit subdued all morning, but by the time Dad got home I was pretty much back on it and gave him the run around all afternoon.
I didn’t go to nursery again on Friday either, but I felt much better and was back to my old self again.
Saturday we had a nice lie-in all together in bed watching the early morning kids programmes before my tummy got the better of me and I demanded breakfast. After that we headed into town for a bit of shopping and of course to visit Aunty Chris. Hope you have a nice holiday all upside down. By the time you get back it’ll nearly be Christmas! In the evening, Sue came round to baby-sit. I hadn’t seen her for ages but she bought me a James the engine book…..I was more than happy to wave Mum and Dad off for the night.
Sunday morning we went to see Grandma. She had so much chocolate in her fridge I couldn’t believe my eyes! She wanted me to eat the whole lot I think but Mum and Dad were killjoys and wouldn’t let me. I was allowed a bit to eat there and a bit to take home that mum carefully wrapped in clingfilm. I wouldn’t let her have it and decided it was best to keep it in my pocket…..where it soon turned to a horrible mushy mess. Maybe Mum does know best sometimes? After that we went to Waitrose (posh or what) to get some extra food. I spotted some Smarties ice creams:

They’re lovely and there’s no way I’m going to share them with anyone.
In the evening Nick, Carol, Abi and Andy came round for tea, which was great. I got to play with Andy and make a load of fuss over Abi. She was certainly making herself heard this week, good on ya!
Monday was back to nursery after a four day lay-off, it was good to be back playing with my friends.
Tuesday we met Mum for lunch and it was back to the pasty shop (and about time too!). We went to sit in the downstairs area which was a first for Dad and I and I had my usual jumbo sausage roll and pointed out all the pirates I could see. On the way back to Mum’s work we passed the butchers shop and curiosity got the better of me and I dragged them in for a look around, a masterstroke on my part. The butcher man gave me a lovely cooked sausage and I put that away as well! It was lovely. This was all in addition to my lunch I had had at nursery just before Dad had come to pick me up…..according to mum I’m a greedy gink!

More Poppins!

I took advantage of my car seat being in the front room on Friday morning by getting it set up in front of the telly with my pre-breakfast breakfast (I have breakfast at home as well as at nursery most mornings!).

Mum went to work on Saturday so I helped dad do a bit of tidying around the house before we went to meet mum for lunch. I was banned from the pasty shop this week as mum couldn’t face another one, so we had to slum it in McDonalds instead. After that, we went to see Aunty Chris in her shop afterwards and I made mum late for work finishing a jigsaw puzzle. In the evening, just about everyone I knew turned up at our house to go and see the ‘poppins’ over at the farm. Just like last year, I didn’t like the queit kids ones but loved the full on bangers…..just as long as I was safely strapped in my pushchair. The great big bonfire was really good. After the fireworks we went home and had a barbecue. I loved playing in the garden with everyone and even got to join in with the conker tournament a little bit (congratulations to Nick the eventual winner). I went to bed really late…..
Sunday I had a small lie in before getting the slugs up and out. We went to the Cotswold Wildlife park! That was a nice surprise. This time round I was really up for it, but made sure they weren’t slacking off by shouting ‘Come on’ every time I’d had my fill of the current animal. I’ve also got used to the idea that the animals are quite safely contained behind their glass or bars enabling me to be quite brave in getting more up close than I have before.
We saw some Lions who roared so loudly the ground shook, zebra’s, rhino’s some funny little piggies and best of all the snakes and lizards. Some of the snakes were massive, dad said they could eat a whole Ned, I reckon they could have eaten a whole dad! We made hissing noises and tickled each other!

We stroked the goats as well!

The park was really good too!

The Dad’s got this roundabout going round so fast we all got off dizzy!
The park play was cut short so we could watch the penguins being fed, we should have left earlier as the best view I could get was on mum’s shoulders:

I managed to see the action though, it was really funny to see them zooming about in the water.
Mum was off Monday and I had a big lie-in until mum woke me up at 10. I wasn’t feeling too well so it was off to the doctors again for some different medicine for my chest infection. It’s orange flavour this time and not quite as nice as the strawberry. In the afternoon I got ridiculously excited at the prospect of going shopping in Newbury of all things.
Tuesday bought a bit of an upset tummy and an early exit from nursery. We went home and I helped mum do some washing up.
Even with my ailments I’m still up for plenty of dancing and singing still as well as bundling mum or dad when they least expect it so I’m alright really.

Poppins

I’ve gone all musical lately. I’m constantly singing and dancing these days. I still like the old favourites like twinkle twinkle (which I can sing all the way through) but I’m learning loads of new ones at nursery that mum and dad don’t know. That’s a good thing though, at least they can’t join in and spoil it. We’ve also been having a lot of spur of the moment disco events after tea where my favourite songs dance to are the Bob the Builder theme tune and The Feelings ‘Fill my little world’ which I love to sing along to as well as perform my smart spinning round and stomping dance.
Thursday we went to get Nanny and all went to the library to get me some new books before going home for tea, Nanny ate loads! Later on Chard came round and dad helped him carry out the huge television we have been borrowing since last year. It looked pretty heavy. Dad rigged up our old smaller one, but I can still watch C-Beebies on it okay so I’m not too bothered really. I hope you’ve managed to get the sticky fingerprints off the screen!
Saturday we went shopping in Reading to get mum a dress…boring! It wasn’t too bad actually, but I was having a bit of a mummy clingy day. Dad had the rather unpleasant task of trying to pacify me while mum was in the changing rooms. At one point I made a desperate bid to join her by crawling across the floor of Next trying to get under the curtain before I was rumbled but it was all in vain. There was a merry-go-round in the high street and I fancied a go. Dad coughed up the 80p and I got myself all set up in the drivers seat of a lovely double decker bus. Everything was going well until the thing started turning round and after two laps I was making a hasty exit bid, culminating in mum heroically grabbing me one handed from the speeding carousel. When asked what I wanted for lunch I simply requested a sandwich, they had other ideas and were trying to palm me off with allsorts of other nonsense. I was having none of it so decided to have a right old screaming fit just as we bumped into Kin and Melissa with Fen and Yanna. In spite of my noise level they invited us round to play in the afternoon after we’d finished our shopping and settled the lunch dispute.

When we got there Kin had just finished cutting the grass and he let dad and I have a go in the lawnmower! It was really noisy but great fun zooming around the garden on it. We had a lovely time playing in the garden even though the grown up’s were cold. I’d also like to thank them for the lovely inflatable tune playing alien toy they had got me from Hong Kong, everyone loves it!
After that it was home for a brief pitstop (Mum tried on her new dress to show dad and me, I told her I didn’t like it! That pleased her) and then it was on to Alan’s for a meal in the evening.

Grandad and Anne came along too and we had a really nice time. Alan made lovely roast beef and then dad and I ate so much ice-cream I’m surprised we weren’t ill. At one point I managed to disassemble the poppy Alan was wearing. We attempted to fix it but the black centre piece had gone missing…it turned up at bedtime in my nappy if you want it back Alan?
Sunday was bonfire night apparently. I’d been very aware of the fireworks (or Poppins as I prefer to call them going off for a few nights and thought they were realy exciting. Mum said we’d get a few for later on, so after a quick trip around the farmers market (hi Paul and Lynne) we went and got a load of rockets for when it got dark! Slim and Trace came round in the afternoon which was nice as mum and dad were getting pretty boring by then.
Then it got dark!

Here I am inspecting the ‘Poppins’

And here’s where I ran to from the garden when dad started launching them! It was all a bit close quarters for me I think. Still, Mum and dad seemed to enjoy themselves.
Back to nursery on Monday and I really didn’t want mum to leave me and made her late for work with all my crying…..sorry mum, it must have been a Monday thing but I just wanted a bit more of this I think:

Today Dad and I went out for a walk to see the horses, I patted them all on the nose and they seemed to quite like that. We walked all the way to the park over at Henwick and I set up a pretend kitchen under the climbing frame. I offered dad Ice Cream, Cake and coffee and made him wait ages while I ‘cooked’ it all for him!