Went round to Nick’s last Wednesday afternoon, I was surprised to see how many of Mum and Dad’s friends are obviously part time slackers and would rather be watching football in the afternoon than going to work.
Even more exciting than the football though was our Legoland tickets arriving, I didn’t really know what Legoland actually was but I was certainly excited.
We went to the town, library and park with great Grandma on Thursday!

It was pretty good, she bought me a massive bag of pick and mix that lasted until the weekend.
Friday was the main event, Legoland:

It was completely brilliant, I couldn’t believe my eyes when we arrived. Mum and I rode on this strange up in the sky thing, but it was pretty tame and nowhere near exciting enough for me.

This was though (that’s us on the right). We came down really fast, waved at Mum as we went under the bridge and then whizzed around the corners to the bottom.
I then had a bit of a ‘moment’ when I ran after another small boy while we were playing in a castle, without Mum or Dad managing to spot where I had gone. One mobile phone call, a lot of confusion and several pints of tears later we were all back together again. It’s a good job Mum put the sticker on my jumper with Dad’s number on it. Still, I hadn’t gone far and I’m sure they would have found me (or heard me).
Then it was on to driving…my favourite. Here I am causing carnage into the first corner after taking the lead:

And here I am admiring the mess I had created:


I took Mum on a big scary roller-coaster, it was really fast and went through tunnels and everything, we even got to sit right at the front!
Dad asked if I wanted to go on the Pirate Log-Flume, of course I did, I love pirates. I was still keen even after we’d seen a few boats splash down after the big slope so off we went. I really enjoyed the first bit where you cruise along the water taking in the sights but it all got a bit fraught after the drop. The drop itself was fine, it was the soaking that I didn’t like!

Finally I got to go on something (to be fair, I had been asleep most of the day)

We went on a big Lego train. We saw loads of Lego animals and the like and we also got squirted with water, Mum did a good job of keeping it off me though.
There were jeeps that went on a dinosaur hunt:

Trains that I screamed to go faster:

It certainly did that!
I went to Belgium:

And in the end I was having so much fun I forget I needed the toilet and had to borrow Mum’s jumper:

I caused quite a stir with my striking new look!

I surveyed all the fun we’d had on the way out and was busy talking about our next visit……
I’ve had a few ideas about getting Nanny back lately. The first one was to blow really hard into the sky to blow her out of heaven…that didn’t work. The second came to me at the park on a bouncy see-saw where I thought I may be able to bounce her out of heaven and back to us. Sadly this didn’t come off either. Maybe inspiration will hit me again soon..
We had a quiet weekend which suited me fine. More sleeping and smiling!
We went to a park on Sunday:

I looked cool!
Mum took me to Scotland on a train:

She then taught me how to make a swing go on my own without anyone pushing:

Being autumn and all that we decided to collect leaves and make some collages. We spent all afternoon collecting nearly every leaf we could find before taking the sackload home for sticking:

Luckily no-one stuck themselves to the table.
That’s all for this week, see you later:

I went to the dentist with Dad for the first time officially last Wednesday. I didn’t fancy getting in the chair alone so I sat on dads lap. The dentist asked me to open wide and I certainly did, he was very impressed with just how wide I could go but I had been practicing for a few days. He said everything was very good! It was Dad’s turn next so I watched while they had a poke about in his mouth. Once we got out to the desk I was asked if I’d like a sticker for being a good boy, so I chose a nice big Nemo one:

It didn’t last long though as mum put my top into the washing machine that night with the sticker still on it!
I didn’t go because I haven’t got any teeth yet, Mum thinks I might have one on the way though so I’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, here’s a picture anyway:

Laura came round later in the afternoon because she is a lady of leisure. What ever the reason it’s always good to see her.
Or maybe not, she had a better tan than me from her recent holiday!
Now I’d like to give everyone a little insight into an average afternoon at home:

We do some sleeping.

Mum watches Deal or no Deal while I arrange my cars into traffic jams.
My latest favourite tricks are continually rolling over onto my side or front and sticking out my tongue a lot. Not much I know, but I’m enjoying it!
Thursday we did some painting:

The weather was lovely so we did it outside which pleased mum as I didn’t get paint all over the house. She doesn’t really like me painting,,,,
When I got picked up from nursery on Friday she asked what I wanted to do, I told her I wanted to go to the pub! So we did, and we dragged Laura along too!

I fell off the swing and as I got up it hit me in the back of the head, I cried my eyes out, I don’t know why everyone else thought it was so funny!

It was pretty funny though…

I set up my mobile café in this tree house, as usual stock was pretty scarce.
They had a field with horses in it, Laura fed them polo’s they seemed to really like them:

Saturday was an early start for the seaside, apparently the surf was going off! I don’t know whether it was or not as the tide was out and it looked a very long way away. I stayed on the sand and made a running track with a water jump and everything.

It looks a bit miserable on this photo but it was lovely and warm really…for October!
I had a great time making Dad, Andy and Owen walk up into the dunes with me and went for a real good explore with Mum.

I set up base camp and looked after the stuff! The sea air made me pretty sleepy and I barely woke at all.

Dad mad a really smart ring of sand castles and I topped them all of with a shell or stone. Making them was pretty good fun, but stomping them all flat afterwards was even better!
Sunday started badly when I shut my thumb in the door…my nail went a bit red and it really hurt…..
But it soon get better after lunch when Fen and Yanna came over to play! I had a great time laughing at Yanna and Melissa!
And I managed to share my toys nicely and had an ace time launching my motorbikes over a line of cars with Fen. Then we went to the park:

I rode my bike there and the others rode scooters, that kept the grown ups busy trying to stop us from getting splatted on the road.
I slept through it all, surprising that isn’t it!
Monday we went swimming, my first time ever! I really enjoyed it and didn’t cry at all. I loved watching Ned splash about and was soon doing my own splashing too. It was really funny even though I didn’t quite know what to make of it.
I did, I jumped, slid, splashed and flopped about the place like a loony. We had to go on the fast slide as the slow one wasn’t open so that was good. Dad made a good job of it, but a trip down with Mum was far more eventful. We capsized coming round one of the bottom corners just before splash down, I went with Dad after that.
I had to have the last of my jabs today, Dad took me in and I only cried a little bit even though I had to have three! I did start to feel a little sorry for myself by the evening though and cried for almost half an hour, that’s a record for me! It was a good job Auntie Trish arrived to bring me back from the brink.

Shock horror (no, not just the Monday update) Mum went to work last Wednesday afternoon so we got a taste of what life will be like when she goes back to work in January.

To be honest, he did okay. We went out collecting conkers which is my favourite pass-time of the moment. I like it so much I’ve got them everywhere, but my favourite hiding place for them is one of the little overhead storage bins in the car. Every time we go around the corner they roll about making a load of noise. It drives Dad mad. After that it was on to the park:

We stayed and played for ages with my spider friends under the slide. Some of them had gone out to a wedding though…..
Friday afternoon we decided to go with Dad up the woods while he rode his bike, I stayed in the buggy until it was milk time:

I shouted at Dad as he went past to get to him to go faster and faster, I’d make a great team coach. I even walked the track with him to point out the fastest lines down.

We even had a group photo!
Saturday we went into town for a little shopping, it was good to be able to go in and see Auntie Christine again. We got balloons and lollipops although when Mum later gave one of the balloons to my friend Imogen from nursery I went ballistic.
In the evening we went round to see Kimi but he was lucky enough to be able to go to bed. I had to stay and eat prawn crackers with Andy before I finally decided ‘I’d had enough of this lot’ and suggested we go home…..I am very tactful.
Sunday I decided I was going to get creative with my play dough alien set:

After lunch we went to Lepe country park!

We obviously had an ice cream.

I decided I was going to go for a paddle, even though the sea was about twelve miles away.

Mum and I got to the water eventually.


Back on the beach we collected shells. We’re going to get some glue this week and make a picture out of them, that’ll be smart!
We had a cuddle in the warm sunshine:

That ought to help with the tan at this late time of year.

Mum took one of her famous close-up's, i'm so glad I get them too:

Monday we had a trip to the park, I’m always happy to go to the park.

I showed Ellis how high I could go on the swings.
I was pretty impressed actually.

Safari....so goodie!

Hello, how are you all?
First off, I went to Amber’s seventh birthday party:

I was the only boy, how lucky am I? They followed all my orders as well. I had a great time and even managed to overcome my mild fear of dogs and set a new world record for eating chocolate fingers. I hope I didn’t upset Amber too much trying to nick all her smart new presents (horse stuff, pink horse stuff).
I went as well, but decided to just have a kip.

You may notice my lack of clothes, that’s Dad’s fault. He installed my nappy so badly that it didn’t quite catch it all….
We’re looking at transport at nursery at the moment, my favourite subject! I’ve been making racing cars for Ellis:

Friday afternoon we went to Toys R Us, we hadn’t been for a little while so I was raring to go. I think I managed 250 laps of the shop on a bike and didn’t maim anyone so that was a result. I even left without a new toy, which was a result for Mum and Dad I suppose…..
Friday night and Mum and Dad went out and left us at home for the first time since I’ve been born! It’s about time, I could do with a night off….
Sue and Charlotte came round to look after us and it was brilliant. We played cars and played computer games and everything. I tipped them off about Ellis, in so much as she may ‘vom’ a little or she may ‘Vom’ a lot and that if she didn’t drink enough milk Mum wouldn’t be happy.
I wish I could just drink what I want to drink, ever since this weigh in at the health visitors the other month Mum’s been stuffing me like a foie-gras.
Saturday we were up and at ‘em relatively early, picnic packed and ready to go. It was quite a long drive to the West Midlands Safari park but it was certainly worth it. We chased Ben, Rach and Kimi all the way there too.

First up was the Sea-Lion show, I sat open mouthed and utterly agog throughout the entire performance. I couldn’t really believe what I was seeing, the sea-lions were brilliant and I think we should get one as a pet.
I topped up my tan nicely in the sun!
We saw some whopping great snakes and spiders:

Some crocodiles, lizards, some free range bats and some fishes:

I decided to give Kimi some lovin’

I just slept quietly in my buggy to be honest.
Now all this was pretty good but it got even better…..
We got back in the cars and then drove into the animal enclosures, I couldn’t believe it!
Rach, as a dab hand at feeding animals was off at a pace:

So Mum and Dad were under pressure to keep up no matter how much they would rather not have to. Mum started off well with a small deer like thing:

Before Dad upped the ante with a Giraffe!

And then I joined in with an even smaller deer than Mum had managed:

We saw so many animals I struggled to remember them all, but I think I did. I loved the wolves and the playful lions (although I made sure the windows were well and truly up in their enclosures). The Elephants were massive and the giraffes were really tall. I loved the racing stripes Zebra’s but didn’t like the camels much as we saw one having a good old kick at a car! Once I was back in the car I was pretty tired and soon nodded off:

Sunday morning we had both Auntie Trish and Auntie Christine round, I found Auntie Christine really entertaining for some reason and couldn’t stop laughing at her while she put the world to rights:

We went to the park in the afternoon, I showed the way:

And then I got in on the act with my first ever trip down a slide:

Followed by my first go on a swing:

And then a group trip on the motorbike:

I think I enjoyed it, but soon went back to sleep in my buggy.
I couldn’t wait to go back to nursery and tell everyone about the safari park and collect a load more conkers. If anyone fancies a conker tournament again this year let me know, we’ve got hundreds at home!
Now then, I think that being at home with Mum watching daytime television has taken it’s toll on me. There’s so many home makeover and DIY shows on it’s started to rub off on me and I’ve started to get a bit done around the house on my own:

It’d certainly be quicker than waiting for Dad to do anything…..