We’re back, we didn’t freeze to death, get blown away or flooded out, quite the contrary in fact but before we get onto the holiday stuff I need to mention my uncle Alan, the other one. How lucky can a little girl be to have not one, but two uncle Alan’s? While noisy uncle Alan took Ned and Mum to see Grandma (who’s still in hospital) in the racing Aygo, Auntie Trish and Uncle Al came over to see us. Uncle Al and I had a lovely cuddle for ages and ages, I’d never been this close to a northerner before.
I’ve also been grinding my five teeth, much to Mum’s annoyance and trying to stand up at every opportunity. Everyone else seems to be able to, so I don’t see why I shouldn’t!
Yeah yeah yeah whatever…holidays!!!!
First off, things were a little weird, we didn’t go to the usual cravan we had one right at the front of the park over looking the sea, but best of all it overlooked Gary’s shop. I decided pretty much there and then I was going to have a great week.
Once we had said our hello’s to Andy, John, Sarah, Mark, Amy, Jean and John and lifted the microwave from the Hardy van (thanks Hardy’s) we got straight on the beach and had a poke around the dunes:

We had lovely leisurely breakfasts without having to rush for work and nursery:

We even got to share a bedroom which was great fun in the mornings when we woke up and amused ourselves for ages before the grown ups got out of bed.
I was relieved that the Easter Bunny gets as far as Cornwall:

We went to Crealy, now quite why we’ve never been here before is a mystery to me, they have a horse track:

We went on it again and again and again:

Now my love of horses is well documented I know, but these ones were even better as Dad kept finding mini easter eggs in their ears!
I decided to sit it out in my buggy:

We rode motorbikes:

I nearly got lost in the ball pool:

I fed a baby goat, it sucked on it’s bottle much harder than Ellis does on hers:

We went on hundreds of slides, hundreds of times:


I made Dad’s ears bleed screaming for speed on the pirate ship:

Mum and I went the fastest boats in the world:

And got very wet indeed:

And we went on the log flume, the water was freezing:

What a great day out and we’d only been away for a day!
We had more beach action:

But sadly we lost one of my Lightning Mcqueen wellies to the sea. I was quite upset about that.
I soon cheered up though, we were soon off to Polzeath for bouncy castles:


Ice creams:

(notice the lack of coats)
And rockpools:

I was king of the castle once again:

We even went for a paddle:

Even Dad joined in for once.
We admired the view out of the window:

We went to Eden project, it looked so exciting from the outside:

But was pretty boring inside, it was all just plants:

And it was very, very warm:

But it wasn’t all a let down, they had an ice rink so Dad took me skating:

It was great fun, I let him hold my hands most of the way round the rink until we got to two lovely young ladies I had my eye on that were watching from the side. Every time we went past them I made him let go and fend for himself.
Then it was back to the beach for some surfing, the sea wasn't as cold as the log flume:

And Frisbee in the sun shine:

Before cleaning the sand from my feet in a rather novel manner:

Having our first lunch of the year out on the picnic blanket:

and doing some more looking out of the window.

Even tough I managed to injure myself on a daily basis one way or another (falling on the corner of a box/impaling myself on a post/falling into Ellis' travel cot/running into a head high barrier and plenty more i've forgotten but still bear the bruises from) what a great week, I really didn’t want to come home and was quite vocal about it.
It wasn’t all bad though, Auntie Christine came round to watch Charlie and the Chocolate factory with me on Saturday night while Mum and Dad went out. I really loved it and stayed up really late to see the end. Thanks for helping explain what was going on Auntie Christine, I had a lovely night.

Pointing, I love pointing. It’s better than nearly everything else I can think of (except eating roast dinners). I point almost constantly now, sometimes at things of interest, sometimes at nothing at all but I’m always pointing. I like to accompany this with lots of jibber jabber as well, mostly low grunts and growling, but every now and then a piercing shriek. Sometimes I startle myself with these so I try and keep them to a minimum. I’ve pretty much got four teeth now the other top one has decided to come through, makes my smiles even better! Straight in with a close up this week, Dad has improved his technique since last week I’m pleased to see:

Okay then, out and about news…we went bowling last week with Uncle Slim, Auntie Christine and Auntie Trish, how cool was that?

Here I am getting a bit of coaching from Slim, he gave too much away and I beat him by a point as shown on the scoreboard:

I didn’t do so well in the second game it has to be said so I let Dad win that one.

I sat in my buggy and watched them, when I got bored of that I decided to fill my nappy…..Dad had forgot the wet wipes….oh dear.

We played on the arcade and the cars, we even had chicken nuggets and chips in a basket, ace! I hope we get to do it again one day…..
We went to London with Andy to see Max and Leo for the weekend…..crazy time!

Here’s Max cleaning the remnants of his latest victim off his sword using my muzzy. Not sure how I feel about that to be honest.
Leo liked to point at me and call me Baba…..I didn’t mind that, I actually quite liked it.
The weather forecast was pretty bleak for the weekend so we had to find other ways to amuse ourselves rather than the usual outdoor sports and the like. Emma took us to an ace swimming pool. It had slides, rapids, a flume that you had to climb into a sharks mouth to go down, it even had an outdoor section….even though it was freezing cold and raining outside. The water was lovely and warm though and Max and I were brave enough to keep getting out of the pool to jump back in again.
I loved it outside too, there were fears it would be too cold for me in the outside bit but I loved it. Mum also got brave and took me down a little slide on her lap…..I wasn’t quite sure whether I liked it or not really….

And like proper boys, when it’s raining outside we played Playstation. You Call of duty types had better watch out when Max and I get online….
As usual, we had a great time, thanks chaps!

I offered to drive back, no takers though! I'm sure i'd listen to the nice sat nav lady better than Dad does.....
We popped in to see Grandma in hospital on the way home (after we had dropped Andy off on the outside lane of the North Circular!). She was okay, but is still stuck in hospital….no one seems to know when she’s coming out but that didn’t stop her asking me over and over again.
Time to chalk up another first for me this week, I rode on the back of Dads bike in Ned’s old child seat. I really quite liked it, we bombed along next to Ned racing him up and down the close (we weren’t aloud to overtake him though). My legs were a little too short to go in the footwell’s though, so I just kicked Dad in the bum over and over again. I thought it would make him go faster.
I had my haircut again today, I love haircuts unless I have a lump of my pasta sauce from lunchtime stuck in my barnet…that took some combing out and a lot of winceing.
I don’t know if I’ll win the egg and spoon race at nursery this week but I reckon I’d be odds on for the biggest mouth competition:



Speaking of nursery, Mum now lets me ride the scooter all the way there in the mornings (except for down the big hill). It’s really good, Joshi rides his too, so we have them to play on when we go outside at nursery.
Okay then, I think that’s about it for now. Just to clear things up, we are back to Tuesday updates again now although there won’t be one next week as we’re off on holiday!
Hopefully we don’t get frostbite and we’ll see you for a double update soon!

Okay then, so the stabilisers are well and truly off and I was hungry for more two wheeled action. Dad had been going on about the BMX track for ages so I kept on and on at him to take me….the first sunny afternoon we had and we went! I had to check it out on foot at first as it looked a bit scary:

I sat and had a little think about it:

And then I was off:

again:

and again:

I loved it, and so did Ellis!
He’s right I did, Ned shouted at Dad to race him down the track with me in the pushchair, it really made me laugh even though we were too slow to beat Ned.
In more gentle pursuits we’ve been playing row, row, row your boat:

Dad’s been trying to copy Mum’s close up photography style with limited success:

It’s an okay shot Dad, but please wipe my nose clean before taking my picture.
I made some really smart binoculars:

You can see for miles through them, honest!
We’ve been to the Discovery centre for a play as well. I achieved another milestone by sliding down the fireman style pole all on my own as well as riding the aerial runway unaided. I also played with my future wife Emily (she’s from nursery) who just happened to be there (same time next week Emily?).
We had to go to the garden centre so we also went to the fish shop to see the fish, there were thousands and I loved them (but didn’t like dad dangling me too close over the tops of the tanks).
I loved them too, especially the fast, colourful ones.
Dad also bought me a pair of gloves like his for when I’m riding my bike, but they’re much too smart to keep just for that so I’ve been wearing them pretty much all the time, except for when I’m tired and want to have a little bit of finger sucking action.
It was Anne’s birthday at the weekend so we had an unexpected trip out for lunch to the Carvery…lovely lovely stuffing balls!
Lovely, lovely jar for me again then! Never mind, I got to sit on the end of the table and watch everybody coming and going, giving them all a smile. After that Dad and I went home to watch the rugby and Ned went with Alan and Mum to see grandma who’s still in hospital.
Yeah, we styled it up in the Aygo, thats how we're rolling!
As if that wasn’t quite enough excitement for one day, Slim and Trace came round to see us in the afternoon too. What was even better was that they stayed for tea and everything!
Sunday we went to Marwell zoo, we got there really early and the penguins were still in bed:

We got the first ride of the day on the train:

It was a bit cold and breezy on here, but I loved it.
The giraffes were brilliant, it was a really interesting observation on hierarchy in family units watching them. As the Daddy giraffe was eating his hay, he would let the Mummy giraffe share it with him (rather eluctantly) but as soon as the children giraffes got within striking distance he shooed them away with a swing of his big long neck, it was very much like meal times at our house….but without the really long necks.

Here we are with some old ass:

But best of all were the penguins:

I raced them past their windows, they were so much fun we had to go and see them twice.
Just a question here, I don’t know if Ned has noticed this or not but we only seem to go to these places in the dead of winter when it’s freezing cold. Can’t we go in the summer instead, so we can sit and eat our picnic in the warm, rather than huddling together for warmth in some draughty old shed or something? Just a thought….
I’ve got new duvet cover:

Lightning Mcqueen just for a change.
And I’ve taken a keen interest in the medical sciences using Ned’s doctors kit:

So then, windy weather? Result I say, mum took us to nursery in the car instead of her usual walk. Not only that, but on the way home she drove through the biggest puddle in the world sending water miles up into the sky. As soon as I got in I told Dad that Mum was the best driver in the world. He tried to play catch up on the way to Basingstoke that afternoon driving through every puddle he could find but he wasn’t up to Mum’s standard. He even tried to buy me off with a milkshake but he didn’t stand a chance.
Laura had a visit tonight, I was pretty excited about it, but did feel a litle cheated when it turned out Mum and Dad weren't going out....
I'm not sure what to make of her, I even had a little cry.....i'm sorry Laura, it's just shoe envy. I'm sure i'll get over it.
Okay then, I’ll attempt another video this week, just a few action sequences, enjoy!

Brace yourselves for another weekly whirlwind round up then….

Bike riding on two wheels? Piece of cake. I’ve been trying to make things more exciting by careering around the playground and weaving through the kids/play equipment. That was going well until Alastair turned up:

I’ve really missed him since he stopped going to nursery but we wasted no time resuming our usual style of play…..

Rough and tumble all the way.
They are both complete fools if you ask me, how one of them didn’t end up in hospital is beyond me. Having said that, I’m no stranger to danger myself:

Here I am after I had just managed to escape from Ned’s wooden railway before getting run over by the 6:15 express! (Ned took the photo on his camera).
We’ve moved rooms at nursery into a much bigger one. It’s brilliant, we’ve got loads more room and even a quiet corner that I made use of today to catch up on some sleep after the busy weekend. It was a double bonus actually, I missed Tuna Bake which was on today’s lunch menu and got a special one off cheese and ham toasty instead. What a result, think I might play the tired card every time there’s a dodgy dinner in the pipeline.
I’m not fussy, I’ll eat anything and everything. Meat, fruit, veg, yoghurt, newspaper, books, tissues whatever I can get my hands on really. I’d still love to eat that internet cable but keep getting caught in the act.
Mum sang me a funny song this week about ‘Walking the dinosaur’ one morning on the way to nursery, it sounded ace….even though she didn’t know many of the words. Dad got the proper one from the internet and we listened to it loads and busted out some fat moves to it. My new favourite song I think, although I also quite like track 5 on the Reel Big Fish album too. We like to sing it in the car on the way to collect Mum from work, it’s about slowing down, not quite such an issue as it would have been in our old car. Andy even took Dad to see the band last week, I really wanted to go with them but was told I’d have to wait until I was older, I hope 4 is old enough.
I’m crawling! I can move forward under my own steam in the direction I have chosen to go. How about that? It isn’t particularly elegant crawling but I’m working on it. I’ve also decided making loads of noise using my mouth is the way forward, everyone else seems to do it pretty much non stop so I thought it best if I join in myself.
I’ve also taken a shine to a 12 year old girl we pass on the way to nursery every morning. I get really excited when we see her come along the path and I make sure I issue a nice big hello each day, she loves it.
Mum and I have been working on my party invites (for my friends, a separate ‘family’ occasion will be announced in due course). It’s the social event of the year so it’s taking up pretty much every waking moment I have. Dads heard enough about it already I think, all he keeps going on about is how much it’s going to cost him.
Time for a big ‘get well soon’ for Grandma who’s in hospital at the moment after a little fall. We went to see her on Saturday with Alan, it’s cool when he comes out with is because he sits in the back between Ned and I and we have someone to play with/antagonise.
So Sunday was mother’s day, thank god for that. The build up had been long and arduous thanks to Dad making us go to pretty much every shop in town at least twice. We did get to make her a card though which meant getting the paint, glitter and stick on googly eyes out.
Yeah, I got to squeeze my hand into a great big paint pad and do some handprints which was really good but Dad had it planned like a military operation and wiped my little hand clean before I could do any serious damage with it….KILLJOY!
We had an outing to Virginia Water and in the great family tradition I had to suffer the very public indignity of the parcel shelf change:

Except this car doesn’t have a proper parcel shelf so I get to enjoy the full spacious luxury of the boot itself, what a lucky girl I am!
We had a picnic by the side of the lake that was ogled, eyed up and coveted by every passing man, woman, girl, boy and dog.

I enjoyed some really crispy things out of a crinkly packet. Now normally I would have gone for the packet, but I have to confess to enjoying what was inside more.
I rode my stabiliser-less bike for miles without riding into the lake itself or any of the numerous muddy puddles that adorned the edge of the path, pretty good for a confirmed mud magnet like myself.

We found a really good waterfall which was probably the best thing I have seen in ages, I don’t really know why but I loved it.
On the way back I decided the foot path was a little tame and wanted to get some off road action going on. I demanded Dad launch me along this really bumpy high level pass:

I shouted up at the sky for my both my Nannies to watch me after Mum said how proud they would be of me.

Then it was back to the car, I decided to wear just the hood from my coat. I’m an innovator, a style icon, a trailblazing maverick or maybe just a bit of loony…..