So summer seems to be here at long last (well, it hasn't rained much anyway) so we've been getting out and about a bit. We went to the Discovery centre, i'm really enjoying slides at the moment:

Dad has to stand guard in case my shoes bring me to an abruty halt though.
Dad might as well not be there as far as i'm concerned:

Although he did point out the Red Arrows flying over in formation. Apparently i'll have to be really clever to get to fly in one of those....
We had a man that bought bugs into nursery last week, it was ace. He had a giant snail and a centipede amongst other things. I decided the centipede looked like a really long train with his sections of body.
Dad broke the car window winder thingy so it went down and wouldn't come back up! Oh dear, this resulted in us coming home from nursery on foot on Thursday which pleased me no end.
Yep, we also had to kill some time on Friday at a rather wet Victoria Park until we walked all the way back to the garage to pick the repaired car up. Ned and I took the oppurtunity to have a lovely sleep.
Saturday morning we went to yet another park, this time it was the city playground which we see on the way to nursery. It was a bit small scale for me really, but it wasn't a bad way to while away a morning.
I loved it, but all I want to do is walk about, don't try and cuddle me or anything like that, I want to be down on the ground moving under my own steam. I will still go in the buggy with no fuss though....for now!
When we got home, we had a very important letter waiting for us, I have got into the school down the road! Brilliant or what? It's the same school that Max will be going to and the same school that Alistair will be going to. I was so excited I jumped about shrieking for about half an hour. Even better news is that I can start in September! Of course this means school holidays are coming up, so if anyone wants to come and play with me for a morning or even a full day next year during the holidays, i'm sure Mum and Dad would be almost as happy as I would be!
Mum went off to the races with the girls in the afternoon so all the blokes went to the pub for lunch. I played in the garden with Abi, Yanna and Fen while the grown ups tried to watch golf or something on the telly. We then moved on to Nick's with ice creams and a bit of a play when the Halford boys turned up. We geeked out with Nick:

Abi and I had a nice sedate play:


So the weather was still good and Dad decided we would eat sunday lunch in the garden:

I don't really know why. It was okay though I suppose.
In the afternoon we went to Henley for a visit. Normally it's just a wander up the river and then back home but there was a little fair in the park, with some bands playing (I had a little shimmy) and loads of people eating picnics and having barbecues. Mum thinks i'm getting a bit old for these sort of rides, i'll be judge of that:

Caught mid bounce here on a very springy bouncy castle, impressive height!

Obligatory bridge shot:

I was unimpressed by Mum's celeb spotting of Paul Daniels and Debbie Mghee:

Rounding out a bumper week for park's, we got to go on another one:



We had to deliver some very important paperwork to my new school on Monday afternoon, we walked, it isn't far. I didn't see much of it but what I did see I liked the look of. There was a big hall with climbing things, jumping things and a stage which looked really good and a lovely library full of books as well as some interesting looking playgrounds outside, it certainly looks like my sort of place!
We finally unpacked the last of the toy boxes as well, Ned's old baby toys. I loved them, they were noisy, flashy and generally very irritating to Dad.
I loved them too, i'd forgotten how much fun some of them were!
Dad made us eat outside again, I was pretty tired so pinched mum's sun lounger:

We had the farm visit at Nursery on Tuesday, there was a goat, a couple of chickens,a sheep, a horse, a cow and a sheepdog to go and see and have a stroke of.
Even I got in on the act, I didn't much like the look of the other animals but did take quite a fancy to the doggy.
We also went and got me a big boys bed, that will give Dad something to do putting it together, I might help him if he gets stuck.
Dinner in the garden again tonight.......

Still, we can make more mess without getting into trouble:

Thats about it for this week then, hopefully the video will work okay. This weeks music is rather divisive, Mum and I love this song (I know more of the words than Mum) but Dad thinks it's rubbish. Ellis can't vote yet, so we win!!!

So then, we've been on holiday:

Maybe the sunglasses were a bit optimistic in view of the weather forecast but we put them on anyway and hoped for the best!
We trekked down Friday night as usual giving us a full day on saturday, and we needed it. It was action from the start. Owen rang up to tell us he'd crashed his car on the way down Saturday morning..oh dear. At least no one was hurt, Andy went to collect them and we went to see Auntie Christine and Uncle Ian in their holiday cottage up the road (they are far too posh to slum it in a caravan like the rest of us). Everyone arrived in dribs and drabs throughout the day and pretty soon the caravan was full of gatecrashers:

During a break in the rain we hit the beach for a bit:

The water was lovely and warm (well, bareable in my hand me down wetsuit, I had to accesorise with the headgear).

The sand was tasty....

Even uncle Alan braved the elements for a bit of a play:

Next day was Crealy day.....I was sooooo excited! I loved showing everyone around and we were all soon having a lot of fun. It was great to play in the ball pools with Ellis, Kimi and Abi aven if I was a bit 'full on' for them....
But of course there's the proper rides too, we had loads of goes on the boats (but no pictures i'm afraid as everyone was having a go). Then there was the beast, I was just about tall enough to have a go, so on we went:

We were soon bouncing up and down in the air, I loved it!

Then it was onto the pirate ship....a-haaar!!! We stayed on for ages and made a LOT of noise!

Then it was onto the bumpy slides, even I got a go at this:

Before a spot of ball pool warfare broke out:

Owen and I became giants:

And Dad had to take a picture of himself on the horses to prove he was there:

We pressed on throught the bad weather and had the best attended barbeacue in Treyarnon Bay history, it was pretty smoky:

Because Ian and I were cooking:

Before long Abi and I were tucked up for a spot of Night Garden, she has more staying power than I do though:

The weather was pretty bleak the next morning. Mum, Dad and Andy had this ridiculous idea that we should go and play on the beach....it was raining for goodness sake! I kicked up a right old fuss and fortunatley Chard took pity on me and let me go in his caravan, we watched Santa Claus films in the warm and dry, it was brilliant. Thanks Chard!

Yeah, I still had to go to the beach though....

We did eventually have some sunshine, so we got down the Cafe for a cream tea, Slim and I went off for our usual exploration session:

Before re-joining the rest for our cakes:

We played Cricket on the beach, Dad reckons it's a stupid game, I would have to agree, there's a lot of hanging about and the bat was really big and heavy for me:

Auntie Christine was the acting sports reporter with Auntie Tracey on Umpire duties:

We went out with John and Sarah to Pizza Hut (sorry Alan). It was great fun. I decided I was going to be all classy and have my coke in a wine glass:

The ice cream factory was brilliant as usual.


We played croquet:

We sat on the beach some more:

We went on a speed boat ride:

Now I think Owen and myself thought this was going to be a bit of a sedate cruise, it turned out to be a real blast. the boat driver kept checking that I was okay and then started throwing us into rapid turns, jumping other boats wakes and loads of general zooming about, it was brilliant and I loved every minute of it.

We had a sneaky return visit to Crealy:

I bravely stroked the pigs:

And was finally allowed to ride the horses alone:

We rode the Beast until it closed down for the day:

And then had a nice calm bedtime story:

John and Sarah came over at the weekend, we played Tennis:

And then went down the beach just for a change. We dug a massive hole in the dunes with the help of a shift system for grown ups while Owen press ganged us into makign his skull and crossbones masterpiece come to life:

I tried my hardest to emulate Ned and take my first steps at the caravan but it wasn't to be:

On the last day we headed for Constantine for a last blast:



And then it was time to leave. Boo. Thanks to everyone who made it down to see us, play with us and look after us, we had a great time! Shame about the Curly Wurly's though Nick?

A special mention for Andy who had the 'pleasure' of our company for the week, thanks for the early morning entertainment while Mum and Dad were to lazy to get up, they owe you big time!
So then, nursery is rubbish, I want to go to school. We visited another potential one for me on Monday afternoon, I loved it and wanted to start right away! Having said that, I was made special lunch helper at nursery because I was such a good boy all morning. After that it was Tesco's for shopping. I spotted some cheap rollerskates and had been on about having some for ages....good job I had some birthday money. Obviously i'm brilliant at it...unless i'm falling hard on my bum.

And my big news is that I took a few steps all on my own on Monday, I missed the caravan by a day!

Well there's not a lot of action to report this week because we've been pretty tired really, must have been Legoland last week!

Dad has been trying to get us out and about on Saturday while Mum was at her shareholders meeting for work (trying to get herself something called the sack Dad reckons).
He finally got me off the sofa.......
....and me out of my cot for atrip to the park. I quite enjoyed it in the end:



Yeah, so did I, but I didn't want to stay long as I needed some more rest.

Mum was home just after lunch and then we went into town to see Auntie Christine amongst other things....
Yes, I got measured up for my first pair of shoes! How cool am I? They taste really nice and seem to be helping my walking no end. I've even managed to stand up without holding on to anything a few times (until I realised and promptly fell on my bum).

In the evening though it was pub time! There was hundreds of us there, good work on sorting this one out Nick and Carol. We played some football:

Where Dad ripped his shorts right open, I obviously found it as funny as everyone else:

I ended up playing with the older kids who lived at the pub, they were great fun and as it turns out really quite good at a game called french cricket!
We went swimming on Sunday morning, the little outdoor bit was open and everything.
It was and I made the most of it by teaching myself how to dive with a little helpul advice from Mum and Dad. I got pretty good at it too, probably 60% resulting in head first entry to the water, 20% spectacular bellyflops and 20% wildly flailing out of control splashdowns.
Sunday afternoon we were having a roast, I asked who was coming round to help us eat it, no one was the answer I got. Hmmmm, I had a little think and then suggested Andy should come round. Dad asked him, he said yes and he was soon round for a bit of roast beef and some witty table banter from myself.
Well we're still ploughing through the frozen leftovers from my birthday so Monday night was barbecue night again. I helped erect the gazebo in the afternoon while Ned was asleep by eating pebbles, making Dad think I was going to fall down the steps and moving all the poles as Dad was trying to sort them out. I don't know how he would manage without me! Anyway, eating outside was great, I could make much more mess than usual without messing up the carpet:

Yeah, it was rather good being outside for tea, but even better was that we had my new favourite pudding, Eton mess, yummy scrummy!!!

Our morning worldy discussions with Mum on the way to nursery have now progressed to foreign languages. Apparently, in France wee means yes! How funny is that? Apparently it's spelt differently or something but that doesn't matter it's still Wee!!!! I could also ask for an apple if I were in france too, shame I don't really like them all that much, it would be more usefull to learn another foodstuff Mum, maybe 'Eton Mess'?
I got some new sandals for the warm weather today, they have lights in them. I was so excited I screamed in the shop. I loved them so much I wore them home, stomping all the way. I expect the batteries will be flat by the end of the week the rate i'm going.....
Short and sweet video this week i'm afraid, the musical accompaniment is one of my favourites even though it's been doing the rounds for a while. The Count and Sinden - Beeper, get it on at your wedding Laura, I may even dance!

I can't believe it's taken this long to mention it as i've been telling random strangers in the street that we're on holiday next week, yes it's that time again. Mind you, I think most of my readers will be with is this year by the looks of it. See you in Cornwall, mine's a scone with cream and jam.....