This weeks food fad, scotch pancakes for breakfast. I love them, I love them so much that some mornings i'll put 4 away no problem. And bread, I love bread at the moment too, dinner, pudding, two slices of bread.
While we're on foodstuffs, i'm getting really good at recognising stuff by smell alone. There's the weekly herb recognition session in Tesco's and this week when I came home from nursery I could correctly identify Shepherds Pie was cooking for tea. Brilliant, I love shepherds pie.
We've still been hitting the park on a regular basis after school, i've doing lots and lots of hot laps on my bike and hitting the jump hard. So hard in fact that I managed to move my back wheel a bit leading to the chain coming off over and over again. A quick Dad repair sorted that out though and I was back up to speed the next day.
So the weather has been hot for ages, we've both got our lovely fans on in our bedrooms to keep us nicely chilled over night.
Been stuffing our chops with lovely tangle twister lollies.
And in my case been for a sneaky afternoon dip in the outdoor pool on Friday. Dad picked me up from nursery and we headed straight there before we went to pick Ned up from school, he's sick of swimming anyway. It was brilliant, we jumped, we splashed, I did knee swimming, bum swimming and some cool floating. Hope it stays sunny so we can go again.
We picked Mum up from work and went to buy a tent....it was a very big, very heavy bag. We offered to help Dad carry it and then realised how heavy it was...and left him to it!
Saturday, Legoland o'clock!
Well, it's been a while hasn't it?
Driving, after last times poor showing I was much more up for it this time round. I even sort of paid attention in the pre-drive briefing:

I was convinced by Ned to go on the Scarab Bouncers, as there was no queue I didn't see what I was in for before we got on:

Consequently I spent a good two thirds of the ride duration pulling a face of pure terror before deciding to enjoy it.

I did my best to get her onside by giving her cuddles and showing her I could do 'no hands'

It was so traumatic I had another go straight away.

I enjoyed the swing things from the start to the end:

Dad and I loved the pirate boat:

What goes up......

...must come down:

And of course because it was warm we could enjoy the water area without shivering:

We went to see Grandma on Sunday morning, but instead of getting glared at by scary old people we took her out for a walk along the Thames:

It really was rather pleasant watching the boats go by.

Some of the boats even had doggies on them, I loved that!

When we got home we decided we should try the tent out, here's a sneak peek, with hopefully more to come on next weeks update:

I was the only one at trampolining this week, but instead of cancelling the lesson I got the hall and the teacher all to myself. Not actually as great as it sounds though really, after half an hour of non stop bouncing I was exhausted. On the up side though my seat drops are now very consistent and i'm going higher than ever. We saw Luca's dad at the leisure centre, he wanted to know if Luca had been good at nursery, I made sure I didn't answer, I didn't want to get him into trouble.
Ahhhh, no swimming for me this week, brilliant, I slouched around on the sofa watching scooby doo instead.
We had a letter home from school last week to say that I would be in Mrs Douglas' class next year. In addition to that, the two classes are being mixed up a bit for next year too, not sure why or what it all means but i'm a pretty adaptable chap so i'm not bothered in the least.
On friday we had to clear a few things from grandma's flat and because the back of the car was full up I had to sit in the front with Dad. I was sooooo excited, I loved it. Dad told me not to get used to it though as it was only a one off.
And while Ellis was lording it up in the front of the car I had a trip to Park House school for a special day of sports. I loved it, especially the older girls there. They loved me too of course.
On to the weekend then, saturday morning was swimming. The Coral Reef to be precise. Hadn't been for ages so we were well excited.
Yeah, it was really good, I went on the medium fast slide all on my own for the first time as well.
When we got home it was barbecue time for the usual suspects to watch a world cup football match that England weren't in. We had a good time on the trampoline with Yanna and Fen and several hundred Go-Go's.
And I enjoyed the company of the real life Faye, rather than all my plastic Faye's. Which could have led to much confusion I suppose, but luckily didn't. Teh real Faye smiles much more than the plastic versions anyway.
Sunday, Louises party, obviously totally exciting, even if Mum, Dad and Ellis did insist on hanging about for ages talking to one of Dad's old friends, who I might add was supposed to be working in the kitchen on our party food. Anyway, once they'd cleared off I had a great time.
In the afternoon we were very sunday afternoonish indeed, and cleaned the car. We went through the car wash first, but that wasn't enough to clean the serious amounts of birds poo off it, so we had to do it again at home by hand. We enjoyed the car wash though so it wasn't a completely wasted exercise:

Some of the water and soap even ended up on the car:

Dad had a serious sense of humour failure when I sprayed him with the hosepipe (he said it was because he had his mobile, car keys and wallet in his pocket). He did lighten up in the end though when I completely soaked him through.

Sue arrived with my belated birthday present and a load of apologies for being late with it, she needn't have worried, I loved my dress and flashing tiara:

Back to school on Monday then...

...And back to nursery in my new room, re-united with my beloved Eva again. My last room before school, how exciting. I lved it of course, i'd already been on plenty of visits so it wasn't a worry for me. When Dad came to pick me up we were giving Lynne a pretend hairwash, using all the proper towels and conditioners and what have you. She looked lovely when we'd finished with her of course.

After school we went to the park on the bikes, all my friends had gone by the time we got there which was a shame but it took a while to show Dad my climbing abilities in the playground after school.

It wasn't all bad though, I had my first go on the aerial runway alone!

We tried again at the park today and had a result, Jamie and Ben were there and i'd taken my football so we had a great kick about!

And for the second day running I rode my bike all the way home, uphill!

Been a bit under the weather lately. In fact I got sent home from school last Wednesday. I felt okay though but they thought I was poorly because I was being quiet. I suppose it is rather out of character. I don't mind the chance for a bit of extra sleep in the afternoon anyway.
Until Dad made me go to my last week of swimming lessons. I wasn't really into it, so didn't last the full half an hour. We did get my test score sheet though and I passed with flying colours even though I missed 4 lessons. Mum and Dad were really pleased with me, i'm pleased as well as I don't have to go again for a while now.
We had an exciting evening planned as well, it was circus time at school and I was well up for it. There was a great big tent on the school field, bouncy castles, a barbecue, everything!
I couldn't decide whether I felt up to it or not and changed my mind a few times before we finally agreed to go. I'm glad we did go though, I loved it:

There was a pretty lady doing tricks up in the roof, clowns, balancing acts, BMX tricks, singing and dancing, pretty much everything you could wish for at such an event.
I sat next to Alastair which was obviously great but the girls did seem to do rather a lot of screaming. A little too much if you ask me. During the interval my teacher miss Stephenson twisted Dad's arm into enjoying a cold beer from her stall, it was one of the most pathetic atttempts to resist I think i've ever seen.
Mum finally cracked and made me a doctors appointment. Of course by the time we went I was feeling much better and bounded in to see him. He gave me the once over and declared me fit.
Quick bit of nursery news then. I got caught eating sand and chalk the other day. When they told Dad what i'd been up to he expressed concern about what may come out of the other end...
Even bigger nursery news is that i'm going up to the next room next week. So that will be that, i'll be in with the big kids and it'll be my last room before school.
Onto the weekend then, and seeing as i'd been poorly for a bit it was my choice of activities. How does the nature discovery centre and Pizza Hut sound?

We waited for mum to come down the slide:

She came out at quite a rate:

We didn't stay at the park long as the Hut was calling. Especially the ice cream factory.
It was a brilliant idea Ned, but throw a bit of shopping in for us ladies eh? I spent some of birthday money on a totally brilliant pink Hello Kitty micro scooter. A two wheeler no less. I'm fast on it of course.
Sunday was Joshua's naming day. We hadn't seen him for ages. He's a really smiley chap, we liked him a lot.
We liked the food he'd put on for us too. I think 'Cake heavy' would cover the spread.
Here we are, all dressed up right smart and that:

Still, it didn't stop us having a spin:

We went back to Yanna and Fen's afterwards. They've got a table football game now, brilliant. Being a school night and all that we couldn't stay long though...boo!

Last Thursday, one of the most exciting events in the school calendar...school trip day! This year we were going to Mudeford to study features of the beach. We all went on the big coach, it was ever so exciting. Of course i've been to Mudeford loads of times so I knew all about it but I still loved it. After all the boring stuff was finished we had a picnic on the beach and built sandcastles before having an ice-cream, all in the glorious sunshine. To top things off I even got to sit on the back seat of the coach on the way home.
While Ned was on his trip I finally got to go back to my trampolining club after my holiday break. I attacked it with a renewed vigour and went higher than ever before.
Auntie Christine came round with my birthday presents which was of course brilliant. We all went to pick Ned up from school together after his trip.
The Halford boys came round after school on Thursday. The weather was lovely so instead of playing in the garden or something we played on the Wii, indoors!
Leo and I had a bounce on the trampoline though.
Andy came round to look after us as it was parents evening.....nothing to worry about on my part of course. My teacher had some lovely things to say about me it turns out. She says my handwriting is beautiful (but maybe a bit too slow) and my numeracy is also well up to scratch. She also said I was very enthusiastic about everything and like to be helpful, setting things up for the class in the mornings. She also said I was a genuine pleasure to have in class!
We made Andy play Super Mario all the while they were gone, he's a good sport.
We also had a flying visit from Den and Gail, again bearing late birthday gifts. I like the idea of having a birthday on holiday and then one or two further birthdays every week afterwards.
Things went badly wrong at bedtime though, we both decided we didn't want to go to bed and screamed and wailed and hollered and ended up not getting a story...oops.
Friday baking club returned last week with a batch of chocolate chip cookies for our weekend trip (details to follow).
Then it was a trip to Chris and Kates for another England football barbecue and another disappointment (not the barbecue or the hosting of course).
I started to feel a bit iffy to say the least, not the best preparation for a drive to Cornwall with Andy once the game had finished.
We hit the road and it was soon dark and we were asleep.
So asleep that I even missed the sat nav lady get confused.
We were soon at athe caravan, we hadn't been for ages so it was really good to be back.
Unless you'd developed a temperature, and were suffering from delusions, oh dear. Mum was quite worried about me but I soon nodded of with Dad, leaving Mum to go and room with Ellis on my bed.
Next morning and the sun was out, so it was breakfast, Gary's shop and the beach.
Gary is my hero, even if he does tell me football jokes that I don't get (neither does Dad).
I was a lot better than the previous night but still spent most of the day tucked up in my beach tent asleep:

It wasn't all plain sailing though. A particularly strong gust of wind almost blew me and tent away!

I decided that seeing as Ned was laying low I needed to take centre stage for the day:

I took my baby Faye for her first trip to the beach:

I had a lovley time, not quite as chilled out as Ned mind you.

We headed back up to the caravan and broke out the comfy chairs for some more relaxation:

Before having chip shop for tea. Yum.

Next day it was fathers day of course, we quickly gave dad his presents while he was cooking sausages for breakfast. He loved his cards though, we really are quite the artists.

Seeing as the weather was still glorious we hit the beach again.

I was a bit more active this time, A game of bat and ball with Mum:

And then some digging with Dad:

Under Ned's guidance we dug a cool trench, it was pretty deep:

And as the tide came in it filled with water:

After all that effort, I decided to retire to my quarters:

And refused to get out, even when it was time to pack up and go:

We headed back to the van and helped Andy with his chores, well, watering the plants anyway:

We made sure we hgave them plenty to drink:

And then it was sadly time to come home.

Never mind, we'll be back in 8 weeks!

Surprise update! How about that then? Twice in a week? Yeah why not....
We've managed to round up a few stray photo's (thanks Andy).
In case there was any doubt out there at all, we were very pleased to be in America:

Now then, waterparks, not the easiest place to take any photo's but thanks to Andy's waterproof camera we have a few to show you.
Here we are in the lazy river at Aquatica. These bouyancy jackets were brilliant, I could lay back and go with the flow:

I seriously loved the lazy rivers, I usually ended up giggling and babbling on talking utter rubbish as we bobbed along.
I loved them too, but for racing of course:

Although on rare occasions you may have caught me taking it easy, just recharging for the next race of course:

It was a decent oppurtnity for cuddles that I wasn't going to pass up on thats for sure:

The water jets were great fun too. We worked out that if you stood on one of the other ones, the jet went even higher:

Of course the waterproof camera also proved usefull during one of the short downpours, this one was on my birthday at the Magic Kingdom:

We were running laps of the flower bed, to the great amusement of the gang of dull old grown ups hanging about under a shelter until the rain had stopped:

Whats the matter with them all? It was only water!

It was also still really hot so we soon dried off.
Certainly in time for tea, here we are outside the restaurant, watching Winne the Pooh and his gang before our table was ready:

Another watery themed day was of course Discovery Cove. Me and Mum modelled their vests and bouyancy jackets:

Here's how I eased myself in with the fish and the rays, sat on Dad's back, high up out of the water:

I didn't need much encouragement to get in with the dolphin though:

Even though it looks like Dad is close at hand, he was only helping me because the water was a bit deep:

And here I am, swimming with my new best friend CJ the dolphin:

And off into open water:

Hope you enjoyed our brief burst of photo's and it's filled a few holes in our previous report.

Be back on Tuesday for more......

First off, the Florida video that didn't make it onto here last week:


Right then, this weeks round up. It was all back to school and nursery on Tuesday.

Except I decided that I hadn't had quite enough time off so threw up at school, big time (I filled the tub they gave me anyway). Oh dear, a quick phone call and I was soon being picked up and taken home to feel sorry for myself.

Yeah, so that was no school for Ned for two days which meant I was off nursery too. The usual arrangement kicked in with Mum looking after us in the morning and Dad taking over in the afternoons. I was pretty keen to get back to nursery to see my griends truth be told.

I wasn't even that ill really. I had however decided that I was now in fact an American and was only sick because I was having to go bed too early and not at 'American time' which I was now well and truly used to. It didn't wash unfortunatley and I was back to school on Friday.

Thursday night though saw me fill out my World Cup predictions sheet for Owen's competition. Exciting stuff, i've been hyped about the World Cup for ages!

I'm not sure how usefull my standard suggestion of three for every score was?

Dad got off to a flying start, getting the first two spot on, this upset me greatly, until he pointed out there was pretty much a months worth of football to come, and he started getting them wrong!

We had Emma and Leo round to play on Friday night while Max was working the door at his school disco, they have a strict admissions policy by the sounds of it.

Yeah, we had a little bounce on the trampoline but couldn't get any adults to join us, booo!!

Mum had to work on Saturday morning so we dropped her off and Dad made us go to the skatepark in Marlborough.

We didn't mind (well, once we'd woken up anyway). It was great fun, there'll be a video to follow at some point i'm sure.

There was a pretty smart park next to it too, with aerial runways, big swings and climbing stuff to explore:

We picked Mum up at lunch time and she taunted us with her pasty shop sausage roll before having a quiet afternoon. We had a barbecue to go to in the evening!

The first England game no less, we were well dressed for the occasion thanks to the Halfords:

Here I am doing a few laps of the decking in my best England regalia, this was before my awesome stunt show kicked off (i've decided I want to be a stuntman when I grow up):

We even sat and watched the game, well some of it. About half an hours worth anyway:

I don't think the result was to everyones liking, it didn't really affect me and Leo too much though:

I asked Mum why everyone was shouting at the telly as the players couldn't hear them....she thought that was really funny.

Big old lay in Sunday morning after our late night of course. Then it was a whirlwind visit to Grandma.

Yeah, i'm not sure I like going in there too much to be honest. There's loads of old people and they really love it when we go in there, but they're a bit, well, you know, full on?

It's nice that we can go out in the garden with her, we had running races around the lake this time. Ned gave me a bigger and bigger head start until it worled out with us having an epic last straight battle. My poor little legs were seriously tired.

Mine weren't! I even challenged Mum and saw her off with no trouble too!

So then it was back home for an express lunch before Ned went off to Josh's party and I stayed home to entertain Slim and Tracey for a bit. We also went down the shop for an ice cream, but don't tell Ned.

I had a great time at Josh's pirate party, and in addition to my rather novel eye patch (under the eye strap anyone?) I also had the facial tattoo's applied:

Got a few laughs with that one I can tell you. Excpept from Mum, who had to scrub them off my face before school on Monday.