Hmmm, there's been a bit of bad behaviour at our respective educational establishments lately...
I've followed in the footsteps of Ned and caused a minor flood with the taps in the nursery toilet.
And i've been involved in a little bit of horseplay that has gained the attention of the headteacher...oops. Never mind, i've broken up for a week now so it'll all be forgotten by the time we go back I hope.
Dad took us to the library on saturday morning...by bike!
It was great fun, it was raining quite hard so there were loads of puddles to splash through on the way. Even better than that though was the subway at the police station roundabout, most exciting.
Once dad had paid all his fines we picked some books and battled our way back home through the grey wetness to get Mum reading them.
Abi and faye came round on Saturday night. Abi and I had a great time, charging around the house.
Yeah, thanks for making the extra puddings Andy!
We escaped for a bit on Sunday afternoon, to the castle. Who should be there? the Halford boys! We gave Leo a hard time, he loved though and kept coming back for more:

I made another strong fashion statement in the Autumn sunshine:

And I posed on the wall:

So, first day of the holidays, Mum has the week off so no nursery for Ellis either. We made Dad birthday cards!

I didn't know it was supposed to be a secret Ned, sorry.....ooops.

We happened to bump into Hugo and his mum as well, so we arranged a trip to the big park up the hill for the afternoon. Brilliant, we had a great time and didn't really do anything that we were told...ha ha!

I went to nursery today, so I was glad to see my own friends really.

Yeah, and Mum and I went to Reading on the train to see Fantastic Mr Fox at the cinema....I loved it so much I didn't want to leave as I wanted to sit and watch it again! We got the book from the library on saturday so I can't wait to get stuck into that!

Okay, i've decided i'm big enough to ride my scooter to school to meet ned in the afternoons, he doesn't like having to walk home while I glide along much hey ho. I did have something of an incident in the playground though involving a gentle slope and a large plate glass window. Luckily, being a school and all that I expect it's toughened glass so no serious damage was done.
It was colours week at nursery last week, we had pink, blue, green, and red days covered but yellow was proving to be a little problematic. Still, with Auntie Christine on the case I had this to wear:

Very yellow and very smiley, just the job.
Yes and she also had a baloon modelling kit with stickers and shoes and what have you, I loved it and modelled my first creation on Ellis, the likeness is stunning:

I also got half a pussycat to wear with my party dresses over the winter, very swish:

And a set of pumpkin decorations for Halloween, here I am, modelling a rather scary mouth:

Thursday was my first parents evening in year 1. My teacher told Mum and Dad that she had been looking forward to having me in her class since my visits while I was still in foundation because of my cheery disposition and enthusiasm....I wonder, where on earth do I get that from? Anyway, i'm doing well by all accounts, result. Even more so, Andy looked after us while they went out, we played Monopoly...he is very brave......

Friday was harvest festival assembly at school. Mum and Ellis came along this year which was great. I loved doing it all, especially having the bright lights on the stage. I think there may be some video later on actually.....

Friday afternoon we made the most of the autumn sunshine without the whingeing and arguing that Ned and Max have bought to the woods with us on recent outings, it was most refreshign without them:

So the weekend then, and after Mum was up half the night being sick, any planned events for saturday were a bit of a non starter, Mum took to the sofa, so she was good for an endless supply of 'on tap' cuddles and Dad did his best by taking us to the shops (I just don't know where his inspiration comes from sometimes).

Actually, we had a proper mission at the shop, materials for school 'countries' project...more of that later.

We got a book each too, I got a Noddy sticker book.....

....and I got a Doctor who 'making' book. Dad made the Sonic Screwdriver that was in there, it took him hours to finish and he reckons it was the single most difficult and complicated thing he has ever assembled....ha ha!

Sunday then and poor old Mum had no chance of any further rest, the other three of use were desperate to get out somewhere....Legoland would do the trick. Our last visit before it closes down for the winter.

I love all the little men:

And finally, I was brave enough to tell the man I was 6 and get on the big cars for a drive. I loved it and did really well. I made sure I paid attention to the traffic lights and road junctions:

My project then:

Flags all drawn by me, stuck into a map of the world on a pinboard. I even got really brave and drew the Australian flag, which was much much harder than Japan!

Went to pick Ned up the other day, it was chucking it down, Dad got my wellies, I was so excited I thought I was going to burst....I ran out into the street and splashed in every single puddle I could find, it was brilliant. I refused to wear a coat of any kind either and got proper soaked through, still, never mind, a bit of rain never hurt anyone:

I've been full of jibber jabber at nursery and the ladies keep on telling Dad how entertaining I am when he comes to get me. I even had a day in the biggest kids room on Friday, I loved that but didn't want to go back in with the little ones on Monday.
My other big news story of the week is my invention of the pig rabbit creature. I've not gone as far as gene-splicing or anything like that as yet, but I have done hopping across the floor, twitching my nose and snorting in the style of a pig rabbit. Everyone seems to find it really funny?
I've also been talking to Grandad on the phone and telling him all what we've been getting up to lately:

This is all well and good Ellis but you haven't done the 'out and about' section yet have you? Well, we haven't really got much to report to be honest. After months of lobbying and several petitions delivered to Downing Street we finally got our trip to JJ's. It was every bit as enjoyable as we'd bulit it up to be, the icing on the cake was being allowed to stay for lunch there too...just brilliant.

In the evening Alan, Hayley and Andy came round, they bought masses of crisps and drinks with them so Ellis and I did a good long shift of passing the nibbles round (for a nominal handling fee of course) before getting packed off to bed.

Sunday then, grey, wet, miserable and that was just Dad, the weather wasn't much better either! We stayed in, we played with our toys, so neglected over the summer, we dressed up, we built tents from furniture and I ate as much as I could get down my neck. A good day....

As it had stopped raining today, Ned was keen to go to the park after school. I didn't want to ride on the bacl of Dad's bike and couldn't get on with my proper bike so it was time to scoot to the park onboard the Postman Pat scooter. I did really well and got quite a speed up:

I knew the boys would be at the park on such a nice day, thats why I was so keen to go, here I am with Joe and Ben, climbing trees and singing 'I like to move it, move it'

I've finally got a chair for my desk. I've had a desk for ages, it's great as a dumping ground or as a launch pad for leaping onto my bed but it hasn't been too great as a desk without a chair. Mum spotted this one at work in the sale (while she was selling furniture by all accounts?)

It's spot on, so I can get creative in style from now on!
The weekend then, I went off to play with Abi, all on my own. Well, Mum took me round and then left me, it was so lovely to play with proper girls toys rather than all of Ned's old stuff. We had a lovely time and I can't wait to return the favour and have Abi round to our house sometime soon.
While Ellis was off Dad and I had a lightning quick trip to the park on the bikes and then got home to meet up with Mum. We went to Sainsbury's, everytime we go there it's sunny and the car park glistens with fairies! We didn't have a pound coin so we couldn't take a trolley down the ramp and had to make do with a basket. I managed to aquire this years halloween outfit, a long sought after skeleton suit.
We were all back together for the afternoon which featured rather a lot of slouching about and dozing.....our speciality!
It was soon excitment o'clock though as Auntie Trish was babysitting, yay! After a frenzy of gymnastics we dispensed with Mum and Dad and set about securing our latest night for ages.
I managed to stay awake pretty late....
But not as late as me, I was still up, chattering away when Mum and dad got back at 11:20, a new record (outside of New Years eve parties).
Sunday, understandably was a low key affair, after lunch we headed off for a walk, well, they did, I had a top up kip:

I didn't walk either, I rode my bike, just for a change. We went to the park at Wash Common, Mum hadn't been before so I had to show her what was what:

Slides of course:

...and me:

Big swingy thing:

Small swingy thing (i'm in there honest):

And then this afternoon we made jam tarts:

I prepared them with all the care and attention of a top Masterchef contestant, we even made a topping for them with some whipped cream and icing sugar...they were fantastic!

I had a yoghurt instead.....make of that what you will.....

Schools okay, nothing of interest to report. Parents evening soon though so we'll see I suppose.
Nursery is okay too, nothing to report there either, other than the fact that I love to stop by the allotments on the way in the morning for a sneaky wee (it's a long way without a nappy).
We've been to the library again and got Matilda this time. It's the most grown up book that i've been read yet but i'm lapping it up. Well, I campaign for an extra chapter every night anyway!
I love it at the library, Ned gets one book, I get as many as I can carry (usually about 4 or 5).
The weekend started with an after school trip to the park, all the usual suspects were there, Alastair, Ben, Joe and this time Jamie as well. We had a great time charging about the place, climbing trees, running around with a box on our heads....you know the sort of thing. I let them have a go on my bike too, that was cool.
I can now climb up the big ladder to the big slide all on my own!
Saturday then, we went to the Cotswold ater park. There were playgrounds:

Woodcarvings (?):

And weirdest of all, a sandy beach:

We got suited up and went for a paddle:

It was pretty cold if we're honest, but we soon got used to it.
I even did some 'proper' doggy paddle swimming and my special move, underwater swimming!

The shower was lovely, I thought I was auditioning for a shampoo advert::

We had a picnic of course and then headed out in a rowing boat. Mum was pretty nervous after our last time (she got hit on the head with an oar and we got stuck in the undergrowth). She needn't have worried this time though as I was well on the case as an expert oarsman:

I took some convincing about the whole thing, I didn't really like it to begin with but I soon changed my mind and actually quite liked it in the end. I especially liked my little tiny life jacket, it was most fetching:

There was a bouncy castle, which is always a welcome sight and of course some more playgrounds:

We went home, had ham and chips for tea and then watched Merlin on the telly...perfect!

Sunday we were up early and on the track:

I put in another strong performance of course, I even helped Dad with some video analysis of his technique (on the most part, obscured by my glove though). It was great fun and I think we were a little lucky that the car was still in the car park after I Left the door wide open.

Mum and I had a civilised girls morning in, very nice it was too.

Leo's third birthday party in the afternoon:

Notice how Ellis and I were on hand to help with 'cake security'

The ice cream was lovely as well:

It did more than put hairs on your chest:

Andy was very brave, having a non-nappied sleepy cuddle:

Happy birthday Leo, great party!

Hmmm, what have we got this week....lets see.
I'm a bike obsessive. Dad keeps playing it down but he loves it really. We went to the jumps on Henwick field on Thursday after school, they were pretty good and I got really good at launching off the last couple.
I also had a brilliant time riding the jumps and bumps on my scooter, I love it almost as much as Ned and have told everyone i've come into contact with about my exploits.
The weather's been lovely hasn't it? Is it summer now?

Dad cleared off out on saturday morning with Owen on their bikes. Firstly I wasn't happy because they didn't take me with them and secondly I wasn't happy as he didn't come home for ages! Mum was spot on though and we did loads of messy stuff and art and all the other stuff that makes Dad grumpy. We were supposed to be having a barbecue for lunch but we couldn't wait any longer, so Mum sorted us out a lovely picnic to be getting on with:



They finally got home and started the barbecue, we weren't interested in the food but it was nice to have Owen and Andy around, Uncle Den also managed to sniff out a cooked sausage and just so happen to turn up too so that was nice.
Yeah, I loved his motorbike!
Auntie Christine ordered Mum and Dad out on Saturday night as we had some proper business to sort out....finishing off my scrapbook of our week in the holidays. We made a lovely job of it and I was proper proud with my work. It took a while though, we had quite a late night.....
Yeah, and we watched the dancing on the telly, I loved the outfits they were wearing, especially the purple ones!
So we weren't in much of a hurry to hit the road on Sunday morning, even though we were off to Beale Park.
Having said that, the lure of animals was enough to get me up and at 'em! After an unscheduled 'piddle stop' on the A4 we were soon there.
As i'd paid a visit here last year with Grandad, I appointed myself as official tour guide:

I took on the role of official pointer for the day:

And escapologist!

Here I am, showing my caring side with the animals:

This was after i'd seen the turkeys though, I greeted them with a cheerful 'Hello Turkey's' followed by a slightly less cheerful 'are you looking forward to Christmas'

It was harder to hurt the piggies feelings though:

Although we doubled up in a better attempt:

The best thing of all though was of course the parks. We don't care where we go, what we do, how much we've paid or what we've seen, we always love the parks the best!

And this one even had a paddling pool (I'd been clever enough to request the swimming stuff before we left home too, how organised am I?)

I really enjoyed pushing Ned into the water:

Before having a go myself:

And I amazed Mum with my underwater swimming......i'm thinking a return to swimming lessons may be in order in the near future.

Of course, no trip to an animal park would be complete without a trip on the train would it?

And a lazy swing session for two very tired children:

Monday night after school down the park on the bikes, yay!

Yeah, it was good to play with Noah and George, I didn't want to go home.
This weeks school project....healthy eating!!! Don't all laugh at once out there will you. Anyway, I thought the roast ought to cover it (well, there's some green beans, red cannage and carrots on there).