Ruby Wedding

I am putting my feet against my head and my head against my feet in an 'O' and I can make an 'O' forwards too lying on my back putting my toes on my head. I learnt to do this at ballet in the summer. It is a good stretch and I have to point my toes. I learnt lots of new stretches and balances. Also we did some dances to Disney songs especially to "I Want To Be Like You" from The Jungle Book and "I've Got No Strings" from Pinocchio. I haven't seen Pinocchio but I have a pinocchio puppet in my room that is from Italy and I like making his arms and legs dance. I practise my stretches lots. Also I can put my toes behind my ears but I can't do it without showing my pants. Sometimes I put my toes behind my ears when I am sitting on a chair but it is easier to do lying down. Mummy cannot touch her toes very well but she can tickle mine.


Daddy and I are hiding on one another from Mummy because Mummy was taking pictures and we didn't want to have our picture taken. We kept popping our heads up to test if she was looking.
I was the best hider. We were having drinks because we had all arrived at the hotel for food before Grandma and Grandad and we had driven Great Uncle Leith there and made him join in singing songs in the car but he didn;t know all my favourite songs so we tried to teach him "There were rats, rats, big as blooming cats" whilst Daddy drove.


Grandma has just opened up her Ruby Wedding present and she likes it. I painted a picture of Grandma and Grandad dancing on a plate that Mummy gave me and Grandad has got trousers on and Grandma has got a dress on. He has got spiky hair and she has curly hair. They both have rings on their fingers and they love one another. They have their feet and hands touching because they are holding hands and holding feet. I painted a tie on Grandad and it took a long long time to dry. I painted one arm on each of them curvy like I do at ballet.


Daddy and me and Grandpa have all got our chins on our hands. We were pretending to be thoughtful so that Mummy could take our picture. We are waiting for our food near the Wrekin. The Wrekin is a mountain near Grandma and Grandad's house. I say 'Hiya Wrekin' when I see it when we are driving to their house. We were having a special lunch for Grandma and Grandad's Ruby Wedding Anniversary. Great Uncle Leith and Nanna were there too.

After the special lunch we went to a museum (typers note: It was the Blists Hill Victorian Town museum where the hotel that was used for the original reception is now a tearooms so we had afternoon tea there) where there were lots of people dressed up in old fashioned clothes. There were some strange smells and one man showed me how to use a printing machine without chopping off your fingers. He said I could be his apprentice because I like machines but I didn't want to be his apprentice so Mummy took me back to Grandma's house.

Grandma and I are watching Punch and Judy and it was really cool. We were all enjoying it, even all the children there that we didn't know. It was funny and my favourite puppets were Punch, Judy and the baby. I also liked the sausages and the crocodile beacuse Punch was trying to rescue the sausages and put his head into the crocodile and the clown pulled out him out safely.
Judy had the baby and sniffed his bottom and said 'he may be a bit smelly' and gave him to Punch to hold and they kept swapping the baby over as it needed a nappy change. She told Punch not to drop the baby down the steps and he threw the baby down the steps and said 'Walkie walkie, walkie'. We didn't get to see them fighting but we did get to see the devil. I liked the policeman too. I liked all of them except the dragon.

Punch took the stick off Judy and she told him to give it back and he didn't so she phoned for the policeman and we were supposed to call out for the policeman every time we saw Punch. But Punch hid and the policeman told us not to tease him. Judy, the policeman and the clown told us to call out when we saw him.

There were one day old piglets, they were born the day before Grandma and Grandad's anniversary. The piglets were tiny. The mummy pig smelt but the babies didn't although they were in the pigpen with the mummy.

There were chickens nearby some of which were Sussex Star chicks like my chicken Star. They were pecking at food and making nests in the pile of horse manure. Some of them had feathers over their toes. They seemed to like having homes in the dump.

We liked all the animals, even the smelly ones. I tried to stroke the ones that were loose but just watched the ones in special pens. There were some black pigs in another pen too. The chickens snuggled up in the hay.

I made Daddy go so so so low in the swing boats that he is scared of falling out but I wasn't scared at all except when my back faces the ground then I was really scared but we had ropes to hold. Then the man stoppped us as he was closing and I slid down the ropes and steps and hurt my back so Mummy and Daddy and everyone had to cheer me up whilst we ate scones and cream and jam.

I pulled on the ropes fiercely to make the swing boat swing and made Daddy slide off his seat. There wasn't time to go on the roundabout or to throw balls at coconuts. I like putting coconut in cakes.

The sunflowers at Grandma and Grandad's house were so big they were gigantic so they won the race to grow the biggest sunflower but mine now has buds by every leaf and is growing extra flowers so I win the competition for the most flowers.

So we have both won but my sunflower is still alive and theirs have died so they have lost and I am the champion. Mine has 12 flowers growing on it nad the dead head of the original flower. We are going to give the sunflower seeds to my chickens because they like eating things like that and corn on the cob. I don't like sunflower seeds but I do like corn on the cob even though it sometimes sticks in my teeth.

I took this photo of Grandma and Grandad chopping the cake up for us to eat. Nanna made the cake and used a really good red colour for the icing that made my tongue and fingers go red. It was a yummy cake. Daddy did a toast about the Wrekin and we all chinked glasses. I like saying cheers and chinking glasses with people.

I fell asleep when we were taking Great Uncle Leith home so I didn't see his Boxer dog.

Welsh Holiday

We went to the wood to toast marshmallows. I have two marshmallows because I toasted one and Grandpa toasted the other for me. We cooked on the bonfire and had turkey and jacket potatoes and corn on the cob and marshmallows were pudding. I ate lots of marshmallows, one went on fire and I blew it out. When I put freshly cut fir twigs on the fire the oil in the needles goes crack crack like firecrackers or fireworks. I kept finding firecracker twigs because I liked the sound they made.

We have a stormkettle for boiling water and cooking soup and it uses small twigs so I collected lots of sticks and twigs for it and put them in the top when the flames weren't coming out of the top. Once I put a stick in the water by mistake.

When we got to the wood we moved all the stones in the fire circle and hunted for minibeasts. We found a frog which I chased it until it disappeared in the ivy and Mummy told me to leave it alone as it was scared. We found spiders with egg sacs and their nests and lots and lots and lots of baby woodlice and grown up woodlice. There was a slug and a millipede and a worm too.

Mummy and Daddy wanted a new tent for storing tools but I saw this pink one that pops up and you have to be careful so it doesn't hit you on the chin. They bought it for me as an early Christmas present and I also got a wind up torch that repels bugs too all night long with just one wind up which I held in bed with me at night like a cuddly.

We put my tent near to Mummy and Daddy's tent so that I could call them if I needed them at night and didn't have to shout too loud. I could open my tent all by myself. I slept on a campbed that filled up my whole tent even though it should have had two people in. So I could only take Tulip & Lavendar (invisible friends) in with me. I had a sleeping bag liner that I called a Sleeping Pocket and it had a space for a pillow but I put my head under it.

My last night in the wood Mummy woke me in the middle of the night and took me to the cottage where Nanna & Grandpa were staying and put me in bed again. She woke me because Daddy was poorly and had to go the the hospital (Ysbyty in Welsh) as he had appendicitus. The doctors didn't operate they gave him tablets to make him better and Mummy got him from the hospital for me to cuddle.

Whilst Daddy was at the hospital Nanna & Grandpa took me to the Snowdon Railway. The train pushed us up the mountain and pulled us down. It was the same train and the same driver too. It was a busy train and we sat at the front of the green train with red carriages (the colour of strawberries outside). I sat on Nanna's lap all the time.

We were in clouds at the top of Snowdon. On the way down we could see out of the right side but we were in clouds on the left side.

It was cold and wet and I was a little miserable at the summit because of the weather. Nanna and Grandpa took photographs of us at the summit and Nanna had to sit on the steps to take her pictures.

On the way to the wood we went to an archery shop and bought a bow and some arrows and a target for me to use in the wood because Daddy and Mummy won't let me shoot in the garden in case I hit the chickens. Daddy also bought a bow and arrows like mine for him to use as he wanted to shoot in the wood too, he called it field archery but it wasn't in a field as there were cows and sheep in the fields near us.



Daddy showed me how to shoot and talked to me and Mummy said to pretend there was someone behind me that I was trying to elbow so I would keep my elbow up. Grandpa put one of Daddy's arrows on the floor so that I knew where to put my feet because you have to point them away from the target and point your arm to the target. I held the bow tight with my left hand and the string with my first fingers on the right hand and stood up very tall. My first arrows bounced off the target, some wobbled and hung down and two arrows went over the top and Daddy & Grandpa had to hunt for them as they went quite a long way. My final arrows all went in the target and I hit the gold but not the very middle of the gold. I enjoyed archery a gigantic bit and want to do it again. At first I was scared because I thought I would shoot myself but now I know I won't. Mummy and Daddy still won't let me shoot in the garden because the neighbours have rabbits that don't know about archery but I think my chickens would be OK. Daddy says he is going to talk to his archery club so that I can shoot there but I won't shoot as far as Daddy does until my bow is much bigger.

When I stayed at the cottage with Nanna & Grandpa I spent some time on the farm. They didn't have pigs for me to feed but I did stroke and cuddle meg the sheepdog. One of her eyes is pale and bright blue and the other is dark brown. I threw a ball for Meg to chase and I cuddled her lots. She and the other sheepdogs chase our car whenever we leave the farm. Meg is a very, very, very fast runner but I think police dogs are best at chasing cars because police dogs are faster at running.






Kathryn has a trampoline and she lets people bounce on it if they have grown ups (parents) with them. When Daddy came back from the hospital Mummy and Daddy had some food and I wanted to go on the trampoline but had to wait for them to eat. Then they took me to the trampoline and watched me bounce. One of the other sheepdogs came to see what was happening and I got off the trampoline to give her a cuddle like I cuddled Meg but she sanpped at me. I was frightened but Mummy explained that she was trying to tell me she didn't want a cuddle like when my chickens peck at me when they don't want to be carried any more. I like bouncing on a trampoline and can go very high. I did lots and lots and lots of star jumps until it was time for bed.







Nanna gave me holiday pocket money and I told her I wanted to take her out for an ice-cream. I paid for her to have one ice cream and had enough money for one for me. I had a banana icecream covered with marshmallow and a fudge stick too. Nanna just wanted vanilla. Daddy bought icecreams for him and Mummy and Grandpa. We had the icecreams inside the shop because it was raining outside and I wanted to go to the beach for a picnic or fish and chips.

We drove onto the beach at Black Rock Sands and parked the car on the sand. It was so windy that we couldn't throw the frisbee because it kept blowing away and we had to chase it across the sand. Grandpa had bought a beach ball but it rolled so fast that Nanna and I couldn't catch it despite running as fast as we could. Daddy ran even faster and chased the ball into the sea and managed to catch it and carry it back to me and we put it in a bag and in the car to keep it safe. Daddy's trousers were really really wet and Mummy thought it was funny and laughed a lot.

There was so much sand that we had to walk a really long way from the car to find the sea and I wanted to swim to the other side but it was cold so I just paddled with Daddy and splashed him and Mummy.

As we walked along the beach we looked in pools of sea water and at shells and things and we found crabs and worm poo and seagull poo. All the crabs were really little and dead and I could pick them up. I had to be careful where I walked because I had barefeet and there were lots of razor shells.

I left footprints and so did Daddy. Muumy's shoes left prints that looked like crabs.

We saw seaweed in different colours. There were shells that looked really funny and they were sea urchin shells but they broke really easily so we spent a long time looking for whole ones. When we had finished hunting for shells and paddling we went back to the car to find the picnic.

Grandpa said we should picnic on the sand dunes to shelter from the wind but they were slopey so we put blankets down and I sat at the front. There was a cheeky seagull that watched us eating our picnic and Grandpa scared it off but it kept coming back. After the picnic we drove along the beach to the other entrance. I haven't driven on sand before.

It was a good holiday and at the end I went home with Nanna and Grandpa because Daddy was still ill with his appendicitus and Mummy had some pottery parties to do.

Dusty Bluebells

I'm home from nursery (today is Thursday) and want to make Mummy type on my weblog. I went out in the garden before my meals and when I came in I took my wellies, my socks and my cardigan off. They said on the weather forecast that there was going to be some thunder and lightning and I went to the park with Daddy and there was some rain but it was only drizzle so we didn't get wet and we didn't see any thunder and lightning. I am cross that they promised thunder and lightning on the weather forecast and I didn't see any.

I had cheese on toast and tomato ketchup today. And for my other meal I had potato and carrots and mashed up mince. The stars were my breakfast.

I have to go and be dead now so my prince can wake me and I can ask him to marry me. My prince says I have to drink my milk or he won't marry me and he says he won't marry someone who puts their toes in his ear.

My dress buttons kept coming undone today and every time Laura at my nursery looked behind me I was showing my bottom because of the buttons undoing. Mummy wondered if someone had been following me around undoing my buttons but I think they kept undoing themselves. Daddy took me to the park and I went on the new swing that is a bowl and you can fall asleep in it.

In swimming the day before today I did two widths without my armbands and I sat by the wall waiting for the other class to finish.

Here I am singing "In and out the dusty bluebells, in and out the dusty bluebells, in and out the dusty bluebells, who will be my partner?" Mummy says it should be dusky but I think it should be dusty like my house.
I have a graze on my knee from falling down when I shouted Nanna and she turned around. She had kept walking so I had to call for her to help me up. And I was very brave on the mountain and we had to go side to side because it was so steep. The mountain is near Nanna & Grandpa's house and I climb it with them when I have a NannaGrandpa holiday. I had a NannaGrandpa holiday because Mummy was at pottery camp.

I am hugging my cousin Russell after collecting him from school. We are holding very tight so that my other cousins (Tom and Alex) can't bounce us off. We had a picnic in the park and Russell showed me his classroom. Nanna and Grandpa took me to see Auntie Leonie and Uncle Barry and the car was very full so I couldn't sit in the boot. Their car is called Kanga because the numberplate includes ROO.

(typers note. We stopped typing in the blog because of me being busy preparing for the Kenilworth Festival which was a bit of a wet and squally affair in the end. It is now Tuesday 19th May and Bethany wants to do more on her blog and has drawn some pictures in MS Paint to include, so over to her...)

Nanna & Grandpa came to help Mummy at the Festival and to look after me. Nanna took me to the Almanack before they were open and Jeremy let us in but they were cleaning so we couldn't eat so we waited and waited until they let us have some food even though they were still cleaning away. It was early in the morning, Grandpa said it was too early. I had a bacon batch but it was a sandwich because they didn't have any batches. I had tomato ketchup with it. There were some chicks in the window of the furniture shop and they were only two days old and would have fitted in my hand. I didn't go on the donkey because I wanted to be a bit more bigger before I did it. I did go on the trampoline and needed new socks because it was a wet trampoline. I went on the bouncy slide and did forward rolls on the roller and showed my bottom and jumped around and ran around but I didn't go on the bouncy castle because I ran out of time. It was rainy except for the bits of sunshine. Nanna got very cold and wet and I helped Mummy dry the chairs so people could do pottery painting and I cleaned the tiles too. Grandpa tied my balloons to Mummy's gazebo but my butterfly that the clown made for me popped its wings and became a caterpillar again. My helium balloons didn't stay up on the ceiling long after we took them home and my balloon on a stick shrank and made my fingers black when I tried to take it off the stick. Some of my balloons are still blown up but they are smaller now and tied together.

The day before today I was Mummy's pottery assistant and wore my bear badge with my name on that I painted. We went to a baby group and I took my polar bear Lily in the back pocket of my butterfly coat. One of the babies caught Lily and she even pulled Lily's ear even though she is real and you don't hold real animals by the ear. The baby's Mummy told her that Lily was mine and she let go when I pulled Lily to me. We had an in car picnic. Daddy took me to ballet because Mummy was at a party. After ballet Daddy took me for a run as fast as we could because it was raining at us so we zoomed down the ramp and leaped into the car and drove away so that we didn't get rained on. He took me to his work because he needed to pick something up. He left me in the car sitting down because he said he couldn't take me into the building so I listened to Paddington instead. Then we went to Sainsburys but I had been there earlier with Mummy to collect fruit boxes. We took some strawberries out of a box so that we could take it for Mummy to roll clay in.

Now I am going to play Solitaire on my computer so I need to concentrate on the numbers and I like to collect the Queens.

Time for a story:

Once upon a time there was a little man about as big as my whole hand. He stayed the same size as my hand every single day and every single birthday. He was called Tom Thumb because he was as big as a thumb.