spring break! check me out, i'm surrounded by chicks. been a busy week for me. gram and grandad have taken me on all sorts of excellent adventures. we've gone to matlock- it's a town, not some old dude on tv lawyering. we went to visit thomas. we stopped to visit the birds at happy hens. we've gone here, we've gone there, we've been pretty much everywhere. i made sure to have my naps. tonight i have to pack my bags because we're getting up super early to go back home. oh man.
auntie amy has come by to make sure i get loads of kisses. she has brought me some new friends, iggle piggle and macua pucka. toucan knows them so they should have no problem fitting in with the rest of my friends.

oh man it's like super foggy out. it's only 9.30 and my day is off to an unexpected surprising start. i woke up this morning after a good sleep happy and singing, 'spirit of the rising son lift me up and hold me there.' no i wasn't singing that. stupid mom and her love of obscure U2 songs. i was just going blab blah blab, i'm awake, yeah. dad came and got me. i hung out with him for a bit while i waited for breakfast. i said good morning to gram and grandad.
gram ate a banannana. i ran and got mom and told her. i wanted to eat that banannana and gram wouldn't share. i don't care if there is one mashed up in my bowl of oatmeal. this morning i wanted the one gram was eating. i like my bannanas.
after everyone had breakfast mom said i had to get dressed. ok fine. so it's like 9am and i'm dressed, now what? gram and grandad started packing up their bags and talking about going. why going? they just got here. i got a little upset about that. there was lots of waving and saying goodbye. i cried no no no at gram and tried to get her to stay. i followed gram and grandad into the hallway. i tried to stop them because they were taking my buggy with them and buggy was carrying blankie. that's my stuff and i need it, you can't take it. mom just stood there waving bye bye and telling me to be a good boy. huh? what? i'm going too? i took off down the hall before mom changed her mind.
so it looks like i'm off to visit with gram and grandad for a week. see ya.

this morning you can file under b for blah. it's just grey and wet. mom took me out so we could get some groceries. turns out you can't have PBS and no chocolate. mom said if she didn't get some chocolate someone was going to have their head torn off, all my friends ran off and hid. so i sat in buggy while mom pushed us through the heavy mist. i fell asleep. being pushed around the grocery store is so far down on the list of fun things to do.
i had some lunch and mom and i played. we read some stories and watched a thomas dvd. i noticed the sun came out and mom never even suggested we go out to play. what's up with that? the door buzzer rang and mom was all like- who could that be? the voice on the phone said they wanted to talk to hardwick. how did they know hardwick lives here? so mom and i waited in the hall to see who was coming to visit- grandad! it was grandad. whoo-hooo.
grandad came in and got a few things out of our kitchen drawer and then left again. what the heck is going on? a little while later grandad came back and he brought gram with him. squeeee!
i am going to spend the rest of my day playing with gram and grandad.

today i had music class. we went to a different place. it was at the mint. mom and i got there a little early and she let me run around. mom says that part of town is one of the most architecturally bizarre places you will find. how many little boys get to run around and see buildings from tudor times all the way to the 1960's just by spinning in a circle. further proof that my mom is a total geek. i just wanted to play with a gate i found.
i was a good boy in music class. we played drums and shakies today, two of my favorites.
that's about it really. i had some old ladies say nice things to me. mom and i were walking down a hill and the pathway was really narrow so we moved over and let the old ladies going up the hill pass by us with their little walkers. they thanked me and said i was a proper little gentleman letting the ladies go first.
mom and i spent the afternoon hanging out doing what we usually do. when dad gets home i'm going to spend some time with him before i head off to bed. he should be home soon since it's almost time for scrubs. dad and i like to watch that show.

i can't think of anything exciting that might have happened today. it was a pretty average tuesday. we all got up. breakfast was eaten. dad went to work. mom and i watched the morning shows. mom got me dressed and we went outside. mom made me walk up the hill into the park. i walked around a little. i saw a newly sprouted flower so i gave him a poke. mom and i did the shopping. the only thing on the list was banannanas so we bought some. we looked around a few stores but didn't find anything good to buy.
i spent the afternoon playing. i was a good boy and i had loads of fun. when dad got home i spent some time with him hanging out doing guy stuff. mom came in to check on us a few times and dad said i was being a good boy. so if dad says i'm a good boy, i must be doing something right. mom says it's bedtime soon so i better go get ready.

as much as i hate to admit it, mom was right. ugh. i hate when mom is right. isn't she ever wrong? sleeping to 7am is way better than getting up at 6am, which beats waking up at 5am any day. sleeping in my own bed all night by myself is loads better than sleeping with bed hogging snoring all the time blanket stealing mom. i'm doing really great sleeping by myself all night long. i do have some days when i get up a little early. like today, i was up a little after 6, but that's ok. last night i went to bed wicked early.
mom says that this week is half term. that means less kids in town when we are out buying groceries but also no classes for us to go to. except wed, we do have class wed but we have no class the wed after or the wed after that. half term is weird.
mom and i went out for our morning walk. she took me down to the cathedral. we haven't hung out there in ages. i walked around a bit. i said good morning to a kittie. ladeda. after we got our fresh air and exercise mom and i went to the food store for things we needed. on our way home mom dragged me into a thrift store. she bought a few things but i didn't see what.
oooooooh, i blacked out for boredom when mom was dragging me around some stores. i woke up at home and saw what mom bought- stuff for me. what a surprise i know. i've got a cool ass push and go thomas. you push the fat top hat wearing guy down and thomas shoots off across the floor. i got a thomas mouth organ- whatever that is, a piano you blow into i guess. and i got a wooden frog that clacks, we've played them in music class before. mom says, not a bad haul for £1.25.
i had a tough time waking up from my nap as the pictures show

sunday means daddy day. whoo-hoo. i had a great time hanging out with dad today. i helped him do chores. i followed him around when he was pushing mr hoover about. i pointed out things for mr hoover to suck up. we sat and watched shows together. i showed him some of my favorite stories. i helped with the laundry. i followed dad around like i follow my gram around. if he was going some place, i went with him. i was such a good boy and so helpful that dad invited me to go meet his fish friends. oh man oh man oh man. since it was a guy only day, we even left mom behind. just me and dad went to visit the fishes. it was awesome. i saw all the fish that dad works with and got to look around where he spends all his time when he's not hanging out with me. when we were done visiting the fishes dad took me for a walk around the school grounds. i went up and down hills all afternoon.
when we were done at school dad took me home and we hung out with mom. it was ok. i ate some food and got a little fussy. dad helped me have a splash in the bath and mom got me ready for bed. so now i'm all ready for quiet time before bed. phew what a day.

mom and i are in the middle of a dispute. she says she is getting ready to quit and i told her she can't quit because i'm just going to fire her ass. my stance is if you can't cook something that is palatable, how do you expect me to eat it? and she is all like- i've cooked for thousands of people and in 12 years had less meals sent back then what you refuse to eat. blah blah blah. i don't care that there are people who would give their right nut for my mom to run a kitchen. i don't care that she's been paid loads of money and gotten less hassle to cook meals in a restaurant. i just want some tasty food in my bowl at meal times. she is not making me tasty food. contract terminated. i have a feeling dad won't back me up though. he seems to enjoy the slop she dishes out day after day.
last thing i remember last night as i drifted off to sleep at 10pm was dad saying- we're getting up early tomorrow, go to sleep already. what? getting up early, why didn't you say so. i was up bright and early at 5.50 this morning. mom was not impressed. dad didn't notice, he kept on snoring until almost 7.
not much to report about my day. mom and dad took me food gathering. i helped dad fill the cart. i got a little bored and started to complain when we were in line waiting to pay the lady. mom took me outside to wait. oh man. on the way home we stopped and picked up something dad needed- worms. gross. mom had to hold them. she was all like- whatever, they're just worms, at least they're not coming out your butt. gross+10
dad is home now from his day at work so we're going to hang out doing guy stuff. i'm sure mom will try to poison me with some of her cooking again shortly.

mom and i went to see pixie maz today. we waited around with the other kids and no pixie showed up. a girl did come and say that pixies called and said she was sick. oh knows. i guess she ate something that made her swell up like a puffer fish and the doctors had to make her better. mom says that is an acceptable reason to cancel class. i got dragged off to do the food shopping instead, oh nuts. hopefully pixie will feel better next time, food shopping is so boring.
the weather is kind of weird today so mom and i spent most of the afternoon snuggled down playing with my friends and watching curious george.

happy rollins day everyone

my mom says that we celebrate rollins day instead of that bullshit holiday valentines day. the only thing you're supposed to do today is a good deed for a stranger. no flowers have to be bought. no stupid gift has to be wrapped. chocolate will most likely be eaten but then we eat chocolate pretty much everyday around here. mom says that not killing any idiots we encounter today counts as a good deed.

mom and i went to monkey class. teacher abie said that our other teacher jo had her baby. new baby got named open face grilled samich with corned beef, swiss cheese, sour kroutes and 1000island dressing. you'll figure it out.
i hung out with the german girl before class, lena. she tried to mooch my snack treats and wanted to steal my percy engine. mom said that since she was asking, i had to share. oh man. i didn't see her trying to share the huge slice of carrot cake she had for snack. i was a good boy at class. i played my instruments and returned them at the end without making a fuss. i snatched monkey off the table and he sat with me the whole class, again. monkey likes me best. next week we meet at a different place called the mint. interesting.
that's about it really. mom and i spent the day hanging out.

today the sun came out and there was much rejoicing. mom got me dressed and we set off for a walk. she made me walk up a big hill. i was not thrilled by this. when we got to the top i threw myself in front of buggy and tried to pull myself onto the seat so mom would get the idea, i don't feel like walking. mom said i could sit in buggy but no complaints if we went somewhere i didn't want to be. if i sit in buggy i have to do what mom wants. if i walk, i get to do what i want. ok fine, stupid mom and all her fascist rules.
i sat in buggy and mom pushed me around. we went into some of the stores we usually visit. i kicked some old lady's shopping bag. i tried to pull things off shelves. mom tsked me. yeah whatever. i saw all this cool stuff but mom didn't buy me anything. she just dragged me off to the stupid food store. i was so bored i took a protest nap. i didn't care it was only 10.30am.
i got up from my nap feeling pretty blah. i sat on mom for awhile and she gave me hugs. she said i felt a little hot. it's those stupid pokes i had last week. stupid pokes are supposed to make you feel better, not make you feel like puke. ugh. once i was fully awake mom said we could go have lunch. i went into the livingroom and on the floor was a bunch of surprises. mom did buy me things. i have a new thomas dvd and 3 train engines- thomas, percy and james. oh they are so cool.
since i'm not feeling so great mom said i could have cheese and crackers for lunch and some sliced french stick. so i nibbled on things and watched my new thomas dvd. mom and i played and played.
since i had my nap early mom said that we could have another walk. oh great, just what i want to do. so mom dragged me outside again. she made me walk up another hill. ugh. once again when we got to the top i jumped in front of buggy and tried to climb into the seat. mom strapped me in and pushed me around town for a bit. she said we were going to waste the first sunny day in ages. i really just wanted to be home watching my shows.
got home and watched my thomas dvd again and played with my new engines. i still feel rather blah. mom made some crap for dinner and i'm totally not going to eat it. i bet i get away with it too.

my god, is it ever going to stop raining? today has just been grey and miserable. the rain is beating down and the wind is blowing. mom says we still have to venture out though. what in the hell for?
music class. doh, i should have known. today is a music day. mom strapped me into buggy and put his raincover on. by the time we got to music class mom was soggy but i was nice and dry. i sat between alex and ollie, those two are alright guys. today we played the shakey boxes and the cymbals. i did pretty well. i sat with mom and listened to directions like a good boy. i went up and got my own instruments from the box and put them back when it was time. i also picked up own bunny from the bunny bag and returned him without a fight.
after music class was done mom dragged me to the stores for food gathering. so boring.
didn't really do much with the rest of monday. it's freaken monday after all. mom and i hung out and watched my favorite shows. i ate food. i pretty much spend the day just waiting for dad to come home.

today is sunday and that means- dad day. i get to spend all day doing guy things with dad. so far we've watched curious george and thomas dvds. i've played with my toys while he watched. i've given him lots of hugs. we've also just sat and talked about stuff.
the weather has been rather crap so i've been spending a lot of time inside. i have a little cold. wicked green slimy boogies are coming out my nose. mom chases me around the room with a boogie catcher and dad runs away gagging. i'm sure the neighbors are laughing at us because it sure looks funny.
dad and i are going to have a splash in the bath soon. lion towel is all ready as is angry octopus and frog scrubby. lately i haven't been too into the idea of having a bath. i stand and scream. we'll see how things go, maybe tonight i'll rediscover the joy of splashing around.

my grams went home today. mom said it was time for her to go back to check on grandad and make sure he was staying out of trouble. oh man. i had a really great time doing things with gram. i was sad when she left but soon got over it. mom and i hung out. she got blankie and nightnight bear and gave me lots of hugs.
i had my nap like a good boy. i got up and mom gave me more hugs and kisses. she said that in a few weeks i would see gram again and grandad too. that made me happy. dad came home so i spent the rest of my day doing things with him. i love spending time with my dad.

we staid inside today. pixie class was canceled. the weather has been cold and slightly snowy. i have a stuffy nose. mom has a stuffy nose and gram sneezed loads. so we all staid in and watched shows and ate snacks. i played with my friends. gram and i read stories. just your typical bad weather day.
oh and mom made me listen to some jane's addiction. i'm not sure about that.

mom just did a happy dance. she says my passports are here and i am now free to travel about the world.
monkey and i practiced our wrestling moves.

i've just been hanging out doing my thing. i spent a lot of time playing in my tentfort. it's really cool. gram and i have been to the lieberry to pick out books and movies. i've been watching dvd's about in the nightgarden. there is a toucan bird that sings. so when he is on tv i go and find my toucan bird and we sit and watch tv together. if i have a friend in my toy box that is like something on tv, i go and find them or at least point and talk about them. i have a lot of friends.
gram and i went for a couple walks today. we met a lady walking a ferret. how odd. the ferret had a sweater. when we are out doing things gram likes to take me to coffee bars for a hangout session. mom says if i keep hanging out in coffee bars i'm going to end up like a freaky beatnik. she says that's cool though. no one talks like a beat poet any more. their language is of a time and place and it is quickly dying out. no one writes like them any more and instead we are curse with crap like bridget jone's diary.
um yeah, ok mom. once again babbling on about things no one else understands. salt peanuts salt peanuts.

there is snow on the ground, just a little bit. mom says that i can go out and play in it later. whoo-hoo.
this morning i picked a story off the shelf. it's about a bunch of kids who go camping. they have lights. mom and i read it and then i took it in for gram to read. she and i read it together and then made a tent just like the kids in the story. so we played in our tent with monkey george and my kiwi bird. then mom said that there was a light in the drawer we could use. so gram got the flashlight and we were just like the kids in the story.

my mom says today is groundhog day. it's a day that a large rodent is hauled from his bed and required to make a prediction about the next 6 weeks worth of weather. random men play accordions and it is socially acceptable to be drunk at 7am. when it comes to predicting the weather groundhogs have just as much chance of being right than the idiot who went to school to learn all about low pressure systems blowing in from the west. are you smarter than a groundhog? in most cases the actual weather man is not.
anyway, today mom took me for an unpleasant surprise. ugh. i only like nice surprises, like when there is a knock at the door and when you open the door gram is there. this morning mom dragged me to the doctor's office to get more pokes. the nurse is really nice and she has cool things in her office that i wanted to touch. that didn't make me feel any better when she jabbed me with huge metal spikes and pumped weird ass shit into my legs, not once but twice. i got two pokes today. i screeched but only for a second. after it was over i went back to pointing and mumbling about all the interesting things in the room. mom got me dressed again and we left.
today it's been so cold i have worn my mittens. usually i just yank them right off as soon as mom finishes putting them on, it's too cold for that today.
after the pokes mom said i could go do something fun. she took me to the phoenix and we met gram. gram and i went to music class while mom went and did other things. i sat next to ollie and had a good time. i banged my tambourine and clanked my sticks together. gram and i got home just before the snow started. it snowed and snowed all afternoon.
today i have been pretty chatty. i've said a few new words. mom caught me talking to gram, she is always listening in on private conversations. gram said, let's go to the potty. so i followed her and said potty. then later gram left the room without me and i followed her saying- no no no.
mom gave me a huge green pot to play with. she says it's a stock pot and you make soup in it. she gave me a giant wooden spoon to go with it. so i pointed to the side of the pot and told everyone it was hot. i put a couple of my blocks in and stirred them all around. mom says block soup is one of her favorites.

stupid night light did it to me again. i slept all night long and when i got up this morning i put the mind control musical night light on while i sang a few songs. i fell right back to sleep and didn't get up again until almost 8.30am. my had my breakfast all ready and gram put me in a fresh pair of pants so i was ready to start my day, just a little later than normal.
just been doing stuff with gram. we've gone out for a few walks, read some stories and watched a movie. sundays are not very exciting even when gram is here.