not much to say about today. mom says that by this time next week we will be on a plane going on a trip. i'll believe it when i see it.

it's monday already. has anyone seen my dad? he just like took a bag and left, what the hell? mom says he'll be back later. mom says i have a special dad. well that among other things, but dad has a weird job and he has to go on super long trips. eventually he'll come back again. until then i just have to wait i guess. mom says if i give her any trouble she'll just have to get grandad on my case.
today i went to music class. i tried to be naughty but mom told me off. i was good enough. mom says that is our last monday class for awhile. great. now what am i going to do on mondays? i've got no dad and now i have no monday class.
just been doing stuff. i feel okish. i still kinda have a cold but i feel well enough to run around and play and eat. my nose is a little runny and it makes me cough.
i had a pretty bad coughing fit a little while ago and made some pukies. i made pukies on mom. i made pukies on blankie. i made pukies on the kitchen floor. i even made some on the rug. mom says once you start pukies, you just can't stop. it was all rather gross and i got a little upset. after mom got my pukie clothes off she gave me some cuddles with emergency back up blanket, he had to come out of his retirement in the closet.
so that's my monday. i'm going to go watch mom clean up the mess and get some more cuddles before bed.

so far so good today. things are a little weird since the clocks changed at night. i feel like i'm missing an hour. mom tells me that is either due to time travel displacement issues or alien abduction, i can take my pick. why is my mom so weird. i'm willing to bet my blankie other kids don't have to listen to this stuff.
anyway it's a nice enough day out. mom got me dressed and after several poops we went outside.(mom says she is going to limit my fresh fruit intake, i poops.)
we went to the park. i had to walk since ball and nightnight bear were sitting in buggy. if i was smart, i would have put them underneath so i could sit too. oh well.
park was good. i chased ball around and then i decided it was just easier to carry him to where i wanted him to go. when i got bored with ball i pushed buggy all over the place. i wouldn't let mom help so we ended up going in circles most of the time.
after the park mom took me into town and we picked up a few things at the store. baby treats are on sale at sainsburys so mom got my favorite cheese crackers. yummy. i ate a few on our way home.

grandad and i are off on a super secret adventure. we're leaving mom home and headed to the seaside. we're going to do guy stuff. whoo-hoo.
oh man i had a blast with grandad. we drove the car to the seaside. i got to run around and play. i kicked a ball around with some older boys. i got to eat junk food for lunch, mom approved junk food. she's the one who packed my snack bag. she said one junk food lunch wouldn't do me any harm. it was a great day even if it did rain a little and i made a huge poops which grandad had to clean up.
grandad and i went back to exeter and i had to say good bye to him. i was pretty crushed. he needed to go home and take car of my gram moms. i wanted to go with him, i tried to convince mom but she said no, you stay. i only cried for a few minutes. i cheered myself up by spinning around in circles and running around the room with a bucket on my head.
it's going to be dinner time soon so i better get ready for that.

i woke up this morning and dad is gone. he packed his bag and escaped in the night. grandad helped him. why did i get left behind? woe to me.

i woke up this morning to find grandad sleeping in the livingroom. good morning grandad. i've had a super load of fun playing with grandad all day. we've done all kinds of cool stuff. mom fed me breakfast and got me dressed. grandad took me out for my morning walk. we went to dinky's since the weather was rather craptastic. oh my goodness. it was rather fun. i didn't want to leave when grandad said it was time to go home and eat lunch.
mom made lunch and i ate it with grandad, it was some kind of beef stew crap mom dug out of the freezer. it looked like puke but tasted ok, i ate it all atleast.
after food time grandad and i colored. mom gave me my crayons and scribble paper. i tried to color on the chairs and fabric too. mom says i get points for not sticking the crayons up my nose this time.
i've been having so much fun with grandad i'm not taking my nap. there's no time for naps when there's fun to be had! mom says that dad is coming home early too, oh what a day.
(it's too early for pictures, put the camera away please.)

the weather was crap today. lately it's been really warmish and bright sunny skys. today fucking cold and blah out. mom made me walk into town. i got as far as the grocery store before i demanded to sit in buggy. mom was all- ok whatever, i'm not fighting with you about stupid stuff today. we went into the grocery store and mom bought a bunch of random stuff. i noticed she bought some sweet treats- pecan maple twists. mom took me to the cathedral. i had a little run around until i saw an empty bench. i went and sat on the bench. mom came over too and we shared a pecan twist. oh it was good. since it was stupid cold mom said we should head off to class. ok, sounds good to me.
we were really early so mom and i got a table and sat. she ordered some hot drink and a thing called a muffin. mom shared. she said if i was going to be hanging out in america, i had better learn about muffins. the one we ate was called- blueberry. i have a blanket called blueberry, he doesn't taste like the muffin did. that shit was good. after the muffin mom said i could try her hot drink. tea? no, it's not tea. tea? no, it's not tea. hot? yes, it's hot. tea? mom said i should just be quiet and try it. i was skeptical. i'm not supposed to have hot drinks and this one looked really weird. finally i got brave enough and tried it. CHOCOLATE! oh oh oh, i love chocolate. i didn't know you could drink it too.
mom says i was good enough in class. i was all hopped on sugar. we played drums and shakies today. it was good fun.
after class i guess i fell asleep on the way home. i woke up and mom was all like- it's 2pm already, are you planning on eating lunch? so i ate. mom and i watched dark knight for our afternoon entertainment. it was good. dad got home in the middle of my dinner time. so i'm just going to wrap things up here and go hang out with him.
(i like to practice putting my own socks on.)

tuesday? it's tuesday right? mom doesn't have anything planned for us on tuesdays so i usually forget it. it's a nondescript day. another nice day out and another day of leaving buggy home and being frog marched around town by mom. well today we didn't really leave buggy home but we might as well have. mom folded him up so i couldn't sit down. i cried at her for a bit and tried to pull her pants down but mom was all like- whatever, your legs work, you walk. we went and watched trains for a bit and then walked up into the park. i poked a couple flowers and enjoyed the sunshines.
after the park mom said i could sit in buggy while she did the shopping. finally. i ate some rice cakes while mom pushed me around the shops. we went to the charity shops too. mom found me a wicked cool bag she says i can use on my trip. what trip i don't know, but who cares? i got a wicked cool bag.
after the stores mom took me home. i ran around the room with my new bag. mom made me lunch. i didn't feel like a nap so after eating mom took me back outside again. we went to town and picked up dad's travel money. so exciting. no, not really. i'm just going to kill some time until dad gets home.

class today. monday monday. it's really nice out. mom made me walk to class. we left buggy home. i wasn't too thrilled with that idea. class was good though. we played with shakies. we also played with this huge ball. i mean huge! it was so much fun. it was super squishy and when it landed on your head the whole world disappeared. some little kids got scared but i squealed with happy. fun fun fun.
after class mom took me home and stuffed me full of food. after all the walking, playing and nice warm food, i was ready for a nap. i slept for a bit. when i got up mom said we were going out for another walk. seriously? can't i just sit and watch sponge bob all day? so mom got me ready and we went for another walk. buggy got left home again. boo. mom just dragged me into town real quick and it was back home for us.
i'm going to have dinner soon and watch in the night garden.

today my switch has been set to annoying.

this morning mom and i went out for our walk and we didn't take buggy. i tried to get her to let me bring horse but she said- no freaken way. i walked in to town like a big boy. i pointed at stuff and chattered away. it was all very exciting. cars drove around the clock tower. motor bikes zoomed by. i saw the potato man truck dropping stuff off at the veggie cafe. big issue seller was on his corner. i tried to press the walk man button but mom wouldn't let me. it was lots of fun. mom took me in to super drug. i got to hold the basket. we walked around looking for some pills. mom talked to the pharmacy lady and she gave us pills. mom says the pills will help dad not make pukeys when he's on the boat. um, yeah great. after the store i dragged mom over to the sports shop so we could talk about balls. they had loads of balls outside. mom said no matter how much i begged she wasn't going to buy me one, i've got plenty of balls at home. oh poops to that. i sat down and protested for a few minutes.
mom and i eventually made our way back home. i got as far as the clock tower before i decided enough walking already. i sat down and refused to go any further. mom had to pick me up and carry me. that didn't last long. she put me back down near the busstop. stupid mom had an idea. she dug out a package of rice cakes and held them in front of me. i chased her down the street trying to get the rice cakes from her. she wouldn't let me have one until we got to the front door to our building. grrrr. mom wins again.
so i've had a long walk. mom made me a super huge lunch and i devoured it. god i was so hungry. i ate a big bowl of pasta with meat sauce, some fresh fruit- plums/nectarines, and two plastic pots of stuff. i'm so full. i'm going to find blankie and curl up for a nap. mom says when i get up we can have another walk.

well it's friday. not much going on. mom and i went out this morning. i rode in buggy. i got to listen to mom give me a long boring lecture about how there is nothing wrong with my legs and there is no reason for me to ride in buggy and if this keeps up buggy is going in the closet and never coming back out. i just sat there and ignored her. once in awhile i went yayaya. mom and i went to see if pixie maz was around. she wasn't or if she was mom and i never saw her. mom says: i guess if i owed her money she would let me know, right? i ran around the room and pounded on the piano. i love pianos.
mom took me off checking out stores. we hit a few charity shops but didn't find anything to buy. we went around the grocery store and picked up a few things for dinner. totally boring stuff.
mom tried to feed me something gross for lunch. what the hell is it, dog food? sausage tortellini in a butter and herb sauce. who the fuck eats that? gag. mom told me if the bowl hit the floor there would be trouble, so i threw down my spoon instead. i'd rather be hungry.
(i'm wearing a box on my head, i spent most of the day with it there)

this afternoon i ran over and gave my mom the biggest hug ever. she bought me something really cool and i love it. mom and i went out to the park this afternoon. we took my football and i kicked it around for a bit. i ran around and enjoyed the sunshine. mom made me. when we got to the park all i wanted to do was sit on a bench. i found an empty bench and climbed up on it. i could have spent the rest of the day just sitting there kicking my heals. mom dragged me off though and said, we came to the park to play blah blah blah. some old lady stole the bench before i could climb back on it. i didn't want to share so i followed mom. like i said- i ran around and kicked my ball. it was ok. i saw a kittie walking at the other end of the grass so i picked up ball and ran after him. mom followed behind me. she was all like- kitties really don't like to kick balls. yeah whatever. i followed kittie. i tried to get him to play but he was busy trying to steal lunches off other people in the park. mom and i went to visit the flowers instead. there are loads of flowers out now. they have all come back from their winter vacation.
mom said that since we were near boots, we should go pick up a few things. i walked down to the store. mom let me hold the basket while we walked around looking for things to put in it. mom said i was a great helper but when i started taking heavy things out to make the basket lighter, she said she should take over. i just sat in buggy.
after boots mom said- lets go see if there is anything good at the charity shops. we went in a few and didn't really find anything great. mom bought me a stuffed fish of some sorts. mom says her closest guess is- sword fish but it really looks like a sturgeon. we went into the help the old people shop and there it was: a bag. not just any bag, the bag i've been wanting for ages. a little trolley bag of my own, one with a pully handle and rolly wheels. mom cringed but she pulled it off the shelf and gave it to me anyway. it was love at first sight. i love my trolley bag, love it, love it, love it. and i love my mom for buying me the trolley bag.
mom and i got home and i spent the rest of the day playing with my trolley bag. i put toucan and blankie in the bag and dragged them all over the house. i tested the handle and the wheels to make sure they worked and didn't need any adjustments.
i did take a short break from playing with my bag to try out something else that mom bought me yesterday- crayons. first things i did with my crayons: i tried to taste one and i tried to stick one up my nose. mom just shook her head. i colored for a few minutes but i really just wanted to play with my trolley bag.
when dad got home i ran out into the hallway with my new bag to show him right away. he wasn't too impressed and gave mom the evil eye. mom told him to stuff it, hardwick likes the bag and that is that.
now that dad is home i'm going to get ready for bed and watch scrubs with him for a bit.

today i went to monkey class. it's been ages since i've gone. stupid cold made me feel terrible so i had to miss all my fun times the past few weeks. now that i feel better i can go to class again. monkey class was cool. we sang songs and today we played drums and shakeys, two of my favorites.

my gram left this morning and i am sad. it would have been better if she had staid and mom had left, or even if she just took me with her. i love my grams. if i had to choose between grams and blankie, i think she would probably win then too. hoooof. moms says everything will be fine. in a few weeks i'll go on my trip and i'll see my dana bunny and g-dad who will spoil me rotten. when i am done visiting america i will go see gram and grandad for my birthday and get even more hugs and kisses from them.
mom played me the toucan song a few times and that made me smile. we've spent the morning sitting. i've gotten lots of hugs and cuddles. mom and i read twinkle. we've talked about C, T, and the number 4. i've played with my plastic letter. i really like mt plastic letters. i feel ok about life.

uncle tom is here for a visit too. he's helped me build a new box car and drive it around the room. we've had great fun.

i'm finally feeling much better today. seeing gram has cheered me right up. her cooking is fantastic so i'm eating loads. we are having fun together reading stories, watching shows and going for walks. today i actually feel like playing and i've been on two walks. so almost back to normal for me. mom caught me going through her wallet. i snatched her bank card so i could buy myself some treats. i had to give the card back. oh nuts.
that's about it really. it's too nice a day to sit around writing blogs. i'm off to have fun.

blah. i'm back from the drop in center. i saw the murse i usually see. he's an alright guy even if he does things i don't like. today he touched me with a cold deafoscope. i screeched. mom said i was going to scare all the people in the waiting room. he tried to take my temp by sticking a plastic strip under my arm, i wasn't having any of that.
murse said nondescript rash caused by an unnamed viral infection. nothing serious. rest, fluids and calpo. lungs sound clear. so good news. i don't have the cooties. i'm just plain old sick.

i have a possible case of cooties. mom says i am totally going to the doctors tomorrow. oh nuts. i've been sick for like a week now and mom found a rash on my back when i was getting my big boy pants on for bed time. grams is here and she looked at my rash. grams says- that looks like german measles. oh man.
in happier news my gram came to visit today. whoo-hooo. i was totally surprised. someone knocked at our door. i went to go see but mom wouldn't let me look. she just handed some keys to the person and they went away. next thing i know grams is walking in the livingroom. oh my god, grams is here. i gave her a great big hug. we've been having a great time. we've watched in the night garden and had dinner.
blankie went in the wash today. i was so upset. i saw him in there with the rest of the dirty things. i pounded on the glass and started crying but mom wouldn't let him out. he was covered in pukey and snots so he really needed a wash but he hasn't left my side since last week. he's kept me company while i've felt like poops.
blankie is back from his wash just in time for night night just like mom said he would be. he smells loads better. blanket robin did a good job standing in but he's no comparison to blankie.

today i feel like pukey, cold chunky pukey left on the sidewalk. cold pukey is better than squishy stinky poops, so i'm doing better than yesterday.
yesterday i slept and slept and slept some more. i slept pretty much the entire day. i just curled up with blankie and mom and slept. i didn't want to do anything else. mom tried to get me to play. she tried to get me to eat and drink. no, i want sleep. the only time i got even slightly interested in something was when mom told me grandad had called to check on me. i ran to the front door to wait for him. mom tried to explain that he called on the phone, he wasn't actually visiting today. i didn't care. i waited at the door for awhile, hoping. when grandad never actually showed up, i just went back to sleep.
this morning i got up and yeah i feel better than yesterday but i still don't feel great. i managed to eat almost all my oatmeal. it tasted different today. mom put something called honey in it, interesting. i've had some juicy to drink. i'm still really tired though. i'm going to curl up with blankie for a bit and sleep some more. mom says it's ok if we miss class today. i can just stay home and rest.

i'm sick. i feel like a big pile of squishy stinky poops. i'm going to try and sleep it off. night night.

mom and i still have colds. today i am leaking green sludge from my nose. it's pretty gross and cool at the same time. i feel good enough though. ate my breakfast as usual. mom and i watched the morning shows. we got ready and went out to do stuff. we stopped to talk to pixie maz but she wasn't there. mom says she will have to call her or something. i got to play the piano while we waited. i love pianos.
mom took me to do the stupid grocery shopping. some little girl was screaming her head off. i just looked at her. mom says the store is always full of crazy people. we just grabbed our banannanas and left. i'm not trying to catch the crazy.
our next stop was some charity shops. mom says we are looking for a rolly bag so i can drag my own bag around when we go on our trip. ok whatever. we didn't find one day. mom did buy something but i didn't see what it was.
for lunch mom cooked up a pizza. she said i could have some. wow, mom must be sick, she never shares her pizza with me. i ate it up and it was delicious. after lunch mom showed me what she bought, a new friend for me. it's a turtle and his name is squirt according to the tag. he had a small part in finding nemo according to mom. blah blah blah. mom and her useless facts.

today i tried my first real daredevil stunt. you know besides stuff like rolling off the couch and trying to wiggle out of mom's arms while she was carrying me, that's like baby daredevil stuff. today's stunt took a lot of thought, planning and effort in the execution, it was awesome. first i got my green tub. green tub has a lid and is pretty solid and about 18inches high. i got my rolling horse and put him on top of green tub. i rolled him back and forth a few times. mom saw what i was doing. i made a half hearted attempt to get up on the tub along with horse. mom told me to not even think about it. she dragged me away and put tub on one side of the room and horse on the other and then she gave me the look that is supposed to be scary. whatever
mom went into the kitchen to make soup. that gave me about 2minutes to get everything in order while her back was turned or buried in the fridge looking for veggies. mom turned around just in time to see me and horse go flying off the top of tub. it was so freaken cool. i didn't get hurt or anything. mom just growled at me. horse got sent to time out.

today mom said i could try something new, something i had never had before. she said it was extra special and would most likely change my life forever. when she was a little kid it was one of her most favorite things in the whole world so she was pretty sure i would like it too. mom made me something called a PBandJ samich and she used peter pan to make it. i ate it up. oh baby, it was good.

today is going better than yesterday. yesterday i hit the whine a little hard. i bitched and moaned all day long. ok, not all day, i was a good boy at music class.
mom took me out early this morning for our walk. she said if we didn't get it done early we would end up being rained on. so we walked around town a bit. when it was time to go in the stores mom put me in buggy. i amused myself by trying to kick things. mom wasn't impressed. i got told off a few times. you can't kick that, you can't kick this, don't kick. blah blah blah. mom bought stuff and we went around more stores. so boring.
i sat on my potty this morning. mom said if i sat on it naked i could get a real treat. so she took my pants and my diaper and i sat on the potty naked. where's my treat? gimme gimme gimme. mom went and got a bar of dark chocolate. she snapped me off a little piece and i ate it up. oh my freaken god! i loooooove chocolate and mom never lets me have any. i got some just for sitting on the potty, fucking right on. i'm totally going to sit on the potty again.
mom fed me lunch. i had some shepard's pie gram made. it was very good. i ate the whole thing without giving mom any hassle. after lunch mom and i watched some shows. bob the builder was on. mom said that since i was a pretty good boy and it was raining out she got me a little treat to pass the time today. she put the shopping bag on the ground and told me to look inside. there was a bob the builder and a postman pat doll looking back at me. whoo-hoo. new friends.

here i am, home again with my folks.