art class, art class, ART CLASS!!! today i had art class. i love art class. mom and i went to class. we were a little early so we got a table in the cafe. i shook some sugar packets and pretended i was playing maracas. there were some flowers on our table so i poked them. i told mom all about how bees and butterflies like flowers. papillon, that's french for butterfly. mom says it's also a breed of annoying dog.
mom and i went off to our classroom. i sat on a red circle today. mom picked out a smock for me to wear, i always get the pink one, it looks like a rain coat. i was ready to paint right away but we had to do the imagination song. i was right up by teacher sara and kept trying to open her magic trunk. after we said the magic words i helped yank the cover off, inside were all kinds of things to dip in paint. i grabbed a sponge and showed it to mom, she said- look, it's a butterfly. papillon! so i sat at the table to painted some pictures, it was good fun. mom helped me stamp butterflies around the paper too.
after class i was grouchy with mom. we went home. mom said if i was going to be grouchy i better just go back to bed, so i did. i slept for awhile and when i got up mom made me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. that was about as exciting at my afternoon got. mom and i went out for an afternoon walk. i played with my toys and waited for dad to get home. he should be home soon, so i'm going to hang out with him.

note to self: screaming and clawing at mom to pick me up and generally being obnoxious when we are waiting for the lift so we can go outside for our morning walk will only get me hauled back home and put in bed. i'm pretty sure my feet didn't touch the floor when mom took me back down the hallway. mom says i now have to stay in my bed until i'm ready to be a decently behaved little boy.
so i sat in my bed for awhile and screamed some more. i cried real tears. mom didn't open the door once to check on me. i'm going to sulk for a bit. stupid bad mood getting me in trouble. i guess tonight i won't stay up until 10pm and then get up at 6am.

not much to report about today. i went to music class with mom. we took buggy and pete. i wasn't so clingy today and no complaints. mom and pete tickled me so i spent some time rolling around on the floor wrestling and tickling pete back. i picked a spot to sit on- right next to the display board. teacher lisa stuck all kinds of cool things on the display board and while everyone else was singing- i stole them off. i wasn't really into paying attention today. i spent part of the class spinning around in circles- on my belly. mom wasn't so impressed. i did sit with mom and play my triangle though. that was today's instrument. i like the triangle. and of course i was right in there with the other kids at bubble time, i popped my fair share.
after class mom took me home. i played with my toys while she made lunch. today i had something a little different- cheese sandwich with sweet onion relish. i liked it.
i did the usual afternoon things. watched shows, played with toys. mom made me take a nap. i got up from my nap and played some more. blah blah blah. i ate a huge dinner and mom said we could go out for a walk. i pointed out the window- dark, dark. mom was all- yes it is getting dark, but the lights will come on. so mom and i walked around town in the falling light. i found 5p and didn't see mr moon, so no complaints from me. now i'm back home and guess what- dad is home. we're going to hang out.

today we went to the zoo. sounds more exciting than it actually was. we went to paignton zoo, it's big but surprisingly lacking in animals. it's like they have one of everything but the enclosures are overgrown so you can't see anything. we saw a couple of things like goats, zebra, giraffe and elephant. it's hard to miss an elephant. i saw some camels, they didn't spit on me. lemurs and monkeys were hard to find. the only ones we saw were inside their houses or in small enclosures. i had a good time just hanging out with my mom and dad.

so far so good. last night i got up in the middle of the night and crawled into bed with dad. i had peed myself. dad noticed that my clothes were wet so he took me to the potty for a change. when we were done in the potty we crawled back into bed and chatted for a bit watching dvd's. i love spending time with my dad, even in the middle of the night. we had a good sleep in and didn't get out of bed until like 7.30. ate breakfast and then mom got me ready to go out. she said it's shopping day, let's go. so we all got in the car for our usual family shopping trip.
got the shopping done and put away. dad got ready to leave and i got really upset. i wanted him to stay and play. i cried, mom had to give me some hugs.

today is friday. friday is a free day. no classes and no plans. just me and mom left to our own devices. mom and i watched our morning shows. we went to the park to run around. there was no one else there today so i got to push buggy all over. mom gave me a couple of spins on the roundyround. we went and jumped on the tranapoline. fun time at the park. mom and i went home and ate some lunch. i didn't want to eat so mom said it was bread and water for me then. fine. bread certainly tasted better than whatever was in my food bowl.
mom got my crayons out and i did some coloring while we watched shows. i played with pete and my cars for awhile too. mom made me take a nap, blah. when i got up we went out for another walk. i found more money, two pennies or 1p pieces. i like finding money. when we got home i put the pennies in my money box and then washed my hands for dinner. mom stuffed me full of food. i was so hungry. now i'm just going to play until dad gets home.

walked around town with mom this morning. we left buggy at home. mom said since we didn't have anything better to do, we could hit the charity shops. we walked all the way down the street to the last charity shop, the one for sick kidneys. mom said i could check the toy bin while she looked for good stories. there was a lady already looking in the bin, mom said it would be ok if i went and looked too. she told me to see if there was a pete in there. the lady said- you're looking for pete? what's a pete? so mom told her- just a little stuffed penguin. and the lady goes- a stuffed penguin? you mean like this one? and she pulled out a pete and gave it to me. oh i was so happy. i smiled at her and mom told her thank you. we finally found a pete. i showed him to the counter lady and mom paid for him.
mom and i left the store with pete and walked around some more. we visited the crazy fruit/veg stand ladies and bought strawberries. we went to a few more charity shops and then home. mom made me a big lunch. i watched some shows and then it was time to go to class. having afternoon class is so weird. i was just thinking about a nap and mom was all- get your shoes and stand by the door, we've got to go.
went to class and it was good. some new kids in there today and a different teacher. abey is busy with school so we had sonia today. she seems nice. we sang songs and played a whole bunch of instruments. we had maracas, bells, drums and castanets. mom said i did a great job playing along. at the end there were bubbles. i love bubbles.
mom took me home and i had a little nap. now it's afternoon time and we're going out for a short walk. i can't wait until dad gets home.

art class today. mom and i got ready and walked over. it was kind of misty out so i started shouting about that. wet wet. rain. brolly brolly. mom told me to stop being silly. got to art class without getting damp. i had a great time. i really like art class. today we made pretty cards. we shared a table with beanie the paint eater and his big sister. we all shared the glue and glitter. beanie ate a load of both. mom said later he would have some crazy looking poops.
after class i was so tired. i crawled up on mom and fell asleep- i didn't even have my lunch. a couple of hours later mom woke me up. i wasn't happy about that so i bitched at her for awhile. you want to wake me up from a nice nap, i'll make you pay.
mom said that if i wanted we could go outside and jump in muddy puddles. muddy puddles? MUDDY PUDDLES! i got my puddle stomping boots and we went out. it actually only rained a little bit while i was asleep so the puddles weren't very deep. a couple weren't even worth stomping so i just put my hand in them instead and splashed the water around that way. on the way home i found 2p. money money money. i put it right in my new money box when we got home.

this morning mom and i went to the park. we went early but there were still other people there. i pushed buggy around and crashed him into another buggy- on purpose. mom told me off for that. i pushed buggy around some more and tried to crash him in to the equipment. mom came over and told me off again. she said if i did it again we would leave. so as soon as she let go of me i started pushing buggy toward the rope spider web. mom scooped me up and strapped me into buggy. i complained but mom said if i wasn't going to listen, then that's that.
mom dragged me off to do the chores. we went in a bunch of stores. we went to some charity shops too. mom found me a winter coat so now i am totally set for cold weather. she also found a peppa pig toy. it's a car with the whole family in it. i love it.

went to class. i wanted to go to the park. there was a scene. i threw myself down on the ground, screaming. people walked by and stared. mom just picked me up by the harness and dragged me down the street. when we got to the phoenix i complained some more. mom and i got to class and picked a spot to sit. i grabbed her around the neck and wouldn't let go. eventually i relaxed. class was good. we played bells and drums today and talked about hats. in the end there were bubbles. i got right in there with the other kids and popped a bunch.

sunday sunday. that means me and dad get to hang out. we had loads of fun today. we went for not one but two walks. after lunch time dad took me and buggy out for a walk around town. i know. me and dad in town. we were shoe shopping. we didn't find any shoes and i didn't take my nap. we went home to check in with mom. she said it was far too late for a nap now. dad took me back outside for another adventure. we went up to the university and i got to run around up there the rest of the afternoon.
i had a really fun time with dad today. mom fed me a huge dinner and then i got to splash in the bath. i think sundays are my most favorite day. mom says it's time for stories and bed so i better go.

just the usual saturday stuff. got up this morning and ate my breakfast. we all got dressed and jumped in the car. dad drove us to the grocery store and there was shopping. the house is now full of food. with a little luck mom will turn the food into tasty things to eat, more likely it will be her usual output of blah.
(dad and i did emergency surgery on blinky, he works a lot better now.)

not much going on today. no classes to go to. mom and i just spent the morning hanging out playing and watching spongebob. i dig spongebob. eventually we got dressed and went out to do the morning chores. mom said we had to go to the post office first to mail a package. i got to carry the package. i carried it all the way there. on the walk i got annoyed with mom because i thought she was taking the wrong way. i tried to pull her across the street down by the bus station. when she wouldn't follow i grumbled at her. mom said- that the postmen down there only hand out packages, they don't take any. if someone was giving us a package that was the way to go yes but we need to send this package so we have to go a different way. oh, ok then. as long as you aren't lying and we're really going some place besides the post office. in the end we did end up at the tiny post office in the co-op. i got to hand the package to the lady. that's really the only chore we had to do.
mom said since we're here, let's go in to the kidney charity shop. they had a big bin full of toys to dig around in. mom picked out some books for me and she found a nice looking winter coat for me, so success. i got treats. we walked down the street and paid a visit to the crazy fruit and veg stand ladies. mom got a huge bunch of cheap banannnaanas and some strawberries. we walked some more but i was getting tired. i found a bench and climbed up on it. mom said, ok lets have a break. how about a banannnana? yes. bannan for me. so i sat there munching away and all the little kids who rolled by were jealous. one kid started pointing and yelling. haha, my mom gave me a bannan and you got none. mom said there was supposed to be an italian market going on but i didn't see any italians. mom didn't either and she got pissed. we went to another charity shop instead and mom found me a cool ass monkey beanie to keep my head warm this winter. not a bad morning for me.

today was my last class of the week, i had monkey music and it was an afternoon class. abby was our teacher, i've had her before. i like abby. mom and i walked into the room and i just went around trying to take stuff off the table. i wasn't scared or nervous at all. i tried to steal abby's bubble juice and the bubble gun. mom said i had to wait until the end of the class for bubble time. i don't know any of the kids in this class accept one girl, spoiled girl who used to be in my drama class. she was there with her nanny. she's really loud and shall we say- confident. i had a really good time. i banged my drum and even did a couple dance moves. mom was impressed.

today was my first art class. i was one of the older kids in there and one of the few boys. the room was full of fussy girl babies, blah. i liked it though. i walked in and saw the pots of paint on the tables and was ready to go. paint paint paint. mom said i had to wait until the teacher said it was time to paint, so i sat on the floor with mom. we sang a few songs and introduced ourselves. finally the teacher said we could have fun. i grabbed a brush and mom handed me some paper. i had a blast. when i needed a new color i let mom know- more red. more blue. yellow. i finger painted a little too. i tried to taste the paint a few times but mom caught me. she said- no eating paint. i looked down the table and one of the boys was sucking on a paint brush. his whole face was blue from eating paint. yeah i don't want to end up looking like that kid, i won't eat the paint. so i painted a couple of pictures and then we got bags to decorate. i got to use glitter. i think i like this class, a lot.

my mommom is leaving today. i'm going to be really sad in a few hours, send hugs.

today was my first day back at classes. i didn't want to go. i didn't even want to walk up the hill to the building, let alone go inside. i really wanted to go to the lieberry, but mommom and mom dragged me up the stairs and in to the phoenix. we were early so mom held me and walked me around the room talking while teacher lisa set things up. i looked at the stuff and it seemed familiar. the other kids started coming in and i'm pretty sure i've seen most of them around. finally i felt ok enough that i stopped strangling mom and got down on the floor. i went over and found a red circle to sit on and mommom sat with me. i guess it's not so bad. we sang some songs and played the cymbals. at the end there were bubbles! i like bubbles.
after music class i just spent the day having fun with mommom. we went around town and played at the park. we ate loads of good food. i love spending time with my mommom.

today is family day. me, mom and dad all pile into the car and go out for a drive. mommom is visiting so she got to come too. i fell asleep and when i woke up i found out we were visiting a pile of rocks on a hill for today's fun. whoo-hoo. an old pile of rocks. the place is called okehampton castle and it's actually an alright place. mom said that since i've been such a good boy and it's a really nice day, i could have an ice cream treat, so she got me a tub of strawberry and cream ice cream. i shared with her and dad. it was super good. after ice cream time dad and i went off to explore the rocks, we walked around and investigated stuff. mom had to sit and watch buggy- haha. when we were done walking around we went back and saw mom. i pushed buggy down this small hill and laughed. mommom came and showed me how to roll down the hill after him. i laughed some more. and then mom laughed at me when i tried rolling down the hill by myself. she said i looked like a drunk flounder on dry land. i think i will need more rolling down the hill tips at some point.

it's saturday. got up this morning and talked with mommom. she made me a bowl of cheerios. i ate the whole bowl and then sucked up the left over milk with a straw. she makes better cheerios than my mom.
mom and dad got up and did their usual morning things. mom got me dressed and when everyone was ready we got in the car for the saturday trip to the store. mommom said she wanted to stay home so it was just me, mom and dad roaming the aisles of the grocery store. we got things on the list and then paid the check out girl. fun but not very exciting.
when we got home mom and dad unpacked the stuff while i played with my trucks. dad went off to work. mommom said that she would take me to the park. whoo-hoo. so mommom and i went to the park to have our morning fun. i played with the park gate for awhile. just opening and closing it, over and over. it's got a spring hinge. you push it and it opens then snaps shut again- brilliant. i spent some time doing detailed studies on buggy. i laid down in the grass and just rolled buggy back and forth watching how the wheels moved. when i was done with my research i decided to give climbing a try. i climbed all the way up the rope net and then slid down a fireman's pole.(mommom helped me slide, but i did the climbing all by myself.) so we had a good time at the park this morning.
now we are home. i'm going to eat some yummy chicken casserole mommom made and then it's nap time. if anything interesting happens later, i'll let you know.

mom says that today is 9/11 day. people sit around and watch history channel shows about planes crashing and buildings falling down. that doesn't sound anywhere near as fun as cinco de mayo.
this morning i wasn't to interested in my oatmeal. frankly i'm getting pretty darn sick of eating oatmeal every morning. mom said i could have a bowl of cheerios but i only had a couple of spoons of those before i said- no more. i managed to beg some shredded wheat off my dad and that was good. so everyone got some breakfast and we all got dressed. grdad invited me to go with him, we're taking dad to work. so cool. i got my shoes on and put my backpack on, just like dad and told mom- off to work now. gradad and i drove dad to work. then we went back to the house to see what mommom wanted to do.
mommom, grdad and i went for a walk around town. it was a really nice day out, so we just walked around and hung out on the cathedral green. not a bad way to spend the morning. we went home for some lunch. grdad gave me kisses and said it was time for him to go. bye grdad, see you soon. i'd help you drive but mom says to sit down now and eat my lunch.
so gradad left, but i get to keep mommom for a few more days. we're going out to the park to run around for a little while. later

i'm home, in my house. mommom and grdad drove me back. we turned the corner into town and i started pointing out shops that my mom takes me to. i announced- see mommy, see daddy. i knocked on the door and mom let me in the house. i gave her lots of hugs and kisses.
since it was still sunny out mommom took me to the park to run around for a little while. dad stopped by on his way home. daddy!
so now we're all going to hang out and eat a big curry dinner. i've got to dig out all my toys and have a good play before bed.

it's time to pack my bags and head back home. hooof. i've had loads of fun with mommom and grdad.

i'm tired out after a long day of running around having fun. think i'll let grdad drive us home. i'm totally going to sleep.

i'll give you disagreeable.

well my bag is packed and my pants are clean, time for buggy and me to head out on our own. i'll write when i've found a job and a place to live. bye.

been spending a lot of time at the park. i like going to the park. i'm going to push buggy around for awhile. he needs some exercise.

grdad took me to the kid barber and i got a real haircut. yeah i'm totally handsome and now i can see.

here's me on the roundyround. i can't for the life of me figure out how these things work. i like to get down and look underneath.

mommom and grdad took me to the park. since i'm a big boy now, i use the big boy slide.
(psychedelic color shift, no clue how to fix it. just pretend it's the 60's again and everything will be fine.)