everyone is feeling sick, except me and dad. mom was all- ugh today. we spent most of the day hanging out because jammma and grdad don't feel so great either. mom and i played.
dad took us to the grocery store to get food. the grocery store was super busy, like no place to park kind of busy. dad eventually found a spot out near the recycling center. mom got a cart and we all roamed around the store for a few hours. there were so many people with carts full of things. mom managed to find most of the stuff on the list though. i sat in the cart and organized the things as mom put them in. i thought it would be fun to pretend one of the mangos was a telephone. i made bring bring sounds and pretended to talk to mom and dad on the phone. mom thought that was funny.

i did arts and crafts today. jammma got my finger paints out and a big roll of paper. i did a painting of a tiger. i also got to play with glitter and popsicle sticks. i made a cool looking star. after arts and crafts i helped jammma do the baking. we made super good blueberry muffins, super good. i like blueberries and i really like muffins. they're like little cakes. tasty.
other than that i've just been playing with toys and stuff. i used jammm'a phone to call aunty amy. my dad is off on an adventure. i haven't seen him all day. every once in awhile i go in the front room and update my mom with what i've been doing. if she leaves the room and tries to talk to me, i just run and tell her to go away. i'm busy having secret time with jammma and grdad. having mom around totally cramps my style.

not much going on. blueberry had a bath today. that was kind of a downer. i needed him and he was busy drying. i went out for a walk with jammma earlier. this afternoon i've just been kind of whiny and watching shows. total lazy day. it's quiet time for everyone now so i'm going to get blueberry off the drying rack and go climb into bed. i think a good nap will fix my whine.

i made a lighthouse. it's got extra glitter and i can put my penguin flashlight inside to light it up. i'm having a great time in derby

it's christmas! merry christmas everyone. i obviously got on the good list. there are loads of boxes with my name on them under the tree. santa came in the night and hooked me up. i've only been allowed to open my stocking and 1 big box. i got a couple of magazines- ben and holly and spongebob. i got some socks, an apple, an orange, a peppa pig dvd, some markers, a coloring book, two different flashcard games and a flashlight that looks like a penguin. all that was just in my stocking. in the giant box i ripped off the paper and found a huge tonka truck. it's a car carrier and almost as big as me. whoo-hooo. i can't wait to see what is in the rest of the boxes later today. jammma and grdad make us wait until after lunch to open gifts.

it's almost santa time. i've put out a carrot for the reindeer. i put some milk and cookies out for santa by the fireplace. now i'm going to head off to bed with jammma for some stories and sleep. it's been a long fun day.
mom got me up stupid early, like 3.30 in the morning kind of early. all the bags for loaded in the car and then we got in the car and dad drove us. we drove and we drove. mom kept falling asleep so i kept waking her up. i feel asleep for a little while and then i woke up. i talked pretty much non stop the whole drive to derby. mom tried to tell me we weren't going to derby this year and that dad had gotten lost so we were just going to show up at a random house and spend christmas with them instead. silly mom. you can't fool me, i know where i am. we're in derby and this is where jammma and grdad live!
we got to the house and mom helped dad unload the car. i spent the rest of the day helping jammma. we've been around visiting people and doing chores. we made raisin muffins and soup. we did a bunch of things. it's been a good day, and i've been a good boy.

i am full of angst. mom is on my shitlist. she sent blueberry and robin to have a splash in the washing machine. both of them! at the same time! i am having a serious blueberry day and he is not around. i'm stuck cuddling with cranberry, just not good enough. i am livid.

i don't have any spots. mom says there is no point in going to the drop in center today because there is nothing to see. looks like i don't have chicken pops, just some kind of cold. i am rather stuffy today. mom took my temperature and  i am normal. i'm just going to watch how it's made and work in my workbook. mom says she has to clean the house. fun times

today i have been in whiny bitch mode. everything is super dramatic and i need to cry or whine about it, or both usually. i am miserable about life and letting everyone know. mom took me to the lieberry today and even that didn't really cheer me up. blah. i'm tired but i'm not hot. i will drink but i'm not too interested in eating. i made the mistake of telling mom that my armpit was itchy, now every 10min she is yanking up my shirt and checking for chickenpops. mom says if i do have the chickenpops they should be obvious in the morning. i'm just going to get my friends and get in bed.

there's a lot of freaken snow outside. mom and i got all dressed up in like 2 pairs of pants, 2 pairs of socks, shirts, hoodies and my snow suit. mom says i'm lucky she didn't put plastic bags on my feet before she put the wellies on. we got all geared up and went outside. it's damn cold out. i'm kind of glad mom put a million clothes on me. we trudged though the snow. town was weirdly quiet. there were no buses, no trucks, no trains, only a handful of cars. we saw a few people but not many.
we walked around the shops and bought bread. there wasn't much on the shelves really. good thing we only needed bread. we went in a few stores just to poke around and for something to do. mom said since it's so snowy, how about we have a special treat and eat lunch out today? yeah, sure. so mom and i hit burgerking for a veggie burger meal. mom offered me her burger but i said no thanks. i did eat the lettuce that fell off though, i like lettuce. mom shared her french fries and sprite with me though, that was cool. i never get to drink soda. mom and i laughed and then were grossed out by the guy at the next table who accidentally spilled coffee all over his food tray. the counter girl didn't put the lid on his coffee correctly so when he picked it up, the cup just collapsed and coffee went spilling everywhere. he then ate his food, all soggy and wet with coffee. gross. and he didn't complain. mom was all- what the hell. i know my mom would have thrown a BF.
after eating mom and i just walked home. we were almost home when mom asked me if i wanted to make a snow angel. what's that? and then mom just pushed me over into a little snow drift. haha, very funny mom. i guess that's pay back for throwing snowballs at her butt the past few days.
i had a good nap and when i woke up mom said- hurry we need to get dressed, dad is waiting for us. huh? what? dad is waiting for us. mom got us ready and we walked  through the snow again- to the pub. i haven't been here in ages. we found dad sitting with greg and erin. i sat down next to dad and mom ordered us a snack. i got some chips and garlic bread to eat. i like those things. i haven't been really hungry lately but there's always room for garlic bread and chips with lots of ketchup.

nothing super exciting going on. it's sunday. we didn't go to the carboot. i'm feeling kind of blah still. mom and i have just been hanging out and playing toys.

today is just not my day. i woke up stupid early this morning crying my eyes out. mom came and got me and blueberry from the bedroom. we sat with her on the couch for a bit but i just couldn't stop crying. mom was all- it's 5am, what's so terrible about 5am that you have to cry like this? and i was all gasping for breath. i...... don't...... know. whaaaaa.
finally i relaxed a little. dad got up and made a batch of pantakes. i got to help stir. i'm good at that. the pantakes cooked up. mom and i sat down to eat them. i had like 2 bites and said- no more please. so i went and sat on the couch and watched how it's made.
dad went off to the office. mom and i got dressed and hit town for a few things. it snowed last night. i had a good time kicking snow around. i even managed to make a few snowballs and threw them at mom's butt. it was very funny. i found a penny on the ground and that made me happy. mom got the shopping things on  her list. we had to go to a million stores looking for tofu. mom was all- with all the chinese kids in this town you'd think tofu would be on every shelf. how odd.
just before we got home i dropped my penny in the snow and it disappeared. there was a huge outcry let me tell you.  mom refused to help me look for it. she just dragged me home kicking and screaming. i probably cried a good hour about losing my penny. it was very upsetting. mom gave me 5p to cheer me up but i just wanted my penny.
i ate some lunch and watched space shows on tv while i played post office. it's £1 to ship a duck from the livingroom to the bedroom. £1. you have to buy the duck, buy the box and then pay for shipping.
mom says i feel a bit hot and sure do complain a lot about nothing. she thinks i've caught playgroup cooties. i do feel a bit blah. i had a good nap but i'm still not happy about life. i just told mom to turn off spongebob and put on science shows. i must be sick. i hope dad comes home soon. we can talk about manflu and how terrible it is.

today is friday and you know what that means- PLAYGROUP! whoo-hooo. playgroup was super awesome today. we had our christmas party. mom spent all of yesterday baking things to bring. today she packed the stuff in a bag and we took it with us.
so this morning it snowed. i saw it snowing. i grabbed mom's arm and said look- it's snowing! oh so exciting. i was so into watching the snow fall i wasn't paying attention and fell off the chair. doh! mom and i got dressed and put on our snow gear. we walked into town and i kicked snow. mom said- this is good snowball snow, fluffy but a little wet. i want to make snowballs. mom said- not right now, we've got stuff to do. i trudged along next to mom. we're going to buy pretzels. but i want to go to playgroup. pretzels first. blah blah blah. i wasn't too thrilled about that but then i found a penny. cool. i put my penny in my pocket and then i found another one! the path to the pretzel lady was paved in pennies! mom got her pretzels and i got pennies, everyone was happy.
finally got to playgroup. mom took off my boots and my snowsuit and my mittens and my hat, cold weather gear is such a pain. i just wanted to play. then mom made me go potty. but i want to play! finally got into the hall and what was there? kids and food and parents and best of all- a BOUNCY CASTLE! not just one bouncy castle but 2! and you know what else- a BALLPIT! i thought my head was going to explode from all the awesome.
i had so much fun. there was one little falling out of the ballpit backwards and banging my head on the ground incident but i don't really want to talk about that. mom picked me right up and gave me some hugs but i just wanted to go play some more. when you're having fun banging your head doesn't really hurt.
we had snacks today and it wasn't the usual apples and bananas. there was a whole table of bad for you treats. unfortunately for me, mom fixed my plate of snacks and i only got things to eat that she made. no bright orange cheese puffs or cold cheap mini sausages for me. i got some lime bars and frosted apple tart. i looked around and noticed that the girl next to me had a chocolate coin. i almost drooled on her trying to think the chocolate in my mouth. then mom's arm came down from the sky and dropped a chocolate coin on my plate. this could be the best day ever.

everyone finished snacks and there was singing- jingle bells, jingle bells and who came through the door? SANTA! oh my god. so everyone gathered around and santa called out names. he handed out gifts. all the little kids were afraid of santa but i marched right up and had a quick chat with him before i took my gift. i know that santa gives out good stuff and today he didn't disappoint. i tore off the paper and found a pingu dvd! just what i wanted. and that is what happened at the last playgroup of the year. what a way to end. it was a great day.

i thought today was just going to be a boring thursday where i followed mom around town while she did boring stuff. instead mom and i went to see SANTA! it was pretty good. no one else was around so we got to go right in. i checked out the winter scene display. this year they had eskimos cooking fish on a stick and sled dogs. mom said they're lucky no real eskimos were likely to visit exeter to see such a totally unPC display. then we went in the other room and i had a quick chat with santa. he sure asks a lot of questions. first he wanted to know what my name was and how old i am. what are you a cop? i told him my name's harwick and i'm 3! he handed me a box wrapped in colorful paper and asked me what kind of stuff i liked and wanted for christmas. i thought about it for a bit and told him- spongebob and pingu. i want stinky pingu. mom thought that was funny and reminded me i already have stinky pingu, i watch it all the time. oh yeah. so i said good bye to santa and wished him a safe journey.
mom and i then left and did the shopping. i was kind of excited. i was jumping around while we walked. of course i slipped and fell flat on my face in front of a load of people. worst of all mom accidentally stepped on my hand while she was trying to help me up. ouch. that kind of hurt. mom gave me a quick kiss and we went on our way.
got the shopping done and stopped at a charity sale going on at the old church. mom bought a couple books. nothing to exciting there.
went home with mom and ate lunch. mom did stuff in the kitchen. she said there was lots of cooking to do for the playgroup party.
and that was pretty much my day. it kind of sucks that the sun goes to bed at 4pm. i'm just waking up from my nap then and it's dark already. i'm just going to play toys and wait for dad to get home. i want to watch pingu and cuddle with him in the big bed

today mom and i just walked around the shops. there are loads of people around and the shops are crowded. mom says shopping really isn't fun this time of year. all mom found to buy was a cookbook. i just rolled my eyes. like we need another cooking book.
i did have a load of fun today playing with my toys. i've been playing pretend post office. it's great fun.

mom has taken away my pants. she says forget the park i'm not going anywhere until i produce a poop. i'm going to sit on my little potty and watch how it's made.
i did so a little poop in the end. mom and i got dressed and we went in to town. mom picked up a few things at the grocery store and then we went for a walk. she wouldn't tell me where we were going. we went down some streets i didn't recognize. i asked mom a load of questions. where are we? where are we? where are we going? i want to go home. what's going on? mom said- really? you want to go home? you don't want to go to a park? and when i looked around some more i realized we were back at the new park. oh no, i want to go to the park!
i ran down the hill and went into the play area. so much cool stuff. there was another boy there, he was younger. i think he was called jack. jack wanted to do everything i did. he followed me around. when he had trouble his grandmother helped him. we had fun chasing each other around the playground doing all the activities. it was good fun.
i didn't want to go home. i told mom i wanted to stay at the park forever. mom said- no, we're going home to eat peanut butter and jelly samiches. oh ok.
mom and i went home and i ate a big pile of samiches. it's been a pretty good day. i love going to the park

today i managed to dirty 4 pairs of underwear and a pair of jammie pants with poop nuggets. mom wasn't too thrilled. i'm having poop issues. i wait until it's too late before i try to sit on the potty. the poop gets on my clothes and then usually falls on the floor. i think it's pretty funny, mom not so much.
for fun today i walked around town with mom buying stuff on our list. we got a few things at the grocery store and went home. it's pretty cold out.
i played with my toys. mom read part of one of my new books for me. we got a kid book about the ancient world and there is a picture of stonehenge on the front. look mommy- stonehenge. i've been there. read to me about stonehenge.
mom made something called rice krispy treats with harshmellows. she gave me one to try. i picked it up, turned it over, licked it and then gave it back to her. no thanks mom, i'll just eat my apple. mom was all- your loss, krispity treats rule.
dad gave me a couple left over harshmellows and i liked those, a lot. i begged for more harshmellows and mom just laughed at me.

got dragged from my bed way too early this morning. mom made me get dressed and then we all piled into the car. dad drove us to the carboot sale. mr al was there. i said hi to him before mom dragged me off. i trudged along behind mom while she looked at things on tables. it was kind of cold out so not many people were there. i was nice and warm though. i had my snowsuit on and mittens.
mom got some pretzels from the bread lady. i'm not a fan but mom loves the big soft pretzels. we walked around some more. i found a lady selling some cool cars. i asked mom if i could have one. the lady said they were 3 for a pound so mom helped me pick 3 cars and i paid the lady her pound.
mom and i walked around even more. mom saw some books she wanted to buy. i did not want to buy books. i started yelling and screaming at her not to buy the books because i didn't want them. mom bought the books anyway and i got told off. i continued to complain about things. mom was not impressed. there was whining and crying. mom finally found dad and mr al and that was it for the carboot sale. mom says i will be lucky if she ever takes me back.
got home and continued on with my day. i pooped my pants a couple times just because. mom says i'm constipated. all that is coming out is little nuggets and i keep crying that my butt hurts. mom doesn't think that's a good reason to poop pants though. i should have plenty of time to get to the potty. whatever. i'm tired and grouchy and my butt hurts.
dad told mom that i didn't go to bed until after 10pm last night and we got up early so mom rushed me off to my nap. i had a good sleep and woke up in a better mood. mom and i hung out playing toys and stuff. i had dinner and then it was bath time. mom helped me have a splash in the bath. i got all nice and clean. then i got to call jammma and grdad. wheeee. i told mom i just wanted a quick word with jammma. so she dialed the numbers and i talked. not a bad way to end a long sunday.

i watched the grinch tonight on tv with mom. it was a good cartoon. mom says she's watched it on tv since she was my age, it's a christmas time tradition. i rather liked it.

today i got dragging along on another one of mom's 'adventures.' we took a long trudge through the cold to nowhere. what the hell man. i just wanted to sit inside and watch tv all day while i played with my toys. but no, mom insisted we go out for a walk. where are we going? on an adventure. i don't think i will fall for that one again. we walked on part of something called the green circle. it wasn't very green looking to me, mostly it was sidewalks and paved paths. we walked over some bridges and across some playing fields. those were green, but frozen. i saw a public potty and insisted that mom let me pee. i really just wanted to flush the toilet. mom was not impressed. we walked under a train bridge. mom let me stop for a bit and watch the trains go by. i saw a big freight train but mostly it was just ones that carry people.
we trudged some more and ended up at a cemetery. there were a load of people there. mom said that someone was having a sending off party so we had to be quiet. i followed mom around the cemetery for a bit while she took some pictures. i got to kick snow and crunch leaves. finally mom said we could go back home. FINALLY.

(here's what i looked like when we finally got home.)
we made it home just in time for lunch. awesome. i had a toasted cheese samich. when mom said it was time for a nap i said- yes please. i grabbed my blankie and jumped into bed. i was so tired after mom's long boring walk.
got up from my nap in a real mood. i've decided to give mom all kinds of hassle. i'm whiny about everything. haha. my new favorite trick is to totally take off my pants every time i pee and then make mom put them back on me. i pee, a lot.
today i've also been pooping, one little nugget at a time. i've gone through 3 pairs of underwear and played- the poop is hiding somewhere in this room with mom. she was not to thrilled with that game.
now i'm just playing with toys and waiting for dad to get home.

everyone hide. mom is on one of her- 'let's do something different every day' kicks. today she frog marched me all over town to see parts that we never visit. what the hell woman. there's a reason we never go to these place, there's no shops. i just want to walk around shops. mom was all- trust me, we'll end up someplace cool. so i just sulked along next to mom.
after much wandering we ended up at this place called the dissenter's graveyard. mom was all- they're trying to turn this place into a parking lot, so we're just going to take a few photos before it's gone. whatever. this is so boring. really? this is why you dragged me out of the nice warm house? mom took her photos and said- ok, now for the fun stuff. we turned the corner around the side of the graveyard wall and there was a huge park full of cool rides. PARK! mom says the park is called bull meadow. i didn't see any bulls so i just ran for the rides. i had a great time. i wanted to stay all day but mom was all- it's way too cold.
mom and i walked home and got back for our usual lunch time. i ate up my samiches and did the usual afternoon stuff. i also did a few things i'm not supposed to like- pee all over the bathroom floor and drop poop nuggets out of my pants.

best way to spend a cold winter monday? do absolutely nothing. mom and i just staid inside all day long. it was great. i played with my toys and just had fun.

i have to leave radio derby today. unhappy face. i've had such a great time visiting with jammma and grdad and all my friends on the street. there's been snow to jump in and baking to do. i've helped keep jammma and grdad busy but dad is here now and he's going to drive me home. at least i will have mr greg to talk with on the long boring carride back.

it's dana bunny's birthday and aunty pasty's too. happy birthday crazy ladies.
you'll never believe who showed up here this morning- my dad and mr greg! what a fun surprise. they're having a guy's wild weekend away and came to party with me and grdad. i get to do big guy stuff! well not really. dad and mr greg are going to watch a football match, derby against norwich. i'm going to stay home with jammma and bake things. that's fine. it's way too cold out for standing around watching guys kick a ball.

guess what, chicken butt. haha. but seriously it's freaken cold out. very very cold. we've got loads of snow. i've been helping jammma shop for old people. it's not safe for the old people to go out, so we visit them. they give us a shopping list and we go buy things for them. then we get to take the shopping back to the old people. then the old people usually give me a chocolate treat. everyone is happy.
jammma and i have been baking up a storm. i like to help stir the flour in the bowl. it gets a little messy some times but it's great fun. i've also been playing outside in the snow. snow is kind of cold but very fun.

i got a haircut. grdad went to get his hair done and i went along. i had the barber take a bit off the sides and back. i look sharp. not much going on. just hanging out in derby with jammma and grdad trying to stay warm.

hello december. where's my advent calendar at? let the countdown to satanclaws begin!

not much going on. just hanging out with jammma and grdad. i'm having a nice visit. i might yell over the fence later and see if patrick wants to do anything.

what a weekend. today i'm just going to relax and try to recover from all the partying. i might help jammma bake tasty treats later.

today i went shopping with aunty amy, eleanor and jammma. how i got roped into doing something so girly i don't know. oh grdad had to work, so there was no one around i could do guy stuff with. after shopping we stopped at the park. all the cool stuff is covered in snow. i just ran around a little. not a bad day.

another day another party. today i went to aunty amy's mom's house. there was a big party for eleanor, again. two parties! i want two parties! i'm going to have to talk to mom about that when i get home. reece was there so i got to hang out with him some more. all the kids played a party game called- pass the parcel and a couple other games. it was good fun. i am really liking these party things. uncle tom took me back to jammma's when it was done.

it's eleanor's big first birthday! whooo-hooo. time to party. jammma and grdad took me to the party. it was at this big inside play area. there were so many kids and so much cool stuff going on. my friend reece was there. cool, someone my age to hang out with. we played in the ball pit and the tunnels. i got to eat loads of things my mom never lets me have. i wish eleanor turned 1 every weekend. i had so much fun. happy birthday eleanor, big girl. you can't get away with doing baby things now. pretty soon the big people are going to expect you to talk and pee on the potty.

my mom says today is thanksgiving. it's a big american holiday of some kind which seems to revolve around food and pie. i'm supposed to say what i'm thankful for. i'm thankful for blueberry and pete, my two great buddies. i'm also thankful that mom lets me go off with jammma and grdad so i can have fun adventures with them. which is what i'm doing today. haha. see you all later. i'm off to radio derby for a week or so. it's baby eleanor's birthday tomorrow and i am going to party.

just so you know, it's cold at the seaside this time of year. it's also pretty empty. none of the ice cream shops were open. what the heck? had a great time at the beach anyway even if i didn't get my 99flake. jammma, grdad and i had a really nice picnic. i got to run around the playground and do whatever i wanted. it's nice having the place pretty much to yourself.

big stretch. i staid up super late last night. jammma and i talked to almost 11pm. i'm so happy grdad and jammma have come for a visit. i missed them when there were off on their big adventure. now it's time for the three of us to do fun stuff. today we are totally going to the park. as soon as we all recover from the huge ass breakfast dad made. i'm so stuffed.

yet another day, just me and mom. i want to go to radio derby. are jammma and grdad back yet? it's getting kind of cold out. mom says that's because it's winter time. just did the usual monday kind of things. mom and i went shopping around town. we fought about stupid stuff. i played with my toys. mom spent the afternoon scurrying around the house trying to get me to tidy up. why? tidy up day is sunday, what's going on? special visitors are coming later. special visitors? meh, i still don't feel like tying up, that's your job. so i just played while mom did stuff. dad came home and i hung out with him. i heard mom and dad talking and it sounded like they said jammma and grdad were coming. really? mom said, yes, they're on the train and will be here later. but i want to see them now! bedtime. so mom made me go to bed. i just sat there quietly thinking about stuff. a few hours later i heard the front door open and i jumped right up- jammma and grdad are here! mom was like- oh my god it's almost 10pm, go to bed already. but i'm not. jammma and i are going to stay up and chat for awhile.

i'm waiting on bathtime so just a quick note. today has been pretty good for a sunday. mom got me up early and said i had to hurry up and get ready because we were going on an adventure. oh really? so she got me dressed. i noticed dad was having some toast. i want toast. mom made me a slice of toast with pineapple jam. oh it was tasty. after toast everyone got in dad's car.
dad drove us through town. town sure is dark. where are we going in the dark? we stopped outside erin's house. she came out and jumped in the car next to me. where are we going? where are we going? no one will tell me.
dad drove for a bit and then parked the car. we all got out and mr alec was behind us. hello mr alec. where are we? we're at the carboot sale. oh ok.
i walked around the carboot sale with mom. at every table i saw something to buy. buy this mommy, buy this mommy, buy this mommy. mom was not buying anything. she said we had to hunt out the cool stuff and we would only be buying cool stuff. we are not buying stuff just to buy stuff. humph. so we walked around and around. one guy had a huge box full of cars. i dug around and pulled out a cool looking lorry. buy this mom! mom looked it over. um, no. it's just a cheap piece of junk plastic. but i want it. put it back. mom would not buy the lorry and i sulked about it. we walked around some more. we stopped at this table. mom pulled this weird looking animal out of the pile and showed it to me- how would you like this as your new friend? no! put it back. i do not want to buy that. mom bought the weird thing anyway. i yelled at her and tried to put the animal back myself. I DO NOT WANT THAT! mom said- tough, i do. he will be my friend. i got super mad at mom. after we had walked around and seen most of the stuff mom said since there was no real cool stuff, i guess we can go buy that plastic truck. so we walked back to the man. i dug the lorry out of the pile. mom asked the man how much for it. he said 50p. mom said 50p! no way, too much. i'll give you 25. the man glared at mom and eventually said- fine. so mom gave him some money and i got a new lorry.
after that mom and i treated ourselves to a bag of fresh made donuts. oh they were good. we met up with everyone and then it was back to the car.
that was the most interesting part of the day. mom's been hogging the tv and making me watch some program on the history channel all about america. ugh, so boring. i've been playing with my toys. now it's time to get ready for bed

today is friday and you know what that means: PLAYGROUP! i bothered mom all morning until she said it was  time for us to get ready to go. can we go to playgroup? can we go to playgroup? can we go to playgroup? is it now yet? on the way to playgroup we stopped at the vegstand and mom let me pay for the courgettes. the veglady let me put them in the bag myself.
got to playgroup and there was all kinds of stuff going on. there were photographers there today setting up. i watched them put up their gear. it was pretty cool. i then played with the toy cars and the parking garage. when it was my turn i sat and got my picture taken. it was ok. mom told the photographer's assistant that i really didn't need to be poked and tickled to get a good shot but she did anyway. i humored her. haha very funny lady, way to poke me in the tummy with a stupid toy. hooohoo. after pictures i went back to playing cars. it wasn't super busy today so no one really bothered me.
when playgroup was over mom and i went home. i ate up my peanut butter and jelly samiches. nothing super exciting going on. i had a nap. i'm just hanging out playing with my toys and watching ben and holly. i tried to call jammma and grdad but no one was there. i wonder when they are getting back?

today was a bit of a wash out. it rained, a lot. epic rain. the wind blew and the rain fell. i staid inside with mom and watched shows. i played with my toys and pretend to go to work in my office. mom asked what i did for work. i work with numbers. i drove my cars around too and stuff like that.
of course the rain stopped just in time for naps. wonderful. i had a nap. mom got me up and we went for a run around town. mom was all- we need to get things for dad's baking project. blah blah blah. so we went to a bunch of stores getting things for dad. not very exciting but at least i got some exercise.
just hanging out now watching ben and holly. it's happy elf joke day, very funny. hopefully dad will be home soon and i can talk to him for awhile. mom says she is done answering but why mommy questions for the day.

this morning i asked mom if we could go to the library. i have work i want to do on the kid's computer. please take me to the lieberry. please mommy. mom said- yes we can go to the lieberry but how about we wait until it's actually open, it's only like 6.30am dude. oh ok mommy.
did the usual morning things while waiting to go out. i watched some shows and ate breakfast time. i have been enjoying cinnamon raisin bagels with lots and lots of cream cheese. mmmm delicious. finally mom said it was time to go so we got dressed and went out. kind of cold and grey out. stupid english weather.
the lieberry was jam packed full of little kids. turns out it was the under 3's story time. mom was all- dear god, save me. all the little kids were busy doing baby songs and stories. i had the computer all to myself. it was awesome. i got a load of work done. i told mom all about the different stars that fly across the screen. it was good.
after the lieberry mom and i hit the grocery store for things. i helped scan things. i really like doing that. i get rather mad at mom if she doesn't let me help. mom asked me if i wanted to hit the charity shops, no not today. we walked down the highstreet and work men were building something. mom and i went over to read the sign. mom said they were building a stage for the christmas lights party going on tonight. interesting.
stopped at the veg stand and got a few things from veglady.
went home and did lunchtime. i played with my stuff and mom shoooed me off to bed. but i don't want to take a nap. mom says- tough. i goofed off in bed for awhile before i finally went to sleep. mom woke me up at the usual time and i was a little grouchy about that. mom said- oh well. next time go to sleep when i tell you to. blah blah blah.
i did some playing and before i knew it mom was telling me it was time to go out for an adventure. um, ok. so we got dressed and went into town. it was stupid busy. i've never seen so many people in one place before. it was hard to move. mom dragged me all the way down to the corner and we just stood in the crowd across the street from the next store. all of a sudden the christmas lights popped on. um cool? is that what everyone came out to see? neat but not that exciting. then all of a sudden loads of colorful explosions went off right over our heads. ohhhhhh, awesome. cool. that was clever. i was very impressed with the fireworks. i thought they were great. after all the excitement mom and i hurried home. i ate a big bowl of soup for dinner.
dad is home now and we are going to talk about big guy stuff.

monday? mom said she was pretty sure today was tuesday. nothing really exciting about today, unless you talk to mom. she has been all thrilled that protein powder was on sale. um, whatever.
i had a great time today playing with blueberry and birdie. they are my bestfriends today.

dad woke me up at stupid early this morning. what the hell man? mom was all- we're going on a secret adventure, just get dressed and let's go! can't secret adventures take place during normal hours? mom got me all bundled up in my wet/cold gear and we jumped in the car. dude the sun isn't even up yet. where are we going?
dad stopped the car outside of erin and greg's house. greg got in the car next to me. mr alec showed up on his very loud motorbike. holy hell, something exciting must be going on. erin jumped on the motorbike with mr alec and we all drove off.
dad parked the car in this big lot. i asked mom what was going on. she said that we were at the carboot sale and we're going to walk around looking for fun stuff. carboot? mom said it's like a giant outside charity shop. oooooh cool. so i took mom's hand and off we went to find cool stuff. there was soo much stuff. i didn't know where to look. i saw loads of things i would like to have but mom said- no, we're not just buying things. we stopped at this one table and mom plucked this big black lump out of a pile of toys. she gave it a squeeze and handed it to me. what the heck? it chirped at me. i turned the thing over and looked at it. it's a black bird, and it chirps! mom asked the lady how much? and the lady said- 50p. mom asked me if i really liked him because 50p was all my pocket money for the day. yes! i love him! ok then. mom gave the lady some money and that is how birdie came to be my friend. mom asked if i wanted to put birdie in her bag! no i will carry him, and i did. mom bought loads of things. all her bags were full. most of it was food. the veg man had cheap strawberries, pineapple and grapes so mom stocked up. then the cheap meatman had beef and chicken mom wanted. mom was all- chicken breasts for $1.50 a lb, hell yeah.
the carboot sale was a great treat. i had a blast and birdie came home to live with us. the rest of the day was not nearly as exciting. i just kind of hung out with mom playing. dad and i are going to watch pingu later, i can't wait.

i thought today was just going to be your usual pantake and shopping kind of day. i got up this morning and dad made a huge stack of banana pantakes. i ate 2! they were so tasty. after breakfast mom and i got dressed while dad got ready too. once we were all set it was down to the car. dad drove us to the grocery stores. first we went to aldi and bought things. while dad packed up the shopping mom and i paid a visit to the fishes. hello fishes!
went to sainsbury's and bought more things. i helped dad do the decycling. we got rid of a load of empty bottles and jars. i like the noise they make when the fall in the tank.
after all the shopping type chores were done dad drove us back to the house. he unpacked a few things and said- hey it's time to go. get ready hardwick. what? me? where are we going dad? it's a surprise. awesome! mom got me all ready and i set off with dad for a surprise.
dad and i walked through town and crossed the bridge. where are we going? to playgroup. PLAYGROUP! what a super surprise. dad and i hung out with a bunch of other dads with kids. it's a dad's only group. how cool. i had such a great time. i love doing things with my dad.
when playgroup was over it was back home. mom had lunch waiting for us. i ate up my samiches and dad had some pizzas. when all the food was gone dad went off to work and i staid home with mom.
mom made me take a stupid nap. ugh. mom and her naps. i just want to play play play. i was kind of tired though so i curled up with blueberry and had a nice sleep.
nothing really important going on now. just playing and waiting for dad to get home so we can do more guy stuff.

this morning i was just hanging out with mom. i asked her if it was friday yet because i know on fridays i get to go to the green door playgroup. is it friday mom? mom said- why yes, yes it is. yippie! can we go to playgroup then? of course we can. awesome sauce. so mom got ready and then i got ready and off we went in the rain to playgroup. on the way there i looked up to mom and said- this must be my lucky day. mom just chuckled at me. i do love playgroup.
got to playgroup and it was full of kids. there were millions of them running around today. i decided i wanted to just play with the trains. no one was really using the trains so i had the tracks to myself. i played nicely, just minding my own business. then loads of kids just came over and ruined the tracks. they kicked up the rails and then stole my trains. i was rather annoyed. the other kids are so rude. i complained to mom and she gave me a hug and told me not to worry, just go do something else for awhile. so i went and drove around in the big red car a bit. when i noticed the rude kids had moved on i went back to the trains. i fixed the tracks and played nicely. then sure enough a bunch of kids came back and snatched my trains away again. and that is how my day at playgroup went. kids would just snatch my train away, play for a few minutes and run off again, then i would get the stuff back. mom says i did a great job sharing. at snack time i was good too. i only took one cookie off the tray, other kids took way more than that.
after playgroup was done mom and i were going to hit the charity shops but there was an accident. i was trying to explain to mom how the rain water was going down the drain and into the sewer on the way to the treatment plant when i fell right into a huge puddle. doh. i was soaking wet. so mom and i just ended up going home instead.
my day has been going alright. i've just been playing with my toys and having fun. no complaints.

today there was a few minutes silence when mom and i were in the grocery store. that was kind of weird. pretty much everyone just stopped where they were and stood quietly. i didn't know what was going on. later mom told me that it was to remember the end of this big fight and to show respect to the soldiers. that was about the most interesting part of my day.
it's been really stormy out. there's loads of wind and rain going on. mom and i ventured out for supplies in a lull. we only got slightly wet and windblown. we did get bread for samiches though, so that makes up for it. since the weather is so crap i've just been spending most of my time hanging out playing with my toys. luckily i have loads of toys to keep me busy.

me and blueberry getting our picture taken

doing work in my book

i'm doing the hoovering

got up this morning and had banana pantakes. must be saturday. dad makes very tasty pantakes. i ate two and was rather annoyed that mom ate the last one before i could. i wanted another one. mom was all- 3pantakes? you wanted 3? better luck next time.
after breakfast we went in the car for groceries. i helped dad shop while mom got things off the list. same old same old. mom took me to visit the fish in the pet shop when we were done in aldi. hello fish!
we got a load of stuff at the store. i even helped carry things home. i dragged my diapers from the car to the house. mom said she would carry them but i told her- no, i'm in charge. dad unpacked all the stuff. i gave him hi 5s and knuckle bumps before he went off to work.
mom and i went for a walk around town. town was busy. we went in a few stores. mom bought a few things- for me! i got juggling stuff. i am so excited. mom said most of the things had to go in the closet until gift time but i could have the juggling balls now. awesome sauce. i am all about juggling. the bag pipe band was playing on the highstreet again. mom and i stopped to watch. they had a dancer with them today and i watched her hop around.
got home and did the usual afternoon type stuff. mom made me lunch and i had a nap after i ate. got up feeling pretty good. mom and i hung out. i played with toys. dad came home and mom was all- time for dinner and then you can go on a secret adventure. what? dinner? secret adventure? where am i going? mom fed me and got me all dressed. i kept asking her where i was going but she said- dad will let you know.
i went on a secret adventure with dad and it was awesome. on the way out we ran into erin. hi erin, can't stop to talk, i'm going out with my dad to do big guy stuff. erin went to hang out with my mom and do lame old girl stuff. i went with my dad to the all you can eat buffet. we met up with the guys; big pete was there, mr alec and greg too! oh it was so cool. i sat and talked with the guys while they ate big plates of food. i love getting to do big guy stuff. after everyone was full of food dad and i went home. i'm going to hang out with erin for a few minutes and then, bed time.

i found a pound! well mom saw it first but i picked  it up. how cool is that? i'm feeling pretty good, no side effects from the pokes. mom says- that's good, but we're still going to take it easy today. instead of going to playgroup, mom and i went to the library instead. very cool. i like the library. there were hardly anyone there so i got to use the computer loads. that made me happy. mom found me a book about juggling. she also found a kipper book in the for sale pile. she bought that for me because i like kipper stories. i helped mom pick out a few stories in the grown up section. the library was fun.
after checking out our books mom and i went to the grocery store. we got a few things and headed off to see the veg lady. on the way mom noticed the old church was open for a fund raiser. we stopped in to check things out. the place was crawling with old ladies. old ladies mean- tasty treats. i found the cake table and mom helped me pick out some special cupcakes for after lunch. i paid with the pound i found on the ground. i even got change back!
the veg lady didn't have anything good today so mom and i just went home. i put my change in the money box. mom asked me what i wanted for lunch and i told her 5aday! mom made me up a cheese samich with let, tom and lots of red onions. it was delicious and just what i wanted.

this morning has been busy. dad had to take the car in for it's yearly test. i went with him. i got to help clean the car and then i helped drive it to the car shop. we left the car at the shop and then walked home. i love spending time with my dad. got home and mom dragged me off to the doctors. today is poke day. noooooo! i don't want pokes. mom made sure to bring blueberry and my special chocolate treat to cheer me up.
pokes went ok. the nurse was nice and she did it really quick. i didn't cry or anything. i just flinched a bit. i got a lion sticker for being so brave. mom let me have my chocolate treat. i took a huge bite and then drooled chocolate all over myself. oh it was soooo good. on the walk home mom confiscated what was left of the chocolate and dropped it on the ground instead of putting it in her pocket. she claims it was an accident. i started screaming and crying. i never get my own chocolate. i finally get a piece and mom ruined it. i was very upset.
i helped mom do the shopping and we went home to rest. when we got home dad was there! i told dad about the pokes and mom dropping my treat. i wasn't super hungry but i ate some lunch. i drove dad crazy with my constant stream of noise so he packed up and went to the office for a little while.
after dad left i had a nap. i didn't want to wake up when mom said it was time. i just staid in bed for awhile thinking. i finally got out of bed just as dad walked in the door. dad's home early! he had to pick car up from the shop. car passed his yearly check-up, after a bit of work. dad said there was no point in going back to work so we got to hang out on the couch watching spongebob.
and that has been my day. i got to spend a lot of time with my dad. i got some pokes. i got a few treats. mom felt bad for dropping my chocolate so i got to have one of her lime cake bars, very good. no real complaints.

lizard is home from his holiday! he crawled in to an envelop and mailed himself home. i'm so happy he's back.

happy candy day! i guess today is supposed to be a fun day of some kind. strangers give you candy if you knock on their door. mom has been trying to explain halloween to me but i don't get it. even if someone gave me candy the chances of me actually getting to eat it are slim. mom always confiscates my tasty treats.
didn't really do much today. it's been blah and rainy out. mom is grouchy and dad is grumpity. the clocks all say different things. i'm convinced it's time to eat but mom says- not for another hour. what the hell man. stupid time shift.

it's saturday. that can only mean one thing: banananaaana pantakes and shopping! dad made a huge pile of pantakes this morning and we ate them all up. i had two! they were so good. i like pantakes. after breakfast time we all got dressed and did the shopping. i helped dad push the cart around aldi while mom filled the cart with a million things. after we bought one of everything in aldi mom took me to the pet shop next door while dad packed the bags into the car. hello fishes! there were loads of fishes and today they had swimming frogs too. i like visiting the fish. they just swim around.
after the pet store we went to sainsbury and walked around there too. mom got even more things. nothing really exciting happed in sainsbury. mom got me some jello pots.
got home and dad unpacked all the shopping. he went off to work. mom and i went for a walk around town and bought even more stuff in tesco. mom says phew, now our house is properly restocked. town was stupidly busy so mom and i didn't stay long. we stopped and watched a band play. there was a big band with drums and bagpipes making noise. they were really loud. i put some money in their bucket. how does this work? does the money make them stop or play longer? mom says the money goes to help other people who aren't lucky enough to find 10p on the floor in tesco. oh, ok.

not  much going on today. it's kind of grey and windy out. i got up and said good bye to dad before he left for the gym. mom and i just spent the morning hanging out. spongebob is on. mom finally got herself together enough to take me out. we ran around outside for a bit getting the chores done. i didn't really want to go. i was perfectly happy playing with my toys. but whatever.
went to a few shops. got some milk. stopped at the veg stand so mom could get potatoes. mom took me in a few charity shops. i one store i found this cool toy i saw on tv. i saw the commercial the other day and told mom- buy that for me. mom was all- um no. we don't buy things just to buy things and we definitely don't buy things unless we find them in the charity shop. fair enough. but today in the shop there was the cool toy and i showed it to mom- buy this please. she hummed and hawed for a bit but in the end she bought the thing for me. i know have my very own BOP-IT. i don't know what it does, but i like it.
got home and just hung out playing with my bop-it. mom and i had lunch. i took my nap. i had a good nap. mom walked me up and said we had to go to the post office. ok. so off we went.
at the post office mom mailed her thing. town was busy. there were so many people, cars and buses. i didn't know where to look. who knew the city was so busy in the afternoon.
dad probably won't be home until late so it's just me and mom doing stuff. ben and holly are on. that should keep me busy for awhile.

another day of just hanging out with mom.

i woke up this morning to find that dana bunny and gdad had left. that was kind of sad. i had fun visiting with them.
not a whole lot going on. mom and i hung out most of the day. we went for a walk around town, nothing really new there. i played with my toys. usual kind of stuff.

today is my last day with dana and g-dad for awhile. they have to go back to america early tomorrow morning. of course today is supposed to be rainy and yucky. hooof.

toucan and i are getting our picture taken. toucan says- squawk!

today i went on another all day adventure. phew. i got up early with my dad at 6am. mom made me some breakfast time. i woke up dana bunny and gdad so they could get ready for the day. everyone scurried around the house. dad went to work. i went to the train station with mom, dana and gdad. today's train stopped right outside my window so we didn't have far to walk. we took the train to salisbury.
i like riding the train. i sat in my seat and just looked out the window. i watched the countryside go by. there were a lot of pheasants out today and deer. i saw deer. when i wasn't looking out the window i was asking mom to take me to the potty. i must have peed like 10times during the trip. i really just wanted to flush and push buttons for water and soap.
got to salisbury and mom marched us through town. we saw a couple old buildings and big churches. we picked up some snacks in a bakery. i got to pee in the kids library because- i had to pee again. i saw some ducks and swans in the river. after some general confusion we finally found the bus stop which is really what we were after. dana bought some bus tickets and we got on this big red bus. i wanted to ride on the top deck so we went upstairs. there were already some people sitting in the front seats so mom took me all the way to the back, that was just one giant seat. that was pretty cool.
i watched out the window while the bus took us through town and into the countryside. a recorded man came over the loudspeaker and said a bunch of stuff about this is this and that is that. i asked mom where we were going and she said- to see a bunch of stones in a field. the bus finally stopped and what did we see? a bunch of stones in a field. um, ok. 100's of people were milling about looking at stones. i wanted to go touch the stones but mom wouldn't let me.

i walked around in the field with mom, dana and gdad looking at stones. mom took a million pictures. i guess these are important stones.
after we were done looking at rocks we went to the gift shop. dana and gdad looked around for things to buy. mom found a sample tray and i got to taste lemon curd and elderberry chutney. both were tasty. we got out of the shop just in time to catch the bus back to town, whoo-hoo. on the bus ride back mom fed me peanut butter samiches. awesome!
back in town we found a little park to eat snacks in. the big people had their bakery treats and i got crackers. there was a little playground and i got to run around with some local kids for a bit before we went off on our next adventure.
we walked through town and visited an old church. it was only small so we didn't stay long. there was some kind of important painting to look at. i just sat on a bench and sang songs to myself.
after some more walking we ended up at a huge church- salisbury cathedral. it's got a big pointy tower and loads of little stone men on the front. we went inside to look around. some lad came over and asked mom if we wanted a free tour. mom said: sure, why not. so we ended up following this lady around the building for like 2hrs while she went: this is this and that is that. blah blah blah. the coolest part of the talk was when she showed us this clock from like the 1400's. i tried to touch it. i climbed under the ropes and was going for it before mom snagged me and dragged me back. no touching the old stuff. humph.
at the end of the tour mom made me look at this grey piece of paper locked in a case full of weird scribbles. she said it was some kind of important historical document, magma caters. whatever. we just had a quick look. mom took me outside to run around the cloisters while everyone else. finished the tour.

today was a lazy day. yesterday we stomped all over bath, today we rest. i did go out with mom and dana bunny for a short walk around town. mom and i showed dana the charity shops. we even found some cool stuff to buy. in one shop there was a little boy about my age shopping with his mom too. he was sitting in a buggy though. i went over to check him out. i pulled mom over and said to her in a loud voice- look at the big baby in the pushchair! she hurried me away before i could say any more. mom says i shouldn't taunt other kids.
at the shops dana got me some musical drumsticks. they play music and make drum sounds when you tap them on things. dad is going to be thrilled. mom got me a huge bag full of train tracks. i am going to have so much fun today playing trains. tomorrow i am off on another adventure.

today we went to bath spa. it was kind of cold. i was very cold. mom made me march around the whole town while some guy told boring stories. i kept saying- i want to go home. i'm having a rough time. i want to go home. my pants kept falling down. stupid gravity.
after my forced march i got to have lunch. i felt a little better after that. mom gave me some peanut butter samiches out of her bag and i got some chips off her lunch plate. i got to eat in a pub. i like going to pubs so that was fun. and it was warm, even better.
after lunch i got dragged off to the roman baths. green smelly water does not sound like a good bath. i was kind of bored until we got down to the bottom- there were drains and water falls best of all was a display on how the romans used pulleys to move blocks. i got to pull on lines and big blocks went up and down. i could have done that all day. i also found a pound on the ground. lucky me.
probably the best part of the day was riding on the train. i like going for train rides.

another boring tour around exeter following the guys in red coats. bleh. i'm going to sit down and try not to fall asleep while some old guy drones on and on about the romans. what have the romans ever done for us?

i'm going on an adventure today. dana bunny, gdad, mom and i are catching a bus and going to plymouth. i hope there is a top deck. i like sitting on the top deck.
i'm back from my big adventure. plymouth was very good. i was very good. i had a great day. i got to ride on the top deck of the bus. gdad and i had the front seat. i could see everything. the bus ride was fun. i watched the countryside go by.

it's sunday. i haven't gotten much to report yet. so far the only exciting stuff i've done is go out in the courtyard. i kicked my ball around while gdad and dana watched me. it was ok. i got to run around but my pants kept falling down. i think later if i go out, i will switch pants.

for fun today i got dragged along on a boring history walk. so boring. i kept trying to wander off. i drank a lot of juicy and needed to pee so mom and i had to keep finding bathrooms. the history tour went from the cathedral to the quay. this lady in a red jacket led us around and told stories about exeter. i wasn't really interested. dana and gdad paid attention though. the quay was pretty good. what's not to like about walking next to the water?
the tour was pretty long and mom discovered it was lunch time. oh food. yes, time for food. mom said she knew of a place and we should all follow her. ok, mom. i saw a bunch of birds playing in the water while we walked along. there was lots of honking.
got to the restaurant. i sat in a big chair. mom ordered me a big fruit smoothie to drink. oh baby. i love smoothies. i tried to suck it all down in one go but mom kept making me slow down. everyone ordered food and we sat and ate. the food was yummy. i got garlic balls and french fries. mom knows what i like. the garlic balls were a huge hit. i liked the fries and they were nice but i was more interested in sucking the ketchup off of them. since we ate lunch kind of late, it was nap time already by the time we left the restaurant. no nap for me!
mom led us all back into town. on the way we stopped to see the house that moved and the steep hill. dana took some pictures. i examined the drains. everyone was happy. town was stupid busy. mom took us to marks and spencers to buy fancy salad dressing. the dressing rang up wrong and mom made a big embarrassing scene. the old guy behind us got annoyed but mom didn't care. after mom argued with two store people, we finally got some salad dressing and left. i went home with dana and gdad while mom got milk.
home now and time's time to play a bit before dinner. i'm not sure about dana bunny so i'm going to take all the blankies and pillows from her. i don't want her touching my stuff.

PLAYGROUP!
dana bunny and gdad are still here. mom says they are going to be staying for awhile. i guess that is ok. gdad is cool but i'm not so sure about dana bunny. she is a little too much like my mom.
today for fun mom said we could go to playgroup. awesome! i love playgroup. dana bunny came with us. i ran around and had a great time. today i was all about playing in the pretend house.