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!