today is my uncle matt and cousin ronnie's birthdays. happy birthday guys. hope you eat loads of cake.
i'm just hanging out keep jammma busy.

today was kind of low key. mom and i went to the post office to mail something. after the post office mom said we could visit the charity shops if i wanted- YES PLEASE! mom and i looked in the charity shops but there really wasn't anything to buy. we stopped at the vegstand and got some cheap strawberries, so the trip out was totally worth it. i love strawberries.
mom and i just kind of hung out doing stuff. mostly i made a big mess and mom told me off then mom cleaned up the mess and then i made a big mess again and then mom told me off, one big never ending circle. other than making a mess and getting told off i did a lot of calculations today.

today mom and i went on a secret adventure. it was kind of a nice day in that it wasn't pissing down rain. mom said since it was just kind of cloudy and warm we could go out. we got dressed and ventured out into the day. we walked and walked then we walked some more. mom and i just talked about stuff. we walked to a part of town i have never been to before so there was lots of questions.
we got a graveyard and mom was all- we're going to take a quick walk through here and snap a few pictures. hanging out with mom, going to visit dead people- eyeroll. at least mom brought a camera for me. i took a few pictures, mom took a few pictures and we were done. mom said since we got to do something she likes to do and i could do something i like to do. we headed off to the park.
did you know there is a huge park in heavitree? i didn't, i'm not even sure where heavitree is but mom says that's the part of town we walked to today and not only do they have a big graveyard, right down the street from there they have a huge park. there were loads of dogs running around the park. mom and i went to the little kid section. it was ok. they had a slide and things to spin on but the parks nearer my house are actually better. heavitree park is more for older kids and dogs. we only staid a little while at the park, i wanted to stay longer but mom was all- there are other things to do.
mom and i walked over to the main drag in heavitree. not only is there a big park, heavitree has a massive charity shop. we walked around and looked at things. i found a really cool kid's calculator for 50p! mom said- i guess we can buy it, i know how much you like to do calculations. mom gave me 50p and i went to the counter and paid all by myself. after we were done buying things mom and i caught the bus home. oh my god what a day. you can't be a secret adventure that ends in a bus ride.
mom and i got home, we ate a quick lunch and then it was nap time. i fell asleep right away. i'm up now and i'm just going to spend the rest of the day doing calculations.

it was an ok kind of day out so mom and i just went for a quick wander around the charity shops. i found a cool marble kaleidoscope thing in the first shop. mom was all- well since you found 50p on the ground yesterday, i guess you can use that to buy the kaleidoscope. whoo-hoo. then in the next shop there was a huge bag of marbles! the bag didn't have a price on it so mom said i had to take it up to the counter lady and find out how much it cost. i went to the counter all by myself and talked to the lady. she told me the price and i yelled across the room to mom. i got some money and paid for the bag of marbles. awesome.
mom and i went home. i played marbles and ate lunch. then i played marbles some more.

mom tried to make me take a nap but i was having none of it. take your naps and shove it lady. that did not go over so well. mom took away my bag of marbles. i sat in bed and cried quietly to myself. fishy hatched a good plot to get the marbles back but i told him- dad will come home. when dad comes home he will give us the marbles back, so i'm not going to cry about it. mom heard me and shouted- don't count on it buddy. grrrrr.
so i got out of bed and took my little red chair into the kitchen, which was fishy's plan to begin with. even on the chair i wasn't tall enough to reach the marbles.
erin stopped by and i got my marbles back then. mom said i could show her my marbles and i did. now i'm going to hang out with dad and do guy stuff. mom and erin have gone out for a girl's night. 

today i am sick. thanks snot face sneezing girl. way to give me cooties. my nose is all stuffy but i'm in a good enough mood. i tore up my bedroom this morning. the monkey army was tossed around, i think they lost the battle. i made a fort out of the pillows and sheets. oh yeah i had a blast.
mom said since i was well enough to destroy the house, i might as well go outside. it was a really nice day out- lots of sunshine and blue sky. mom and i went to the park across the street. i got to run around and climb on things. i jumped in every money puddle i could find. i had a great time.
i was rather upset when mom said it was time to go home for samiches. i told her i wanted to stay at the park forever and ever. mom was like- whatever, i'm going home to watch spongebob and eat peanut butter jelly samiches. that actually sounded like a good idea so i followed her home. mom stuffed me full of good stuff. we curled up together on the couch. i got some cuddles and fell asleep.
this afternoon i've been playing with my penguins. pingu and daddy penguin have been driving the car around the house, at full speed. i feel fine, i just can't breathe very well

HAPPY ROLLINSDAY!

mom says if it wasn't for rollins, i wouldn't be here. not sure what the means.
mom says rollinsday is sort of like festivus. instead of celebrating valentine's day she was looking for an anti-valentine's day activity when she hit upon the idea for rollinsday. this year marks the 12th celebration and rollins' 50th birthday.
now if you don't know anything about old man rollins, he's a bit of a misanthrope but he's also a major boyscout. while he may look rather scary he is in fact very polite and would actually help an old lady across the road.
so the biggest part of rollinsday is: DO A GOOD DEED
then you're supposed to read some rollins writing. mom suggests- GET IN THE VAN. when i'm older apparently this is required reading. something about being thankful i live in a house and not someone's crowded toolshed eating dogfood and whitebread samiches.
you're also supposed to listen to some rollins recordings. watching videos on youtube counts.

phew. the telephone rang just in time to save me from another telling off. jammma and grdad to the rescue. mom talked to them and then i got to talk. mom said i could go for another visit to derby in a few weeks- whooo hoo.
so today is sunday. i've been pushing mom's buttons since early this morning. i got up at like 6.30 and just sat in bed talking loudly- it's time to get up now! finally mom grumbled from the other room- then get up already, just be quiet about it.
i spent the early part of the morning jumping around on the couch bugging dad. i got a telling off from him. dad went off to the gym and work, leaving me home alone with mom.
mom says that i am an incessant noise machine and that is not really a good thing. the longest i've been quiet today was during my nap, other than that, i take time to breathe, once in awhile. i'm just humming, singing, squawking and asking a million questions all at once. mom tries to run away and hide for a few minutes but i just follow her.
i got told off a few times for jumping on the bed and then again for jumping on the couch. i fell off the couch and landed on my piano which is what mom was giving me a telling off for when jammma called. mom has tried to tidy up the house a few times today but i just follow along behind her and make a mess again. i destroyed the livingroom and my bedroom today, it's been raining. got to pass the time some how.

this morning i got up early and sat in bed singing very loudly until mom grumbled awake. she said i could get up. i did the usual morning things. mom hid under her covers so i hung out with dad. we had a nice breakfast together and watched spongebob. mom finally livened up and asked me what i wanted to do today. i told her- go shopping in the car! mom was all- that's what we do on saturdays, today is friday. so i had to sit and think for a minute. if today is friday that means- PLAYGROUP! i jumped on mom and said- i want to go to playgroup. mom's eyes just kind of rolled around in her head. dad and i made sad faces at her. dad was all talking to mom, i heard him say- playgroup or the park, pick one. go dad, sticking up for me. dad went off to work.
mom said she realllllly wasn't feeling well today, something about a sinus headache but if i really wanted to go to playgroup, she would take me. whooo-hooo. but... first i would have to poop in the potty. damn, always with the butts. i sat on the potty and did a massive poop. mom and i got dressed and off to playgroup we went.
today was my first time back to playgroup this year. it was good. there weren't a super huge amount of kids but it was pretty loud. i sat and played trains mostly. i got a little upset when a smaller boy came over to play and knocked the track, which then knocked my train over. i complained to mom. she just gave me hugs and told me to play on another part of the track.
just before snacks a little girl came up to me. she wanted to make friends. she wanted to pat my hair and my face and tried to make words at me but just a bunch of nonsense came out. every time she tried to touch me mom pulled me just out of reach. i really don't want some weird kid touching me. then the girl got really close like she was going to kiss me but instead did a massive snot streaming sneeze, right in my face. so gross, so very gross. i ate my snacks and then mom hurried me off home for a good face wash.

today it rained. mom took me out to go puddle jumping. i stomped every puddle between my house and the grocery store. it was awesome. on the way into town i got to drop things in the postbox. mom said it was time to get our camera film developed, so i got to mail off 10rolls today. i keep asking mom when will we get to look at the pictures. i can't wait.
not a whole hell of a lot going on. i made a huge mess in the livingroom with my toys. i decided today that croc was my best friend so i've been wrestling around with him. and jumping on the couch. and jumping on the beds. i told mom i had to jump on the beds to escape the shark attacks. mom was all- those pesky sharks. they're worse than the volcano lava.
mom has been letting me do more things on my own. i'm getting really good at putting on my clothes. i no longer have to sit in the baby seat to eat. she does still help me with my cereal and soup but i get to eat everything else on my own. i get to brush my teeth all by myself too.

today mom and i donated things. we took two big bags of stuff to the charity shop. i dug through the bags and lifted things out. why are we giving away this bag of cars? because there are little boys in the world who have no cars and you have loads, so we're going to share. ok, fair enough. we're going to share the things we don't really use with other people. we donated our things and then poked around the shops a little.
mom and i had a good walk around town just checking things out. we got our fresh air and exercise before going home again. i spent most of the day playing. i sang a few songs while i puttered around the house. 1,2,3,4,5, i caught a fish alive 7,8,5,7,8,10 then i let him go again. why did i let him go? because he bit my finger, this one on the right.

today mom took me for a little adventure. we set off across town to check out a new park. it was really foggy out and kind of cold. mom was all- the weathermen didn't say anything about this kind of weather. got to the new park. there were a bunch of old guys walking dogs, a lot of green grass and a small play area for kids. i took one look at the huge slide and told mom- i am going up. unlucky for me the slide was kind of wet. my butt got wet but it was totally worth it.
since it was kind of cold mom said we had to leave the park because i was wet. mom says i can come back to the park on a nicer day. lucky for me on the way home we had to walk right past the charity shops. mom found me a pair of dry pants in the first one we went in. i got to pay the lady and mom changed me into my new dry pants in the little changing booth. phew. it was nice to get dry clothes on. we visited the other charity shops and mom bought a couple books.
got home and nothing much is really going on. mom is still sick so she's just curled up with her blankies on the couch. i did some poops in the potty. i've been accident free for a few days now. mom says i'm doing a great job. i'm having fun just playing with my toys and watching how it's made.

today was a lazy day. mom is sick. we just spent the day hanging out in the living room, mom on the couch and me playing with toys. it was a fun way to spend a kind of wet, grey winter day.

i just got back from the park. yup, that's right. i got to go to the park today. this morning mom and i had a bit of a disagreement. she took away my underwear and pants then said i couldn't have them back until after i pooped. i was very cross with her so i whined and cried at her- I DON'T HAVE TO POOP, but she didn't care. i sat on the potty, i sulked and made unhappy faces. much to my surprise a giant poop came out. mom was all- see, it's not that hard after all is it? stupid mom, right again.
it's not really cold out today but it is stupid windy. mom said- a deals a deal, you poop on the potty, you get to go to the park. she got me all dressed up and off to the park we went. i held on tight to mom's hand so i didn't blow away. seriously, it's that windy. we went to the park across town. i like that park. there is a big bumpy slide and lots of things to climb on that aren't very high. i had the whole place to myself.
not sure what i'm going to do with the rest of my day. i asked mom to put how it's made on, so i guess i will watch that and play with toys.

my dad is home and i'm off on a secret adventure. just me and dad- at night time, in the car. this is going to be awesome. i told mom we are going to the office. mom said- um, not quite more like the grocery store.
so today has been one of those days. mom and i are at odds over where is the best place to poop. mom insists pooping in the potty is great. i still prefer to do poops in my pants. mom says every day i poop in my pants, i lose park privileges. but i like going to the park! then don't poop in your pants, simple. now the question will be- do i like pants poops more than the park? today i went with pants poops. i don't know what the big deal is. it's just little poop balls. mom says it doesn't matter, i'm big enough to use the potty and there is no reason i can't. blah blah blah.
i still got to go out today. mom took me for a run around the block and a visit to tescos. i found 5p on the ground

got up this morning and dad was already gone. that made me kind of sad. mom said we could call him later to see what he was doing. i like that idea. for breakfast i wanted a frompet. somehow mom managed to talk me into a bowl of wheatabix and then a banana. not quite what i expected but good enough. i ate my breakfast up.

today for breakfast i'm having a frompet. dad toasted one up for me. it's got butter and jam. oh very tasty.
i did nothing today. mom kept bothering me to go outside. I DON'T WANT TO GO OUTSIDE. mom was all- ok fine. i pulled out a load of toys and made a huge mess in the livingroom. i did some work practising writing my letters on my leapfrog game. i discovered at the back of the book you can turn it into a kind of music player so i messed around with that function.
mom made some peanut butter jelly samiches for lunch. i ate it up. i drank the glass of milk she gave me too, with out complaint. i'm coming to realise it doesn't matter how much i complain about something, mom doesn't care and i'll have to do it anyway. i finished my milk and mom gave me apple chunks. i guess that's a fair trade.
mom and i messed around a bit after lunch until she said it was naptime. stop naps, i am so over naps. i sat in bed for awhile playing with my friends. when i was bored i called mom- i'm done resting. mom called back- no you're not, go to sleep. humph. so i had a bit of a rest and since i went to sleep late i didn't want to get up when naptime was over. mom had to poke me awake. i stumbled into the livingroom in just my diaper and shirt to discover we had company. how embarrassing.
the plumber and landlady came back because the potty wasn't quite fixed the first time. i just slumped on the couch next to mom for awhile slowly waking up. i was able to get a few minutes of lively showing off in before the landlady and plumber left again. this time he says our potty should be fine.
mom and i sat on the couch and had a chat. she told me since the potty was all fixed, there was no reason i couldn't poop in there all the time from now on. i just sat there wondering what is this woman's obsession with poop all about? when it was my turn to talk i told her i wanted to go to the seaside. i want to go to the seaside. mom was all- how are we going to get there? i told her we could both ride my scooter there. and then we could spend the day walking around and having fun.