it's gdad's birthday, so happy birthday to him. i'm sure dana bunny will cook him something tasty
i started school today. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! it wasn't real school though. it was just me and mom sitting around the table doing stuff. it was ok. i did some reading and writing mostly. mom and i started a science experiment. we put an egg in a jar of vinegar. bubbles formed. i predict the vinegar will dissolve the eggshell. it will take- 25days. mom helped me write down stuff in my science log. i read a book called monkey see, monkey do. later in the day i did coloring. that just seemed like busy work. the letter of the day was A and the number of the day was 0.
it's super rainy out. mom says it's supposed to rain until wed at least.
other than doing school stuff, mom and i just hung out doing stuff. i watched some pbs kids. mom did things on the computer. blah blah blah. rainy monday.

sunday, my favorite day. i spent the whole day doing stuff with dad. it's super stormy out so we played video games. i was happy. we played lego too. i love spending the day with my dad just having a lazy time.
we went out to sonny's for dinner. and that's about it.

today mom and dad loaded a bunch of stuff in the car. mom got me dressed and the two of us drove over to maggie's house. what the heck? mom was all- we're doing a yardsale! oh this is different. we usually drive around and buy other people's junk. today they're going to visit us and take our junk away. whatever. i'm in it for the lemonaid and run around time with other kids. mom and maggie's mom just hung out talking about boring grown up stuff. i got to spend 4hrs running around with lucian and maggie. we had lots of fun. except when i bounced the little ball right into my eye. that wasn't so much fun. that kind of hurt. then i had mom fussing all over me trying to look at the eye. just leave me alone.
i was super cheeky and snuck into the house to paint. i told  mom i was going to the bathroom, which i did but instead of going right back out i went to the kitchen and grabbed a paint brush. maggie has a whole little art station set up so i just helped myself. that's where mom found me 10min later- painting. i got told off. what? maggie's dad didn't care. he was right there. he knew what i was doing.
so the yardsale thing went on for 4hrs. not many people came so not much of our stuff got sold. i started being pretty naughty, running around, jumping all over things mom was trying to sell. not listening, you know. mom packed up all the stuff and threw it and me into the car. THIS YARDSALE IS DONE! which was fine since it was noon anyway. i said goodbye to everyone and mom drove us off into town.
mom was all- there's no way i'm taking this stuff back into the house, we're donating it. and so we did. mom found a charity shop and she unloaded all the things she didn't want any more. nice and easy. then we went home.
now i'm just hanging out waiting for dad to call. we're going to pick up a pizza for dinner, awesome!

the news is all about this big drought that is going on. what drought? it's just rain storm after rain storm around here. the morning starts out ok with a bit of sun, but it's wicked hot and gross out. then by lunch time it's thunderstorms and downpours.
this morning i talked with grdad on skype. he told me jammma was out of town for a few days. not what i wanted to hear. so i said goodbye and turned off skype. i got a lecture from mom about manners. i'm pretty sure i said goodbye this time.
mom said since i wasn't going to chat we might as well get the chores done. so she gathered up all the laundry and out the door we went. mom put the laundry in the washer and i got to turn the machines on. the clothes got clean and we went off to the bank. today was trade in dad's left over euro money and get some small bills for tomorrow's tagsale. kind of boring but i was good so mom let me raid the lollipop basket before we left. THEY GIVE OUT LOLLIPOPS AT THE BANK!
after the bank stuff was done mom drove us back to the laundry. we put things in the dryer. i got to turn on the machines. i'm a big help. with the stuff in the dryer, mom and i headed off to the grocery store. now, correct me if i'm wrong, wasn't it super sunny when we first left the house? now just a short time later it's very stormy looking. mom and i made a quick stop at subway for lunch. awesome! we got a couple samiches to go for our lunches later. then it was shopping time. mom got things off her list. i just sat in the cart being good. we only needed a few things. mom just wanted a few snack things for tomorrow. we paid for our stuff and left the store to find a massive storm going on. everyone was huddled under the overhangs.
mom looked at me and looked at the flooding rain, screw it. we lived in england. a little rain isn't going to stop us. in the 1 minute it took us to get to the car, we were soaked. it looked like we fell in the pool. that's really rainy. mom started the car and drove us to collect the laundry.
we finally made it home. mom and i ran upstairs and got into some dry clothes. what a day. now we're going to eat some subway and watch movies.

rain and piano lessons. yup. mom made cookies today. i got to try one. they are molasses ginger cookies. they're for dad to take to work tomorrow. oh man. i want to eat them all. i love cookies.
piano lessons were ok. everyone was late except me and mom so we went back and set everything up. it's super easy. i got my stand and mom helped me put the keyboard on it. i was just starting to play when gideon came in. then maggie and her mom came in and our lesson started.
lesson was good. we started learning a new song- heart and soul. it's pretty easy. next tuesday is our last lesson. maggie says she's going to do gymnastics next. not me. i am all about piano. i'm going to keep doing it.

meh. kind of a lazy day around here. mom and i spent the whole day lounging around watching pbs kids and movies. trust me, it's the best way to spend the day. it's so gross out and thunderstorms just pop up out of nowhere. one minute you've got a nice sunny day and the next thunder and lightning all around. we're going out for dinner later with dad. it's mexican for us. i'm going to get a plate of french fries and some sprite. oh yeah. i love eating out.

piano lessons today or should i say- goof off fest. maggie and i spent the whole lesson just being silly. there was lots of messing around not much paying attention. oh well. we had fun and that's the important stuff. i can play happy birthday from memory. so i am learning something. gideon things the rain makes us silly. it's rained pretty much every time we've had a lesson.
after piano mom and i went to the grocery store next door- windixie. she bought me a protein fruit smoothie for a treat since i haven't really had much to drink today. i was kind of thirsty so it was nice to have a cold drink on the drive home. we also got a couple other things- hot dog buns for dad's dinner.
not much else. i talked with jammma and grdad for a bit on skype this morning. whole lot of same old same old around here.

did chores with mom today. it was laundry day. you know how that goes. stuff goes in the machine. i push the money in and it starts up. while the clothes got washed mom and i went to return library books. we just used the bookdrop. the library was packed. they're doing some kind of voting thing so people are coming in to vote and taking up all the parking spaces.
so we did that. then mom and i stopped at the park. i had a quick run around. i got hot and sweaty in just a few minutes. it's so humid out. gross.
went and put things in the dryer. mom and i just went home to do stuff. i watched tv and mom puttered around in the closets. she keeps talking about getting rid of clutter at a yardsale. whatever. pbskids is on. that's way more interesting. when the laundry was done mom and i went back out and collected it.
big chores are done so it's just time to relax and try to stay cool.

mom has declared today an easy day. i'm pretty sure that means we're just going to sit around today in our underwear and watch movies until we fall asleep on the couch. fine by me.

today was non stop go go go. from the minute i got up mom was all- we're super busy today so let's go go go! there's a huge list of things to do, eat breakfast so we can get going. hold on lady. i just opened my eyes. i sat and ate my big bowl of life cereal. i love life, it's so tasty.
mom went around the house gathering up all the sheets, pillow cases and whatever else she could find to throw in the laundry. i got dressed. before i knew it mom was rushing me out the door. first we stopped at the laundry and threw everything in the machines to get cleaned. then mom drove us to the grocery store.
we rushed around the store buying things on mom's list. we only needed a few things but they were super important. we won't go far this week without milk, eggs and oj. mom got everything she needed so we paid and it was back to the laundry. mom put the stuff that needed to be dried in the dryers and i got to turn them on.
there were a few things mom set aside, we took those home to air dry. mom put the groceries away and hung up with wet stuff. i just practised on my keyboard. i found the ringing phone sound effect. i played a song that was nothing but ringing phones. it was awesome.
before i knew it mom was chasing me out of the house again. let's go go go! we're going to be late for our next meeting. what, to get the sheets out of the dryer? i think they'll be ok with that. mom drove us over to collect our dry things from the laundry room. she just shoved everything in a bag and back out to the car we ran. really? what's the rush? we got back in the car but mom didn't drive us home, we drove across town. we went to a different place i had never been too before. are we moving? why did the laundry have to come? what is going on? we drove through a little neighborhood and mom parked the car outside a cute little house.
there's a bunch of cars parked here. what is going on? mom told me to knock on the door so i did. a lady opened it and behind her all i could see was a mass of kids. oh my god. it's a surprise playdate!
i spent the morning playing at jackson's house. it was a homeschooling kids meetup. we had so much fun. jackson has some great toys. his mom let us run around the house, jump on the  furniture and make as much noise as we wanted- all while we dressed up in costumes. it was awesome.
we were at jackson's house for a couple hours and man it was super fun. just the kind of thing for a thunderstormy day. i was sad when mom told me it was time to go. boooo.
got back in the car and mom drove us home. i told her all about my plans to go back to jackson's house another day and all the different things i wanted to do. at home mom made me a quick late lunch. i had just enough time to relax and play a bit of my leapster game before mom came in and was all- get your socks back on it's time for piano lessons. man, how much can you pack into one day?
got to piano lessons and played around some waiting for maggie to show up, she's always a bit late. she got there though and the both of us just messed around the whole lesson. we were not very serious today. oh well. like gideon says- it's hard to concentrate when you're 5. we had fun and that's the important part.
after the lesson mom drove us back home. now you would think the day would finally be done and i could watch a bit of tv, but no. we were only home about an hour when mom was all- it's time to get in the car again. what the hell?
i got in the car and the next thing i know mom is slapping my cheek telling me to wake up. i fell asleep. i totally missed the part where we stopped to pick up dad. i'm awake, i'm awake. what's going on? mom was all- we've had such a super busy day- there's no way i'm cooking dinner too. so we ended up at the stir fry place for dinner. i got to order sprite for my drink since they don't have orange soda. mom said since i was so good today i could have a special treat too. she ordered me a chocolate brownie! this is a good day.

monday. my wagon is dragin' a bit. i got up at 5am! and this weather is straight up oppressive. i really want to go outside and play but man, open that door and the humidity just sucks all the life out of you. it's like walking around with a sack of bricks on your back.
mom and i struggled through the day. it's hard to keep cool. we started off by dropping the laundry off to get cleaned. while everything was in the washer mom drove us over to the dollar store. we walked around a bit. mom found some things to buy. nothing super exciting. dollar store things.
when mom was done we paid and left the store. got back to the laundry room and mom put the things in the dryer. i helped. she gave me my own pile of things to put in the dry. i like throwing things in the machines. i pushed the money in and started up the dryers. mom and i went to the library. oh man.
the library was jam packed. that's a little too much excitement for a monday. what the hell is going on? mom read a couple signs and turns out it's early voting time for the local elections. great. after a bit of looking we managed to find a parking space though. went in the library and hung out for a bit. it's nice and cool. mom picked out some books. i just kind of roamed around behind her. we really just wanted to kill some time while the clothes got dry. mom and i did the book check out thing and it was back home for us.
we stopped to collect our dry clothes and then into the nice cool house. i can hear the thunder. it's so going to rain this afternoon. mom and i had lunch. she put on jurassic park for me. i watched a little bit but ended up falling asleep. ooops. i crashed out pretty hard. waking up at 5am makes for a very long day. i got up and stumbled off to the bathroom. there was an accident while i slept. someone peed in my pants. i was soaking wet and so was the couch. mom helped me get undressed. she ran a quick bubble bath for me and i got myself clean again. mom took the couch apart and cleaned the cushions the best she could. looks like tomorrow we're doing laundry again.
i got dressed and mom said we had to go out. that's kind of odd, what's going on? mom and i got in the car and drove over to the Y. do i get to play? can i run around in the field. no. it's going to thunderstorm any minute. we're just here to meet someone. what? some guy pulled up and parked near us. we're meeting strange dudes? what the hell? he nodded at mom and she nodded back. he popped the trunk of his car and there was an exchange of money. mom popped the trunk on our car and he put this huge weird looking mysterious thing in there. WHAT IS THAT? it's a yudu machine. what does it do? what does it do? mom was all- you'll see, but not today. i don't have time to set it up. can we go home now? no, we're waiting for another person.
this lady pulled up next to us. are you here for the keyboard? mom said yes. keyboard? KEYBOARD? the lady opened her car and sure enough, there was a keyboard just like i play in music class. mom gave me some money and told me since the keyboard is for me, i should be the one to buy it. the lady loaded the keyboard and stand into our car and i handed her the money. I HAVE A REAL KEYBOARD!
mom drove me home and lugged the keyboard upstairs. she got it all set up for me and i tried it out. oh yeah. it's super awesome. i'm so excited. i can't wait until my dad gets home so i can show him.

today turned out to be a pretty good day. it didn't start off as much. mom and i hung out this morning. i watched my morning shows and ate breakfast. mom turned on skype so i could talk to jammma. i called but grdad answered. he said jammma wasn't home so i talked to him a bit.
when i was done on skype mom put on a movie for me. we watched armageddon. it's about an asteroid headed for earth and these guys have to go up into space to stop it. not a bag movie. i was pretty in to it. i like rocketships and people going into space. when the movie was done mom gave me some lunch. i ate a couple granola bars. i love granola bars for lunch. it's fun. after i was done mom put on skype for me again and this time i got to talk with jammma. we had a nice chat about things. mom kept coming in the room though. she was putting stuff in a bag and getting ready. i wanted to talk longer but mom made the wrap it up sign to me. i just clicked off skype. mom said that was kind of rude. she made me get back on and tell jammma and grdad it was time for me to go and i would talk to them later. blah blah blah. mom says my manners are a bit lacking. oh well. took a couple tries but i eventually got the message across.
mom made me finish getting dressed and we got in the car. we went to the library to drop off books. it was time to turn in the mushroom book i've had for 2months and the bread machine book mom has been using. i'm pretty annoyed at mom for taking back the mushroom book but she says it's time to share with someone else. fine.
after the library mom drove us almost home. we ended up in the neighborhood across the street. we drove up to a house and mom was all- can you guess who lives here? no, i've never been here before. what the hell is going on? i knocked on the door and the other mom from piano lessons opened it up. maggie's house? you brought me to maggie's house? what the heck? a huge old slobbery dog came running across the room to smell me and give me kisses. that did not go over well. dogs and cats still freak me out. i saw a goldfish in a bowl. that's more my speed. i like fish. maggie took me outside and showed me her backyard. it was awesome. they had a covered pool and a pool table- in the back of their house! there was also a swing set and lookout post like at the park. and there were CHICKENS! the chickens were just running around digging in the dirt. maggie also has a little pet bunny but i didn't want to have anything to do with that.
i had some good fun playing around with maggie and her older brother lucian. we threw frisbees. and played on the swingset. i checked out the chickens but didn't get too close. i don't want one to attack me.
i was most into playing pool. i was chasing balls across the table with the stick and making them go in the holes. i totally know what to do, my technique just needs some work.
eventually i got hot enough to go in the pool. strange pools are suspect in my book. no of the other kids were getting sucked into the filter and it was like 95degrees out. so i took off my shoes and socks and had a bit of a swim. it was fun. when mom said it was time to go i made some pouty faces. i don't want to go. mom pointed out it was looking kind of stormy though.
i got out and mom helped me change my clothes. i said my good byes and out the door we went. mom and i went to the grocery store real quick to pick up some OJ. you can't have breakfast time without oj and we're totally out.
the rest of the afternoon i've just been watching jurassic park waiting for my dad to get home. we're going to watch some pbs when he gets home. i can't wait

nothing really exciting happened today. mom and i went to piano lessons. we were on time, as usual. mom always makes sure we get to lessons nice and early. we sat around for a bit. the guy who runs the drum shop called my teacher because he was late. mr gideon forgot we had changed the class time. that's ok, maggie was late too. mom and i worked on setting up the keyboards. when we were done everyone else showed up too.
so the lesson was alright. we started off playing happy birthday. i played it once and made some little mistakes. gideon reminded me what finger went where. i played it a few more times without any help. i so rule at piano. we played some games to help us remember the different notes. we wrote a little song to help us practice the notes. i did really well, of course.
after lessons mom and i went to the store real quick. mom got a few things on her list. pizza is on sale, the good kind. so mom got pizza and blueberries and a few random things. i put the stuff on the belt and mom paid. off we went in the car to the drugstore. we got some batteries and coffee. i guess coffee counts as a drug.  anyway, dad's out of coffee and the drugstore had the best sale on it this week.
we're home now. it looks like it might finally rain. sooooo gross and hot out. really, it's not nice at all.

i woke up this morning and it was august already. summer is slowly going by. it's stupid hot out. mom and i spent most of the morning just doing our own thing. i watched my morning shows and played games on the leapster. mom cooked stuff and tidied. it poured down rain for a bit. i didn't hear any thunder though.
after lunch mom told me to get dresses. why. don't ask why, just get dressed. fine. so i took my time putting clothes on. finally i was ready and mom hussled me out the door. what's the rush? where are we going? mom was all- to do chores. first stop was paying the rent. i handed the check to a new lady i've never seen before. she seemed nice enough. next i dropped a letter in the post.
mom and i then got in the car and she drove us to the bowling alley! awesome. we're not just doing boring chores, we're going bowling. we walked inside and it was nice and cool. there were a bunch of old people bowling in there today. mom and i got our gear and settled at the lane. i really like bowling but today i was just not feeling it. the first game i only rolled like a 48. that's super low for me. my wagon is draggin' as they say. i've got no go go go today. mom and i played our two games and that was that.
got outside and it was looking pretty cloudy out. mom drove us to walmart. she was all- we're going to be super quick. no nonsense, in and out. ok. yes, that's fine but what's the rush. mom pointed up to the sky and it was black. that's not good.
so we ran around walmart super quick. mom put the things on her list into the cart. i ran along beside her. we were done shopping in like 20min. i think that's record time. then it took us forever to check out. oh well.
we paid and got outside just as the rain started to come down. i heard some wicked thunder. mom hurried us to the car. we didn't get too rained on because we were right on the edge of the storm. mom drove us home and it was definitely raining then. i couldn't see anything out my window.
we got home just as the storm ended. mom said- perfect timing. go us getting everything done and staying dry.
i'm feeling pretty tired so i think i'll just go to bed now.