: : : Here is the news for May : : :

Monday 31st May
I went on the beach today it was very wet and lovely. There were lots of rocks to climb up but sadly I wasn't allowed too because the rocks were deemed too spikey and slippery for me. I had to console myself by soaking my clothes in the sea water. My shoes were full of pebbles too, and at least the sea water washed some of them out.

We had to go home today. I took ages, as usual.

Sunday 30th May
Today was Dada's birthday and I made firm friends with him today, I always say hello and wave goodbye when ever I enter or leave a room that contains him. He's got a special chair so he's easy to spot.

There was a party in the garden today where I managed to steal some of Dad's beer. I was so insistent that I wanted to try it that in the end he let me do it. I was very disappointed because I wasn't expecting bubbles. I still wanted more though.

Saturday 29th May
Today I have been very grumpy all morning. Mostly it's because I insist on waking up so early. I've been climbing up a whole new set of obstacles and then I've been surprised when I fall off them and bang my head. I have been a little bit unbalanced too for some reason - you know - falling over when I'm only standing up and not moving - that sort of thing.

I've been in the garden too today - It's lovely and big and it doesn't even matter if you fall over in the garden because it's so soft. Unless you insist on walking around in the rocky bit where I like to go.

I've been doing some counting today and this is how it goes: Two, two, five. That's it.

My best time today was when I was the absolute centre of attention. OI sat in a big chair and Mum and Dad and Dada sat opposite me and sang some songs to me. I did all the actions. It was GREAT!

Friday 28th May
It was very mysterious this evening. After tea we didn't even have a bath, but we did get into our pyjamas and then we got into the car. THen we drove for miles and miles and miles. Eventually we were driving in the dark. This is when I went to sleep. I did wake up though, with terrible terrible wind from drinking milk lying down. We were in a traffic jam so I thought that I would scream and scream to ease the tension.

Thursday 27th May
I've been enjoying washing my hands all on my own today. I'm not sure that I was actually allowed to do it all on my own but someone had left a chair and a sink around for my use. I pushed the chair over to the sink and turned the taps on. I did consider climbing into thesink so that I could get closer to the water, but someone grabbed me and put me on the floor and put the chair all folded up under the table before I could.

Wednesday 26th May
I said "yes do" today. That's nearly a whole sentence.

I have also been developing my singing skills. I sang the tune of "see saw margery door" today while I was on the see saw.

There's not much else to tell today. I've done lots of climbing though (as usual) and that has infuriated everyone.

Tuesday 25th May
Just a few words about my night time routine today. Firstly Dad usually baths me with amazing speed. I'm in my duck towel before I know it and although I never stay still while I'm being dressed, I always am within a matter of minutes. Dad says it would take less time if I stayed still but I can't see how that would be possible.

Dad then gives me a drink of milk which I guzzle down with speed. Then I do a massive burp, usually in his face. Dad turns his head to one side at this point. Next I point at the bed and say "bed bed". Dad askes me if I want to go to bed and I nod and say "yes!". I shake one of the cot rails for extra emphasis. Dad puts me to bed. I stay quiet or sing "Peter, Peter, Peter, Peter, Peter" for 20 minutes. Then I shout and someone gives me a bit more milk and then I go to sleep FOR AT LEAST 4 HOURS.

Monday 24th May
Today I showed everyone at the baby group all the actions for twinkle twinkle and wind the bobbin up. I could tell that they were very impressed. I also did quite a lot of climbing up on things which I don't think they were quite as impressed with.

I continued my climbing at home where I also mixed it with some drawing on the walls with a felt tip pen (I saw Peter do it by accident so I thought I'd copy him). Oh - and I ate some more sand.

Sunday 23rd May
We have been to a very special place today. I had to stay seated for most of the time, but I did manage to escape for a quick run around for a little bit of time. There were lots and lots of lovely animals to look at. My favourites were the big cats and the penguins.

We also went on lots and lots of rides and a lot of them seemed to be water based. My favourite was the one with dragons. I wasn't soo keen on the one that was in the dark - i had to hold on to Mum quite firmly as we went round that one.

I lost my shoe on the train ride. It was the first ride that we went on. Somehow, it fell off and then got thrown off the train when no one was looking. We were very lucky that the train driver was very nice and he went back to find it.

Saturday 22nd May
My climbing opportunities seem to be being removed all over the house. There are chairs being folded up and stored under the table where I can't quite get to them and there's a new flat washing basket on the scene which is useless for standing on. Fortunately Dad is still excellent for standing on.

I had a lovely time n the park I kicked a football around, nearly poked an alsation in the eye and had an ice cream - (just the cone please - i don't even like ice cream). It was a lovely afternoon. Dad wanted to take me out on the boats but everyone decided that I would probably try and swim for it.

Friday 21st May
I have been practicing my kissing today. We all were. Dad only wanted to kiss me once though because I had eggy lips (he said). I thought they were more red saucey than eggy, although I'll admit that there was egg involved.

We had lots of lovely visitors today, there was Jasmine (my own true love), Libbeth, Florence and Cameron. The house was a little bit chaotic and I did get a little bit sad. It's my teeth you see, and also, I'm only a tiny baby and lots of tall people bother me.

Thursday 20th May
I am unstoppable these days. No one (Mum) cannot stop me from running away through any door I choose to run through or from trying to play with broken glass. Actually Mum did stop me from playing with the glass but I wasn't very pleased about it.

Wednesday 19th May
This morning I fell off the table. It was partially my own fault as my sense of balance is much less than my sense of daring. Dad warned me against doing it again, but I wouldn't hear of it. I tried again and again to climb up but Dad was fearless in his defiance of my wishes.

As soon as Dad has gone to work Peter and I were outside in the paddling pool. Soaking wet before 8 o'clock. Brilliant. I'm not sure Mum was very pleased though.

If you can call them phrases I have two of them. 1: "yes" 2: "There".

Tuesday 18th May
Today I went to the park and my lovely Jasmine was there. We had a lovely time. Jenny was there too with a little pushchair which was a bit like mine. As I walked past her I sort of "borrowed" it and wandered off with it. Eventually Mum persuaded me to give it back. Later on I noticed that she had a little biscuit which I also sort of borrowed from her. I managed to eat most of it before Mum caught up with me though.

I was very pleased to see Dad this evening. I had been a bit soaked by Peter and I wasn't very pleased about it. We were playing with the paddling pool and things got a little bit out of hand.

I love to do a bit of washing up. By pushing a chair over to the sink I can climb up and have free access to anything around the sink area. Mum and Dad seem quite worried.

Monday 17th May
Today I am 1 and a third. My official one and a third birthday. There were no presents though.

I investigated a tape today. There's an awful lot of stuff inside something so small. We went to the park today. I ran to the wobbly see-saw and got on it all by myself. I had a bit of a shock when I tried to get on some other things though - every other bit of equipment was too hot for me to touch. I had to go back and enjoy my wobbly see-saw which was located in the shade.

Sunday 16th May
Dad put the tent and the tunnel up in the garden today as the weather was so nice and we needed a bit of shade, even if it was a bit stuffy inside the tent with two babies and three grown ups. Also Peter and I found that the tunnel is a dangerous place to be if you're not watchnig where you're crawling at top speed. There was a giant clashing of heads and Andrew and I got a bump on our heads.

I got a bit more used to Esther being here, although I did let out an audible gasp of surprise when Dad brought me downstairs in the morning. Esther keeps looking at me funny and I have to keep hiding behind Mum or Dad.

In the afternoon we went to the park and I pushed my little tiny pushchair around for a long time. It tkaes me ages to get anywhere, but it's ok because Mum and Dad walk really slowly too.

Today I said "windmill".

Saturday 15th May
I have been very busy with lots of climbing jobs today.This morning I climbed into my highchair at breakfast time. Dad was very surprised, but took it in his stride. I did notice that he paid extra attention to making sure that I was securely strapped in.

We all went shopping this morning and I fell asleep in the trolley. I sort of wobbled and swayed around nearly banging my head until Dad carried me around for the rest of the shopping trip.

Esther is here. I've given her several suspicious looks.

Friday 14th May
I've been trying to do some counting today. I said "1" and "2". I'll leave the rest of the numbers for now, they seem very complicated. In other word news I can now point at several body parts - ears, nose, eyes, mouth, hair, legs, tummy, fingers and knees are all bits that I know about. Dad taught me about toes too, but "toes" sound like "ears" so that's a bit confusing.

Thursday 13th May
Today Dad put a stair gate inbetween the kitchen and the living room. I'm sure that he's just put it there to foil my plans to climb up all the places that there are to be climbed up in the kitchen. I howled with disappointment. Oh and anger. I tried to squeeze my head inbetween every pair of bars in the gate, but my head was too big to fit. Eventually Dad lifted me over and put me in my highchair. Which is just like another kind of prison.

Wednesday 12th May
Today Libbeth and Jasmine came to play. I am very attached to Jasmine and I believe that she is very attached to me. Anyway - we had a lovely time and we talked about bees.

My teeth were really hurting today and so I have been having a hurting face for most of the day. We did go to the park though and there was someone there dressed up as Tigger. I poked her in the tummy (gently) and said "Tigger". I gave her my most winningest of smiles.

Tuesday 11th May
I think Dad may have tricked me into eating fish fingers. He ate some at tea time - which we all ate together and he said "yumyumyum" and made a nice eating noise. He then suggested that I put some in my mouth, which I did. I ate several pieces before I realised that I had been tricked. By then it was too late .I already liked it and now I can never go back.

While Peter was getting his trike in and out of the paddling pool, I was busy trying to climb in and out. As usual gravity was my nemesis and I fell in. How unlucky that the one piece of gravel in the whole place whould fall underneath my head. It made quite a dent and I think that there was some blood.

Now that my front teeth have stopped hurting (apart from one) it looks like time for my very back teeth to start. I think that the bottom right one is on its way. I'm always poking it and dribbling down my arm anyway.

Monday 10th May
I gave Dad a little present today. I'm not sure he was expecting an ant, but that's what he got. I thought it was a bee, so he was a little bit gladder than *really* not glad.

Sadly I have spent the rest of the day being ill. It took nearly 3 hours to get me to go to sleep and I'll bet that I wake up lots during the night too.

Sunday 9th May
I'm even sadder today because my tooth is still coming through. I had a temperature of nearly forty in the afternoon and I went all floppy and sad and had to lie on Dad's comfortable tummy for a long time whilst taking occasional sips of juice from my new cup.

I used all my energy up in the morning when we went to the soft play place. I went on nearly everything except the big big yellow slide - that's a little bit too extreme for me. When we got back we had some fun in our new tent. Peter made us all cups of tea and Dad and I curled up on the cushions and pretended to go to sleep.

Saturday 8th May
I'm a bit sad today because I have a tooth coming through. It's coupled with a very dribbly face and a very sore bottom. It's made me very sad. The only thing that's cheered me up in learning some body parts. I know EARS, EYES, MOUTH and NOSE. I also know about hair. I don't have very much hair, but there's just enough to grab a little bit of.

Friday 7th May
I am learning to say the ends of lines of songs. They are all easier to sya once the first bit of the line has been said by Mum or Dad. Also - I like to make some kind of approximation of the actual words and I usually find that rolling the last line of a song into one long word does the trick. Everyone is always very impressed. To be fair though, I can say some words. I can say "wee wee" (usually when i'm sitting on the potty. The potty book is my top favourite read at the moment, and when I say "read" i do mean "listen").

Thursday 6th May
I borrowed a bit of chicken from the fridge today and I spent a long time gnawing it like a tiny ogre. Eventually though I needed somewhere safe to keep it - and where is there that is better to keep a half eaten piece of chicken than the washing machine. Fortunately Dad found it before any permanent damage could be done to my piece of chicken.

I can climb. I can climb and climb and climb. Onto EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING! DO YOU HEAR?

I had a lovely cuddle with Peter today and I noticed that he had a bit of paint on his face. I pointed at it and said "red". Sadly I poked him in the eye.

Wednesday 5th May
I can now make my own bed. When Dad puts me in I'm not keen on being covered up in the normal dull flat duvet way. That only wakes me up, I like to arrange my own duvet in a special circular fashion. In this way I ensure that during my normal nighttime rotationsI will always have a little bit of duvet that covers me up.

I got up at 5.30 this morning. Surprisingly Dad was quite awake as he'd forgotten to put the blackout blind up in his bedroom. I gave him a great big kiss as a reward and then stuck my tiny finger right up his nose.

Tuesday 4th May
I had a lovely game with Peter today - I sat in one of the toy boxes and then Peter covered my legs in large toy cars and diggers. It was lovely and warm in there amongst all the excavators and car transporters - I didn't really ever want to get out. Later on in the day I mysteriously "fell" into a table and got a cut on my head. I'm ok though.

I had my first tantrum today. We were in the park and I stamped my feet and made my best ever scowly face but nobody cared.

Monday 3rd May
We went swimming today. I'm not much good at floating on my own but thanks to my new special seat I can float like anything. Dad took me on the slide a few times - it was very exciting - he always manages to not get me too wet when we plunge into the water.

I've got a new tooth poling through this morning. It's one of the little sharp ones and it's at the bottom and on the right. Only five teeth to go - then perhaps I can get some proper sleep.

The world is divided into two types of people - hair twirlers and nothair twirlers. I am a hair twirler. I like to twirl hair when I'm tired. It's usually someone elses. If they have to bend their necks at some unnatural angle then so much the better.

Sunday 2nd May
We went to a butterfly farm today - mostly I was with Dad so we went around the actual flying part of the farm quite quickly. It was much cooler in the hatchery although Dad did look a little bit wild eyed at the size of the hatchlings. Atlas moths are quite large. Dad took me in to see the spiders - he looked much more comfortable in there - he even got me out of the pushchair and let me look at some of the other animals that they had like snakes and fish and beetles. The beetles were only £3.00 but we couldn't buy one.

I've got a few new words: Hoover. Tim. Pink. Milk. That's the news on words.

I had a nice game of Foot/Handball. Most enjoyable. The best bit in the park was the band though - I sat in my pushchair and clapped along to the music.

Saturday 1st May
I was up nice and early again - in fact I was up for most of the night, but I wasn't actually allowed to get up and go downstairs until about 5.40 - still in plenty of time for teletubbies.

I had my first ever go on an escalator today - I was in the back pack looking at it from up on high. Going up is like moving stairs. Going down is like a slow motion slide - or like moving stairs again.

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