: : : Here is the news for January : : :

Monday 31st January
Today we did a lot of playing outside as the weather was so nice. I played in the sand and rode around on my bike. Peter rode around on his bike and THEN played in the sand. It was all sharing all the way. Even the winning, we did lots of sharing of winning.

I wore some sunglasses and a yellow builders hat today. I looked very classy.

Sunday 30th January
We went for another bike ride around the park today, this time we went to the duck park which has some very tricky hill sections, combined with some steep drops to the side. I fell off twice

There was no viewing of Shrek today but did make a few click noises just to keep in practice. I also practiced saying "I AM AN OGRRRRRE!" In a very loud voice.

Saturday 29th January
I helped a lot with the shopping today, after Dad was abscent from last week's trip I made sure to be extra helpful this week. I put several things into the trolley until I got occupied with an apple, at which point I lost interest.

Later on in the afternoon, after watching Shrek, I leant forward towards Dad and made a "tchat" noise with my mouth. Dad got the idea and said "just be yourself for 5 minutes.." It was very funny.

Friday 28th January
I am really very tired today because Dad and Mum had to spend most of the night persuading me to stay in my bed. Although they were very persuasive, I was very forgetful. Either that or I imagined that they would change their mind the next time I wandered into their room.

My favourite book at the moment is "Dear Zoo". I send all the animals to the naughty place. Even the puppy. Generally I make the right noise for the animal too. Dad doesn't let me do this when I have a mouth full of milk.

Thursday 27th January
I have once again been the king of the potty. Today I managed nearly the whole day without one on. Towrads the end of the day I was oo tired to care really so Mum put a special grown up potty training nappy on for me. I can take them up or down at will, but I'm so tired I don't think i'll bother.

Wednesday 26th January
I have become the new lord of the potty and all others who may have at some point laid claim to the title must step aside. I've done very well today and didn't wear a nappy all afternoon. I rang Dad everytime anything happened. Mum offered me some stickers but I wanted to speak to Dad instead.

Tuesday 25th January
I have learnt so many words in the last week that Dad has been very surprised with all the little sentances that I know now. Even after only seven days. Sometimes it takes a little while for all the words in the sentance to come out but it usually makes sense when they do.

Monday 24th January
I've been waiting for ages for Dad to come home and NOW he is here! I clung to his leg for a while. I've got a nice present from Medduh, but I'll be needing some help using it as all the pieces are still a bit stiff. It's good to have him back - it gives me somewhere else to sit - his knees are very comfortable.

Sunday 23rd January
Engie Benjy Day!! That means that tomorrow is Daddy Day! Hurray! I spoke to Dad on the phone today. We had a nice long chat. Little Bill was on the TV and I told Dad "Look, look, Little Bill!" but for some reason he couldn't see. I have been telling Mum all about America this week, but as I call it Medduh she sometimes gets confused.

In spite of some really bad behaviour by Peter this morning, we went to see Engie Benjy at the Theatre. It was brilliant. We took some crisps and sweets in Mums handbag and saw a very long story, with songs and lights and joining in to do. I had a seat of my own but I prefered to sit on Mum's lap. Much more snuggly. I was very good.

Mum has been telling us some very good stories at bed time. They are all about Peter and Andrew and the adventures that we get up to. Sometimes we find secret cupboards that lead to magical lands and sometimes we meet people from our favourite TV shows, we go on trips on bikes, in trains, in planes, buses, helicopters, motorbikes. Sometimes our magic bed flies into the air up to the stars and lands in funny places like the jungle or the middle of the ocean and we sail it to an island. Tonight we went to San Fransisco by bed. Dad was there and he gave us a big cuddle. My favourite is when we go to Balamory to visit Archie's pink castle.

Saturday 22nd January
Last night I tried to stay awake all night and I nearly managed it too, but Mum is so good at tricking me into nodding off. I fell asleep at 8pm, woke briefly at 10pm and 12pm, not so briefly at 3am, and woke up for good at 5am. Not bad, not bad at all.

This morning, as Peter and I lounged on the sofa watching Mum do the tidying and cleaning, Peter helped me to say Peter properly. He even spelt it for me, but unfortunately I'm not very good at spelling. So we sat together saying Peter for ages. After that I called him Beebah or Buddee as usual as I prefer it.

We took our bikes in the car to Victoria park and met Gaye there. We were all set to have lots of fun, when I remembered I hadn't had a really good tantrum for ages so I had one in the park. After ignoring me for a while Mum picked me up and carried me fireman style over her shoulder while pushing the bike with her other hand. This was most undignified and I decided to forget the tantrum and to sing PC Plum's song instead.

Friday 21st January
This morning I got a train in the post from Grandma and spent all day playing with it. In the afternoon Mum took us to Stratford to visit Uncle Mark and then we went to where the Teletubbies live and I had a go on Noo Noo. As if that wasn't enough fun for one day, then we went to Old MacDonalds and had a milkshake to share! Fantastic.

I have had a few tantrums in the last few weeks. Well its only natural, being two and everything. My favourite phrase is "no tantum, Beebah, no tantum"

Thursday 20th January
This morning Mum took me to the swimming pool while Peter was at school. We had loads of fun and I swam in my arm bands for ages. I like jumping in from the side, sometimes sitting, sometimes standing, and sometimes from the steps. Each time I make a really big splash. I used a wtering can to water Mum's head and this game took ages, in fact I didn't want to ever stop watering Mum's head. That's when we had to go. I loved the shower too and spent ages in there. In the afternoon Mum took us to Funky Monkeys, another soft play place. Its almost as if she is trying to wear us out!

Wednesday 19th January
Mum let us have a soft play area at home today. We got all the cushions off the sofa and jumped around for ages, then she took us on the car to Hatton soft play. It was brilliant. I went down the slide twice, all on my own. Mum sat at the top for ages but she couldn't decide what to do, so I showed her how to do it. I was exhausted afterall that fun and I was in bed, asleep before 7pm. I had a really bad night last night and I think I may have another one tonight. Maybe with a really early start too!

Tuesday 18th January
Daddy has gone to America on an aeroplane today. I hope its not because I'm two. I have waved at lots of aeroplanes, but none of them have waved back. Mum says that Dad might be ON the aeroplane. It would be very cold and windy I think. On the plus side, though Mum has been trying to cheer us all up with fun games and things to do. We had breakfast in our tent this morning and this afternoon Mum took us to the multi storey car park. I love going up the ramp and trying to guess what number level comes next. Peter always guesses right. How does he do it? Gaye visited us at tea time and I showed off my new scissor cutting skills

Monday 17th January
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY. I AM TWO [2].

I've spent most of the day singing "happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me." Mum let me talk to Dad on the phone and that's what I sang to him.

I've had lots of lovely presents today - there was a lovely boot lacing thing from Mama and Dada, and a special driving toy from Gaye and Simon. The best thing of the whole day was a card that sang "Old MacDonald" I opened that card ONE HUNDRED times.

When Dad came home there were even more presents. I was very tired when I went to bed and feeling every year of my age.

Sunday 16th January
I went swimming today and I was really good at it. I wore some really big water wings which helped me float. Dad helped a tiny bit with getting my bottom up, but I did all the kicking about. I even moved undermy own steam a little bit. I did swallow some water. I told Dad "I ate water" He was very sympathetic and patted my back for a bit until I had spat it all out.

Saturday 15th January
Everyone was watching Peter Pan today and I wasn't really evry interested in it. It's a bit slow moving for my tastes. I like my films to be a bit more "Shreky". Anyway - I read a Teletubbies book instead. After I had read it I found that If I rubbed my finger up and down the book it made a squeaky noise so I did that for about half an hour.

Friday 14th January
If I can manage to get Dad to lie on the floor and then to curl his toes backwards, I've found that his feet make an ideal little seat for me. It's a bit fally-offy, but that makes it even more fun to do.

Thursday 13th January
I slept like a baby last night - there wasn't even any waking up until 7.00, which I believe is ideal as far as Mum and Dad are concerned. My new bed is very comfortable and there's room for me to twist all the way round without banging my head on any cot bars. My cot has gone into the loft now, so I guess I'm officially quite a big boy now.

I had a go at wearing pants today. It was a reasonably sucessful experiment which was aborted by Mum in the nick of time.

Wednesday 12th January
I'm so nearly two that it's not true.

Today I watched Peter make some cakes while I was doing all the washing up for Mum for the cake makery. I did get to eat some of the cakes though. I suspect that most of the washing up needed doing again, but as it wasn't me re-doing it it didn't matter too much.

When Dad came home he made my bit of the new bed. I get to sleep in a big bed tonight. I hope I don't fall out. Mum tucked me in extra well.

Tuesday 11th January
It was a really rainy day today so we had to stay inside all afternoon. We did some sticking and some colouring in some special scrapbooks that Mum made. We also watched some films. THe piglet one was my favourite. Shrek was my favourite too. They're all my favourites.

Peter's bed is really good. I fit vey nicely into it beside him.

Monday 10th January
We had to go and pick up a parcel for Dad today so as we were passing I persuaded Mum to take us to the park. Peter and I had a lovely time together. He's my friend and we hug each other.

Sunday 9th January
We went to a park this evening and it was really cold and windy. We found a zip slide there so I was able to say "hold on tight" in my most concerned voice. Dad nearly dropped me though - he made a lucky save and only my hat fell off.

I'm having a grumpy night tonight.

Saturday 8th January
I was awake all night because of monsters last night. Dad made them go away several times, but they always seems to hide just in the corner. I pointed them out to Dad and he saw them off.

There was a small (ish) tantrum today when we were going to the park. I can't accept that I need to hold someone's hand when I'm walking along the pavement. Dad carted me to the park in the car in the end, as he was passing by on his way back from somewhere. The park was bitterly cold.

Friday 7th January
I've been waking up at night a lot recently. It's all to do with the monsters and dragons that seem to inhabit my room at night. I've been getting a bit fed up with them. Dad and Mum have assured me thatthere aren't any, but I'm sure that I might have seen one.

I walked from Peter's school to just into town today and it took me nearly an hour. I was doing an awful lot of dawdling. There's always so much to look at in detail.

Thursday 6th January
I walked all the way to Peter's school today and then I walked all the way back. It's a very long way too. I had to keep reminding Mum along the way that my name isn't "sweetheart" it's "Andrew".

I did some really good sticking today. I found some spare glue and some squares of paper that weren't being used and stuck them down all by myself. The results were more than satisfactory.

Wednesday 5th January
Today is the third day that Mum and Dad have mysteriously been loading up the car with various bits and pieces - even some of our toys have gone in the car. The strange thing is that after Dad comes back from going out the car is EMPTY.

Anyhow Mum took us to the park so that Dad could carry on with his mysterious job in secret. It was very cold so I had to say "wipe nose please" to Mum so I could continue my journey up the ladder of the pirate ship unempeded by goo.

Tuesday 4th January
We went to the windiest playground in the world this morning and I had some goes on a zip slide. I sat on Dad's knee and said "hold tight". We were supposed to go swimming but apparently the pool was empty.

Afterwards we went to the soft play area where I was almost able to keep up with the bigger children - there was an incident where I got trapped between four enormous red balls and Dad had to come in and rescue me, but apart from that I did ok.

Monday 3rd January
I am now in almost full command of the english language. There are many many words that I can say and although sometimes I get misunderstood I can usually get my point across to either Mum or Dad. I usually like to ad a "yes" when they guess what I'm saying correctly - they get frustrated if I don't. My favourite word today was "Shrek".

Sunday 2nd January
Grandma is STILL here today but she has to go at lunchtime so we had a lot to squeeze in. I rode my bike to the park which was a really long way and I only got there and back because there was always a little puddles to ride through. I was exhausted by the time we got home.

We watched Shrek in the afternoon because we were all very tired. There was a duvet on the sofa and little bowls of chocolate buttons. It was all very cosy.

Saturday 1st January
Grandma is still here today and we have decided to have a lovely day. First we rode our bikes round the park and then played in some lovely big muddy puddles.

There was even more of a mess to be made when we got home because Mum put a big piece of paper over the whole table and got the paints out so that we could use the paintbrushes that Grandma bought for us. I did some good work in crimson and only got a little bit on my shirt. Dad made me somme potato bits with stars on to do some printing.

Later on I made some ginger biscuits. I think they could have done with just a pinch more ginger.

 

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