: : : Here is the news for March : : :

Thursday 31st March
I slept all night again last night. Not that I did it the night before of course - just that I have done it again at all. Anyway, Dad was very pleased about it and promised to buy me a toy motorbike. I hope he gets me a red one.

The train set has come out of the loft so I've been running around the house saying "toot toot" all day while pulling my arm up and down in a steam train fashion.

Wednesday 30th March
I've got some excellent new Thomas the Tank Engine pants that I've been trying out. There are 5 pairs and I've tried most of them on today.

I've done a lot of jumping around today because of all the excess energy I have because of not being able to go outside in the rain.

Tuesday 29th March
I have been quite grumpy today so there is little good news.

Monday 28th March
Today it was my turn to drive up the drive. I pretended to be Ediemcreedie while I was doind it too. I even sang a little song.

Dad took me to visit some people today and Grandad was there. He looked after me for a little bit - there were some parrots there and I tried to feed them some stones. It didn't look as if they were very hungry though.

Sunday 27th March
Today I walked all the way up glastonbury Tor, nearly all on my own. Mum and Dad helped mea little bit, but I did it - and faster than Hannah too. I even jumped up some of the steps and got very cross when Dad jumped me over a step and onto the next one up. I made him put me down so that I could go back to the step that I missed out. We had to leave to top fairly quickly though because Peter kept trying to fall off the edge.

We went to Grandad's house today just for a little visit. I found Velcro there and spent a long time talking to him. I asked him if he liked food and drinking. He just purred at me.

Saturday 26th March
I found a MuttMouse on grandma's stairs today. He had lots of little legs and rolled up into a ball when I poked him. I examined him closely by lying on the floor and putting my eye very close to him. Dad and Tim helped me put him outside somewhere safe.

Friday 25th March
I have been somewhere very special today. Grandma took me to see Thomas the Tank Engine and the fat controller. It was very exciting . There was lots of steam and planty of loud whistles. I have now accuratly married up my "toot toot" with my whistle arm movement.

As a reminder of my trip Grandma bought me some lovely Thomas stickers, which I stuck onto a piece of paper as soon as I got home.

Thursday 24th March
We went on a really long journey to Grandma's house today and I was very cross. It was even more upsetting to find that Grandma wasn't there when we arrived - no matter how many times I called for her.

Wednesday 23rd March
I have been really grumbly today. I have said "mummmmmmy" about 100 times ever hour. Only a rough estimate - it could so easily be very many more.

Tuesday 22nd March
I received a special sleep gift today. It was for staying asleep all night without even waking up. It was a helicopter - just like Harold. I am going to sleep with it in my bed tonight. This will probably wake me up.

Monday 21st March
I was partially involved in a game of football today although I did have my own ball. That way I can have as many kicks as I like. One kick somehow managed to place the ball right back into my face. "I have hurt myself" I shouted. Dad soon rescued me but I lay on the floor for a while just for effect.

Sunday 20th March
Dad tooks out to the windy castle today. He promised us some dragons and some secre passages. There were no dragons and the best secret passage that we found smelled a bit funny. We did climb to the highest room of the tallest tower though and the view was lovely.

Afterwards we went in a car wash. I wasn't sure about that at all because it was oneof the ones where the doors come down at the front and back of the car. I looked nervously around me for most of the time.

Saturday 19th March
There was an exciting new development at the shopping place today, a brand spanking new riding car - the sort that goes up and down if you put Dads 50p piece into it. It looked as if it had never been ridden on and I'm fairly sure that we were the first to sit on the new Thomas the Tank Engine. It wasn't plugged in though. Dad said he'd take us back tomorrow to see if it was plugged in then.

Dad took us to funky monkeys all on his own in the afternoon which was very brave of him as we were both running in different directions. We had some fun all together in the baby area though. Dad bought us a gingerbread man because we were so good.

Mum finally translated "I-E-bana" - I'll admit that it's not the best ever rendition of "everybody" but I kind of liked the sound of it.

Friday 18th March
I fell over this morning when we were picking Peter up from school. I banged last weeks bump and cut my lip. I did it on the slide and I was very upset. To cheer me up Peter and I walked all the way home holding hands.

Dad came home from work early today and we went round the park on our bikes and then we went home. Peter and I both thought that there was some hope of us goingto a cafe for tea. Peter even offered some of his money to pay for it. In the end I had to do my pretend cry and put my hands up to my face and do a really good sob before Dad caved in and took us out again . We had a lovely tea.

Thursday 17th March
There's a very special new toy in the house today - It's hanging from the mysterious hooks that have nearly always been on either side of the door frame inbetween the kitchen and the living room. It's a swing! and so far I haven't even fallen off it. Although some attempts have been made on my balance.

The sofa has no dry cushions on it for some reason.

Wednesday 16th March
I've had a potty training afternoon today and I'm glad to say that there was great success with visiting the upstairs bathroom. I'm not too keen on the actual potty.

I also went to a baby group today where I mostly pretended to be lucky the cat. I have now added purring to my range of cat noises, which were previously limited to miaowing.

Tuesday 15th March
I did some proper cooking today with Chocolate. We made some tiny cakes for Dad because of his sad wrist. The cakes were all topped with tiny chocolate drop. The mixture was lovely too. Sadly I was very grumpy today so I couldn't enjoy the experience to the fullest.

Monday 14th March
I have been wearing my new helmet today, on and off for most of the day. I'm finding it to be a very nice fashion accessory. I can also pretend to be PC Plum while I'm wearing it. I even sing the PC Plum song for added realism.

Sunday 13th March
It's been a very busy day today, what with Grandma being here and it being Mum's birthday. I started the day very early and Dad told me to go back to sleep about 100 times. Eventually it was actually morning and we helped Mum open some of her presents.

I rode my bike around the park too. I didn't go as fast as Peter but I did ride a lot further. My legs were a bit wobbly when we stopped in the cafe for an icecream.

THEN we went to the soft play place and had lots of green and yellow ball related fun and THEN we went out for a special birthday tea to celebrate Mum's birthday. I sang "happy birthday dear Poppig" in the car on the way there and on the way back.

Saturday 12th March
I only woke up once last night so Dad said that there would be a little treat for me when we got to the shops. It turned out to be a Motorbike.

We went to a soft play area today with Grandma. I managed to find a really sharp brick wall with my forehead though. There's a really big egg on my head now and it's very sore. To cheer me up Dad took us to see a windmill on the coldest windiest hill that he could find. I made him carry me back to the car where Mum was waiting. She was the only sensible warm one.

Friday 11th March
I have really been enjoying playing with marbles all this week. I've discovered a few things about them too. Never empty the box of marbles onto the kitchen table as you will never ever see any of the marbes ever again.

Thursday 10th March
I played a game of hide and seek with Dad this morning. I told him to count and that I would go and hide. I also told him that I would hide under the table. He counted, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.... AND TEN! As soon as he said "TEN" I shouted "Coming! Ready or not!" and ran out from under the table. "Found me!" I said. Hide and seek is a silly game.

Wednesday 9th March
I was tantrumonious and territorial today. I have done absolutely everythning to be contrarywise and confrontational. I want to be IN the pushchair, I want to be OUT of the pushchair. I want to WALK, I want to be CARRIED. You know - keeps everyone on their toes.

We had visitors today and someone brought another small person with them. Evidently they had forgotten to bring him any toys, because he kept trying to play with mine. I soon put a stop to that.

Tuesday 8th March
We did a really big painting today on the kitchen floor. Mum put some dishes of paint out on the floor and we ran round and round the paper, leaving brown painty trails everywhere we went. Peter did some big footprints and I fell over in a paint dish and made a big bottom print.

Monday 7th March
I really promised Dad really hard that I would stay in bed all night. I think he's going to shut the bedroom gate tomorow. I don't think he'd mind too much, but I get out of bed and run into his bedroom only scant seconds after he's tucked me in and I've promised to stay in bed.

Sunday 6th March
We went to several interesting places today. The first was a car wash and then another car wash because the first one was closed. We had to wait a while but as we were listening to a Winnie The Pooh story it wasn't so bad. The car was very shiny afterwards.

Later we went for a ride around the park on our bikes and then swimming. I swam a whole width of the swimming pool form one set of steps to another set of steps. Dad only held onto my trunks a little bit and I did all the kicking and arm flaining myself. After we had to get out I had the most massiveist tantrum ever, which, in a concrete changing room can be very nerve jarring. I was very tired though.

Saturday 5th March
I have been very tired and grumpy for most of the day today - Dad said I was balanced on a tantramonious knife edge - whatever that means. It didn't take very much to upset me - giving me my sandwich first and my juice second would do the trick.

To make me even more tired we went to funky monkeys. Dad buried me in small plastic balls. Other children kept trying to join in but we were at the end of a sealed off corridoor and Dad blocked the way totally.

Friday 4th March
Dad taught me how to do "jazz hands" today. It's really very silly. I also tried to cross my arms which is a very hard thing to do when your arms are only small.

Thursday 3rd March
I have managed to persuade Dad to cuddle me to sleep for the past few nights. When he puts me to bed, I grab hold of his hair and then try to pull hishead down to the pillow with the aid of a few gentle head strokes. From then on, if he tries to move a few hard yanks on the hair will keep his head in one place. Sometimes, If I have a tractor or a little car in my hand I drive it around his head.

After I've finished my milk I give him a kiss and say "PLEEEEASE lie down" Sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't.

Wednesday 2nd March
We made some cakes today. Mine were small and round and had jam in them. We had to make little holes in the top of the cake by poking our fingers in. All my cakes had much less jam in than Peter's cakes, because Peter has gotmuch bigger fingers than me. The cake mixture was delicious though.

Tuesday 1st March
I have been a little bit tantrumonious today. Not about anything in particular, just about everything that there is that doesn't seem fair or to be working in my favour. Mostly I get ignored but sometimes Mum asks me if I'm having a tantrum. I always hotly deny it and usually try to make Mum think that Peter is having the tantrum in question. A difficult thing to do when there are tears and goo streaming down my face.