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Friday 31st March
It was yet another daddy-stay-at-home-day today so I utilised him to full effect by using him as a climbing frame and a trampoline. He sort of seems to enjoy it a bit.

Thursday 30th March
Today I did lots more lego. In the morning as a surprise Mum and Dad took me to funky monkeys while Peter was at school. It was really quiet and mostly we were the only people there. There were a few other small people around but none to interfere with my master pplan for Dad - to get him to slide down the swirly slide. He did it a few times but the last itme he grazed allthe skin off his elbow which put him off doing it again.

Wednesday 29th March
Dad took me to a cafe after we dropped Peter off at school. I had a croissant and a juice drink. Mostly I tried to eat the butter off the croissant. After a quick go on the thomas the tank engine ride we went home and played with lego a lot. I built another little train - it's a sort of wonky steppy train.

What exactly does a space ranger do?

Tuesday 28th March
I had a lovely day with Dad today, we did some lego games and some car games and there was all manner of jumping on his legs and stomach - most of which he wasn't very keen on. I also held the new baby, who I like to call tiny buzz lightyear.

My favourite phrase for today while doing some painting? "It's like printing my own money".

Monday 27th March
There's no news today.

Sunday 26th March
There was another day of general grumpiness today. The highlight for me was my new Thomas sunglasses, which I wore indoors, despite fashion advise for nearly the whole morning.

In the afternoon I jumped around from sofa to sofa and then stroked Paul's hair a few times - it's very soft.

Saturday 25th March
It seems as if Mum and Dad's bed is now out of bounds. THis is making me very grumpy - a fact which I demonstrated throughout the day by various means. I'm hoping to get at least a toe in there tonight and I've thought up a special plan to help me.

Friday 24th March
Peter was off school today with some kind of illness. I'm sure he's not as ill as me. Anyway we started the day by being tucked up on the sofa with cups of milk and so on. Neither of us wanted to out very much.

Once we had mastered not coughing onto the baby we all had turns in holding him. Peter had him for at least a whole hour and he seemed to enjoy it a lot. I was more concered in making sure that my plastic sausage and my lucky cork were safe tucked inside my socks.

Thursday 23rd March
I went to play with Sam and Liz again this morning and as expected I was the best behaved boy ever. I made a fantastic train track with Liz and we used every single piece of track.

In the afternoon I was very tired and mostly dozed off on the sofa. Later on Dad brought Mum and the new baby home. His hair is very soft.

Wednesday 22nd March
I went to play with Liz and Sam today and I had a great itme. I took my lucky cork that I found on th floor this morning. I tucked it into my sock for safekeeping. I had a lovely time and played so nicely that Liz gave me a happy sticker for my jumper.

Dad came and picked me up and then we went to the hospital - even though I was so tired that I could barely stay awake. I had a little go holding my littlebrother whose name happens to be Paul Jacob. Dad says that If he grows up to be a pirate he can change his name to Pablo Jake.

Tuesday 21st March
It's all very exciting today - I have been dropped off at Emma's house while mum and Dad go to the hostipal. At least there are buzz lightyear toys to play with.

Dad came with Peter to pick me up and then we went to the hospital too. We saw Mum and imgaine my surprise! I've got a little brother! He hasn't got name yet but he's very small. Mum also has a lovely tv which I watched. Sometimes one is too tired to look at little brothers.

Monday 20th March
There is no news today because I am very ill.

Sunday 19th March
Dad looked after me last night and he did it so well that I kicked him out of bed at 6.00 in the morning because he was lying down on the job in my bed.

Later on we went to the park and to funky monkey's today and I was still ill and coughing. In fact, everyone has had a touch of my illness - especially Dad. ONly he truly knows how it feels to be as ill as I am. Anyway - I was nearing collapse after funky monkeys, so we had a cinema afternoon at our house and I got tucked up on the couch. Shrek and Gromit were my only true friends this afternoon.

Saturday 18th March
I must have been really sick today because I was allowed to stay in my pyjamas until waay after lunch, when Mum got back from the baby sale with a lovely hot wheels track WITH A DOUBLE LOOP in it. It took a while for us to find the right cars for it and it took Dad even longer to fix it to the radiator.

Friday 17th March
I had a pretty terrible night last night. There was lots of confusion about having to have so much medicine and no one was very happy. Especially me, although I did sort of enjoy having to use my new inhaling machine that makes my breathing a little bit better. Everyone hopes that I'm better before the baby gets here.

Thursday 16th March
I am sadly very ill and sad today. I've got a terrible cough and my misery levels have flared right up.

Wednesday 15th March
Apparently I will be sharing my diary again. Next Tuesday. There may also be some changes around these parts. I've heard that the new baby will be sleeping in Mum and Dad's room which will mean that I won't be able to sneak in in the mornings like I'm used to doing. We shall see.

I'm not feeling very well today - so ill in fact that when Mum put my tea down in front of me I told her that I'd had enough.

Tuesday 14th March
Today I have mostly been pretending to be Buzz Lightyear. Peter and I have been playing a game which we like to call "toy story 2". We even rope in some of our soft toys, although I'm not sure sure that we make the most intelligent choices for the characters - for example, Mr Potatohead is currently being played by our dinosaur. I'm fairly sure he would be more comfortable in the role of "dinosaur".

Monday 13th March
It was Mum's birthday today and we started off by singing happy birthday to her in bed. Peter was a bit tired so he sang while he was lying down. Next came the presents and Mum was very pleased with all of our carefully chosen gifts.

Later on I made a cake with Mum - I expect it was a birthday cake. I ate a lot of the mixture. When Dad came home we had a littl eparty with all kinds of nice things to eat for our tea. Peter had written a special shopping list with Strawberries, Sweets and Lollipops on it. I heard him complaining about his pen this morning because it kept writing 2s when he wanted to write Ss.

Sunday 12th March
A lot has happened today and I am very tired.

FIRST we did a lot of running around the house and then we went to stratford for a picnic where we did a lot of running around. We ran round and round a tree for about an hour while Mum and Dad ate their lunch. I dropped some of mine and a swan ate it.

SECOND Dad took me to play with ben who was peeping through the door waiting for us to arrive. We played with his trains and then ate an apple. I wanted to try some tea but I go milk instead.

THIRD I felt a bit faint so a snuggled up to Dad while we watched Toy Story 2 which wasn't as scary as I had thought it would be.

FOURTH I went to bed and fell straight asleep.

Saturday 11th March
We had a very busy day today because it's Mum's birthday on Monday. First we had to make her some birthday cards which we did by cutting up lots of flowers and sticking them onto a piece of card. I did a bit of scribbling too. Next we all went shopping and I chose a very special presnt for Mum - it was a glass with some strawberries on it. Dad says that we both (peter and I) have excellent if expensive tastes.

Friday 10th March
It's been a really slow day today, which I tried my hardest to start at 5.30. Dad was insistant that it wasn't even morning yet, even though I opened the curtains, pointed at the dark sky and told him it was alovely sunny day. No dice - back to bed.

Thursday 9th March
Today I fell into two big puddles that I shouldn't really have been anywhere near - especially as I had been warned about the first one and doubley warned about the second one.

Wednesday 8th March
There will be no news today.

Tuesday 7th March
I had to help Mum take the car to the garage to be fixed today and it was a real eye opener. When we went to pick it up the garage man had cracked open the whole front of the car. I DID NOT KNOW THEY COULD DO THAT. Mum said that they must have done it by some kind ofmagic. I shall be asking Dad for a little look inside at his earliest convenience. Luckily they did not meddle with my part of the car - the little door at the back of the car where my pretend baby friend lives.

Monday 6th March
Karen came to see us today before she moves all the way to Australia and I'm pleased to report that we were as good as gold. Peter even made her a princess crown which she wore on her head. It was made form 3 bits of coloured in paper and it looked beautiful.

Sunday 5th March
Today Peter and I helped Dad make a train out of two mysterious boxes full of bits. Dad had started by tidying the shed and it looks like he found these boxes somewhere at the back of it. After a lot of hammering in the freezing cold outside, Peter and Dad and I had managed to make a sort of train which we decorated with flags and things. It was too cold to actually play on it though so we went inside afterwards. Maybe we will sit on it tomorrow.

Saturday 4th March
We went for a special Pizza tea this evening. I had a miniature tantrum when we had to leave but inbetween I ate all of my tea and masses of icecream and sweets. It was no surprise to anyone when I had a big tummy ache. Dad had to spend ages rubbing my tummy in a clockwise directions which someone once told him helps.

Friday 3rd March
My behaviour today has been marked as 7 out of 10, which to be fair to me, being only three isn't bad at all. Considering that Peter woke me up VERY early with all his noise and general shenanigans I think I've survived quite well. I was very tired at bedtime though, almosttoo tired to explain to Dad where monsters come from, which as everyone knows is from the black house far far away next to the house of the three bears in the forest. Apart from the baby monsters that live in Dad's hair. OBVIOUS.

Thursday 2nd March
Uh-Oh.

Wednesday 1st March
Dad has put the best thing ever on the computer. It's a game that allows me to become the driver of any train anywhere in the world. I can even crash them if I like. I was so excited that I have been breathing through my nose like a steam train for most of the day. I usually like to punctuate this with a couple of good hearty whistles.