Summer is here

Its June and it hasn't been an easy week!  I got sicky and have had a bad tummy for a few days.  Then we all got it to some extent.  Mummy felt ill for a couple of days then yesterday Daddy had a 24 hour flu-like bug and Ruru has had it longer.  Yesterday was hard work for Mummy and Daddy as I kept Mummy up a lot of the night then she had to hand me to Daddy at 5am so she could sleep before going to work in Southampton.   Daddy didn't feel well but we had a nice day playing at home until Mummy got home...then Daddy went to bed for an hour!  Apparently some of my nappies have been like the end of the world, especially the one where I shot Daddy with some poop!!

We went to The Print Room in Bournemouth for lunch on Wednesday.  I was very good and munched on some organic carrot sticks.

Today I had to go to my Montessori Nursery because Daddy was at work all day and Mummy got called out to do interpreting some of the day.  Mummy then took me to Moors Valley.  When I got home I looked so cute in my nice blue onesy that Daddy had to take some pictures.  It was just as well he did because when Mummy gave me my dinner I was sick all over her, me, the chair and the floor.  While Mummy scrubbed me Daddy had to scrub the conservatory....dear me!  I'm still a happy boy most of the time and I was only really unhappy for a day or two when I felt really bad.

Anyway, here I am in my posh summer onesy...it says sleepy monsters on it...I may be a little monster but I'm not always sleepy!

Off to Birmingham and Warwickshire

Last weekend (22nd may) Mummy and Daddy went away for one night and left me with my Nana and Granddad.  Daddy took his D300 camera with small 35mm and 90mm lenses.

On the way up to Birmingham they stopped at a very old house called Baddesley Clinton near Warwick.

On sunday evening Mummy and Daddy went to the "Rush" concert at the LG Arena at the Birmingham NEC.  I was very loud, very spectacular and very good.  Daddy took some video and snapshots on his Ipod using the Hipstamatic photo application to simulate old film..

After breakfast

These photos show me yesterday after having my breakfast.  I love sitting in my high chair, which Mummy got from the car boot sale.  Daddy used his Sigma 85mm portrait lens at wide apertures and exposed for the ambient light before popping in some bounce flash from the side.

Today I went to Lisa, my childminder, and she is sure I have teeth coming through.  I do get pains in my mouth and am a bit prone to being grumpy at the moment, so I think she is right.

Mid May 2011

Its been a while since I was on here as Daddy has been rather busy and tired, but he has taken some photos.

We had a lovely day at Exbury Gardens last week with Auntie Sal and Nana and Granddad.  I've never seen so many plants.  I did get a bit grumpy when it went way past my lunch time, but after a pitstop I was happy again.

There were some fish as big as me in the lake that Granddad seemed to like very much

This was the first time I had really smelt and touched plants and I was fascinated.  I even tried tasting them but Mummy and Daddy said that was a step too far!

Daddy got up very early today but when I woke up Mummy said I was extra cute and called him upstairs to take some photos as I played and crawled on the bed.  Apparently I'm a monkey.  The health visitor came round to check me today and said I was doing very well......I am normal weight and height and very responsive.

I still love my smiley snail and he tastes good too!

Mummy and Daddy are very pleased with the garden this year, especially the giant Icelandic poppies and they take me for walks outside to see the flowers and pond.

Cuckoo Fair

I had an interesting day today as Mummy & Daddy took me to the Cuckoo fair at Downton in Wiltshire.  I was asleep when we got there because I had been up for a long time.  Daddy says I am like the Duracell Bunny on fresh batteries, whatever that is!  When I woke up there was so much going on I was fascinated.

Daddy said it was a challenge taking photos of the dancers as he was using a manual focus lens.  He only took a very small camera bag and 2 small lenses because it was so busy and difficult to squeeze past people in some places.

Brass band

Then there were some ladies and a man doing Appalachian clog dancing...I liked the music a lot.

Round and round we go!

Then it got really funny when we saw some Morris dancers.  I liked the music and was laughing at the funny people who were dancing with sticks and handkerchiefs!  Daddy says it is a unique British cultural experience.  I did like the funny hobby horse that came around between dances with the master of morris dancing.

Master of morris dancers!

Daddy says the giant idol and hobby horse kind of remind him of a film called The Wicker Man.  He says I will have to grow up a lot before I can see that one!

This is me contemplating morris dancing with my Granddad

Anyway, the day got even better.  I started getting a bit grumpy because I was hungry and it was past my lunch time.  Mummy & Daddy took me to a lovely private garden where they were selling teas and the kind lady offered to warm my food up in her microwave.  To say thankyou Mummy & Daddy bought a draw ticket for a big teddy bear.  There was only one boy's name left on the long list of names, so we paid 50 pence for "Ian"and put the ticket in my name.  Anyway I must be very lucky because, as I was being fed, my ticket was drawn and I won the big bear now called Ian!!!!

I am especially lucky because Nana got me the World's greatest bear when I was very little and I often hug and wrestle him in my cot.  Ian looks like a different kind of bear, so I now have 2!  Daddy says if I'm that lucky he will buy me a National Lottery ticket, whatever that is...personally I think Teddies sound more interesting.  Here I am meeting my new friend.