Summer fun

I ve been having a lovely time as I grow up this summer.  I have spent time with both Mummy & Daddy and Nana and Granddad who help out when Mummy & Daddy are working or sometimes when they are at Tae Kwon-Do.  Nana and Granddad say I am very good when I stay and I love being there as they play with me, read to me and let me run around in their huge garden.

A little while back I went to Moors valley for a "Nuts About Nature" day, when they let me dip in a pond and daddy tole me what all the minibeasts were.  We then went into a meadow and used a net to catch crickets and other bugs.  Finally I did some drawing with Mummy.  The weather was a mixed bag but then it brightened up a bit and I ran around near the visitor centre like crazy in my sunglasses.

We have also discovered a nice garden at the Stewarts Garden Centre at Broomhill.  Its great as there is a big climb and slide thing and some nice animals, all in a clean area with lots of grass to run on.

Dad took me for a run around at Knowlton Church

Here we are at the Stewarts Garden, this time with Nana & Granddad

This is Nuts About Nature at Moors Valley

Mid August 2012

Last Saturday we went to the Ellingham Show.  Daddy came in the morning but then had to go to work, so Mummy took me back in the afternoon.  I am obsessed with horses so it was great for me with so many and such big horses!  I even saw horses jumping and the riders falling off.

I took my little toy horse with me in the afternoon as I simply wouldn't leave it behind.  He was safe that day...but....It was such a shame but my Horse got lost a day or two later in Moors Valley on the play trail...we went back as soon as we could but couldn't find him, so somebody must have picked him up.  We even went back today with Daddy and had a look....I miss my horse and keep talking about him.

In Moors Valley today it was very busy but I tired myself out running around.

When we got home we had tea outside as it was so warm and we played in the garden.  First I helped my Daddy cut the grass and I watered the flowers as usual.  Mummy blew me some bubbles to chase and then Daddy took me round the block on my trike...we saw two horses being ridden down the road and I waved at them.  I was so happy when the riders waved back!

This big bull kept mooing very loudly

Thai Festival & By-Gone Days

On Sunday I went to the Thai festival in Boscombe, where there was a lot of food, dancing, arts and crafts and a big, big lawn to run around on.  In fact I ran, ran, ran for nearly 3 hours!

People were very nice to me..... I sat on a woven water buffalo, was given a balloon and then a kind of peaked hat.

I looked very surprised when I let go of my first balloon and it whizzed away into the sky.  I kept pointing and calling out "balloon" but it didn't come back.  The very nice man gave me another one when he saw what had happened.

In the afternoon I fell asleep so Daddy went alone to the By-Gone Days show for a couple of hours and took some pictures of the lovely planes.  After seeing the planes on Saturday I wouldn't let go of my little plane that Mummy got from the car boot sale.

In the evening we had a lovely time at Nana and Granddad's with a yum dinner and the chance to watch some Olympics.

Down  now...time to get out of my pushchair!

Here I am looking a bit disappointed because Daddy said I wasn't allowed to ride the buffalo

That's better...a nice man said it would be fine so I did ride it.

After losing the first helium balloon this one got tied to my belt....I love balloons

Here I am looking a bit dapper, ready for action at Nana & Granddad's

Classic lines of a Spitfire IX that was actually in action over the D-Day beaches in 1944, 68 years ago!

By-Gone days, Ibsley

There is a little local show on every year near the site of the old RAF Ibsley airfield.  There are lots of old and interesting things and people show off all the unusual things they collect, like steam engines, lawn mowers and cars.  Its also good because they usually manage to draw in some interesting aeroplanes for displays.  Daddy says he wants me to recognise the sound of a RR Merlin engine by the time I'm 5!

I was at Nana and Granddad's house this morning, having a lovely time, when Mummy and Daddy did Tae Kwon-Do, so I was tired and fell asleep on the way to the show.  However, when I woke up I really enjoyed running about and watching all that was going on.  I even got a small bear to take home.  On the way back we stopped to look at the horses and donkeys...there were 21 donkeys!

This is me seeing an aeroplane