LSNED - 26th Sept

Today I learnt how much fun conkering can be! All you need are the male species, and some big sticks.......


look at this beauty :-)

I was then offered to get more hands on..... as you can see the humans thought it was very amusing but I wasn't so sure - it was a long way up and I had the fork of the stick in my bottom!


Then someone clever decided it might be better to throw me into the tree to see if I could knock any down. Umm, that will be NO. I am too light, and I managed to get stuck.

I did get rescued though, and we continued the conkering mission. Right up until all the sticks had returned to their natural habitat and no amount of tree wiggling was going to get them down....


It was a really good day :-)

LSNED - 25th Sept

Today I learnt that autumn is coming.....



........and raking leaves can be a dangerous activity if you are at the wrong end of the rake!

LSNED - 24th Sept

Today I learnt that I am glad I don't need to have my eyes tested..... the drops the boys had really stung, but they were very brave! No photo today as the boys were a bit sensitive to the light with enormous pupils, but will take a photo when their new glasses are ready :-)

LSNED - 23rd Sept

Today I learnt that Liam will happily practise his writing as long as he doesn't realise he is practising his writing! His sneaky mummy got him to write an incident report using as many of his key words as possible when he dressed up as a policeman after school ;-)

LSNED - 22nd Sept

Today I learnt that on a nice warm afternoon, it's great to go for a whizz on a scooter before collecting Liam.

LSNED - 21st Sept

Today I learnt that reading books don't need to have words ;-) Joe is very good at telling the story.

LSNED - 20th Sept

Today I learnt that a basketball hoop falling on your head will leave a nice lump and a bit of a headache...... ouch!

LSNED - 19th Sept

Today I learnt that it is good to have a chill out day... and that this photo from Joe's nanny made us all laugh.


It's just for you Duckie - your twin Duckie Spud was at the garden show nanny and grampy went to in Bath a couple of weeks ago.

LSNED - 18th Sept

Today I learnt that Joe's mummy can scrap without faffing :-)

LSNED - 17th Sept

Today I learnt how to pick blackberries....

LSNED - 16th Sept

Today I learnt that the grown-ups of the house couldn't face anymore birthday cake this week, so they went to the shops and bought some yummy cakes. I missed out on those, but there were some gingerbread men left when I got a look in. Very nice too.

LSNED - 15th Sept

Today I learnt how to play Liam's new Ben10 Guess Who? game. Some of the names of the characters are very odd!

LSNED - 14th Sept

Today I learnt that Liam had a fantastic birthday and that his mario cake was delicious!


and that he must be a very special boy as he had a rainbow smiling at him when we left the restaurant after his birthday tea.

LSNED - 13th Sept

Today I learnt how to make a birthday card.....

LSNED - 12th Sept

Today I learnt that big kids enjoy their birthdays as much as little kids :-)

and that Indian food (and lager) is yummy!

LSNED - 11th Sept

Today I learnt all about the terrible things that happened on 9/11, and that everyone remembers exactly what they were doing on this day 9 years ago.

LSNED - 10th Sept

Today I learnt that Joe was *really* excited about staying at school for lunch.....

and that he has one of the largest lunch bags going - trust him to choose a handbag one!

LSNED - 9th Sept

Today I learnt that I know absolutely nothing about accountancy, that my arms are too short for Joe's mummy's work laptop but that this mouse button can be operated using my nose with amusing results.

LSNED - 8th Sept

Today I learnt that hoovering is a little scary....

.... and totally impossible when you are as little as me. Not that I am complaining!!! LOL

LSNED - 7th Sept

Today I learnt that Joe's mummy's mission to find storage for the camping gear was a success after a little bit of moving stuff about. Also learnt it was best to stay out of the way while all this activity was going on!

LSNED - 6th Sept

Today I learnt that the boys were very excited about going to school, and that mummies get a little lump in their throat when they drop their little babies off for the first time.

LSNED - 5th Sept

Today I learnt that it took 2 hours to iron all the name labels into the boys' school stuff.... and that perhaps the mummy of the house shouldn't have left it til the last day of the holidays to do it!

LSNED - 4th Sept

Today I learnt that camping is brilliant if the weather is good :-) And that Brokerswood is a great place to spend the day.

(ummm, pancakes for breakfast!!)

LSNED - 3rd Sept

Today I learnt that you can get this much stuff into Joe's daddy's car and just about manage to squeeze the 4 humans and me in there as well.

I also learnt that by watching the instruction video and having done a practise run, the humans can have their tent up in half and hour....

... that firelighters that have been in the shed for ages are useless at starting a BBQ, but if you buy firelighting fluid from the campsite shop you don't need to go hungry....

.... that sleeping bags are very cosy...

.... and that the sunset we saw from our pitch was lovely.

LSNED - 2nd Sept

Today I have learnt what fun you can have at Nightingale Wood.

I learnt how to balance and climb....

(Liam looks very miserable in this photo! And as an extra learning point, I learnt that he loves that Batman t-shirt and insisted on wearing it again today!!)



but my favourite bit of the play area was the Monkey Bars ;-)

There is also a bird watching hut there too, but I didn't learn any names of birds today as unfortunately we didn't see any!