Three things to do

Today's quote at breakfast time;

"No-no go kinny today"
"No-no paint...No-no do sticking...No-no sing a song"

Making calls

Dad was on the phone to Andy last night.

So I decided to get on the phone too.

I picked up the cordless phone, pressed a few buttons and struck up an animated converation.
When he'd finished his phone call, dad asked mum if I was actually on the phone to a person.

Mum said no. She thought that if I was talking to a real person, I wouldn't be talking so much.

But she was wrong.

A few minutes after I said bye and hung up the phone, it rang again.

Grandma and Grandad just wanted to report on the long and very lively phone call they'd just had!

Staying power

I woke up from a late sleep today ready to party!

'No-no wake up!' I called out from my bed.

That meant it was time to go to Andy and Wendy's and I knew it.

We had dinner and then settled in to play some Rockband and Buzz.

By the time Buzz came on at about 11 o'clock, the grown-ups were getting a bit sleepy.

But not me.

I even beat Wendy in a round! (In her defence,she was dozing off, and I was mashing random button, and just happened to score big - but hey, the results are in!)

I made it to midnight, and didn't even fall asleep in the car on the way home.

Then we all slept right through until 8:30.

Everyone was impressed with my staying power.

Claire food

Mum was having a hard time getting me to eat my salad at tea tonight.

'Have some cucumber' she said.

'No' I said, 'It yucky'.

Then mum remembered a little person who loves that particular vegetable.

'Did you know that cucumber is Claire's* favourite food? She eats it all the time'

Now I was interested.

I promptly dubbed the cucumber 'Claire food' and the tomatoes 'Gabe food' and then scoffed down the lot.

Thank goodness w haven't found anyone who likes Brussell Sprouts!

* Claire and Gabe are Ben's kids. They're both bigger than me.

Makeshift engine

I got a Thomas train for Christmas.

It's cool. It's not like the wooden ones you have to push around.

This one has an engine and it goes!

But I've discovered a use for my little engine, beyond the train tracks it came with.

I like to put it in the back of my new ride-in car, or in the boot of my little ride-on car.

And then I drive along to real engine noises!

My third Christmas

I think I'm getting a bit of a handle on this whole Christmas thing.

We've got a house full of people, which means there's always someone to play with, and always a crowd on hand to perform to!

I woke up this morning to see a streamer tied to the bed.

Dad and I followed it around the house, and at the end of the streamer we found a Mr Potato Head Stormtrooper in the laundry tub!

After brekky and church we exchanged presents.

I scored a new cricket bat! Just like Ricky Ponting's! And I got a one-day cricket shirt. Very cool.

I got some modern plastic meccano and a Little Tikes car and a lawnmower set and a doctor's set.

There were some great books and a few cars too, and even some practical things like bags.

Lunch was next and seeing it was a 'serve yourself' deal I filled my plate with ham and one apricot ball covered in coconut!

Lots of games followed and I finally crashed in front of the telly after 3.

A lesson learned

Things you should never do whilst sitting on the toilet:

#1 Use your equipment as a fire hose to spray your mum with wee.

#2 After said fire-hose wee, ask for a reward lolly.

I will not be doing either of these again.