Four And Up

Ben and Emily came over for a barbecue yesterday, we had lots of fun playing with (and not in) our paddling pool we got from Asda for £3 on Saturday. By the end of the afternoon the water looked pretty gray and disgusting, with the inevitable yellow tinge..

I have a party to go to every Saturday in May, starting today with Natalie’s.

When we were in the park on Saturday I was a bit thirsty, and once or maybe twice I asked for some water. Dum and Mad took exception to the tone of my voice, and told me “You can’t turn whine into water”. They were so pleased with themselves they repeated it a couple of times..

Isobel came round to ours for the day today, I went to hers a week or so ago: we went to Preston Park to meet with Louis and Jed and some other children and grown-ups, then to the fair where we went on the Ghost Train. Eeek! I can’t recommend it, I’m afraid. We went on the chairs, then met up with Natalie from school and all went down the big sack-slide together.

We went to Preston Park yesterday too, for the first time I rode my bike there on the pavement. The stabilisers make it a bit awkward sometimes, you have to remember to leave a lot of space on each side so they don’t catch on things you think you’ve gone past, but at least I’ve learned to tilt my bike when I’m pushing it across the road so they don’t catch my ankles painfully.

The pictures themselves are here - we tried to put them on Flickr, but whatever method we tried failed and/or uploaded corrupted pictures.

I got another certificate from school this week - for ‘always being superb’ which is like super but with an extra B. It’s not on official school certificate paper like the last one, so it might not be in the Achievement Book, but I’m made up with it.

We saw Mr Johnson (my teacher) on the way to the Children’s Parade today, he was with his son’s school though. I’m being prepared by Dum and Mad for the end of the school year and having a new teacher, but I want to enjoy the time we have left..

I loved the Children’s Parade, all the drums and whistles and costumes and models and everything, I sat at the front for most of it agawp: once my school had gone past, though, it kind of lost its urgency and I went and played with James (he was being doggy..)

Archie

Ben F

Ben H

Caleb

Chloe

Cleo

Daisy

Esmee

Finlay

Fintan

Holly

Isobel

Jack

Justin

Lois

Marmar

Maja

Milo

Miryshka

Moses

Natalie

Raya

Reana

Ruby D

Ruby E

Sacha

Shania

Stephanie

Taylor

Tilley

No skool tomorrow! Teechers strike! Yay! Nice to have a break in midweek, school is tiring even though it is fun. Half the stress is getting ready in the morning, fighting all those mini-battles with Mum..

We’re going to watch the Morris Dancers outside our local pub later. I made a dragon at school today for St George’s Day but I don’t think I’ll take it along, it might get broken, or impaled..

I soent all day at Isobel’s today, it was great, we put on a show and had lots of fun. I got back around teatime, had egg and chips and used a grown-up knife and fork!

Back to school tomorrow. I am ambivalent about it: it’ll be nice to see my friends and Teech but I’ve enjoyed the freedom of school holidays, staying up late, being at home with Mum and James, so I’m not really looking forward to going back to the old routine.