Zoo trip

We had a family day out at the zoo today. I can honestly say that it was one of the best days out that I have ever had with George. We had a fabulous time.

Here is George riding on the Komodo dragon model

and pretending to be a tortoise

Georgisms

Last night George informed me that he would like a brother or sister to hold his hand in the dark. He has a nightlight, that is as far as I'm going I'm afraid.

He was also pondering the subject of who will live in our house when we are dead. I suggested that maybe it will be his children. Apparently he is going to marry a kind lady and have five children. So far, so good.

Tonight he was also wondering what being dead feels like. There is a reason for this popular subject (very popular amongst his nursery friends) appearing on the agenda again. His friend B's hamster died last week. Bye bye Buddy hamster.

A busy, busy day

George had a busy, busy day today. He went swimming with his daddy first thing, and then while his daddy went to work on the boat, George played outside on his scooter while I cleaned the inside of the car. The car hasn't been cleaned since the weather turned cold, so there was a great deal of outdoor exercise taken, because the cleaning took a long time. His friends M & S came out to play, so George enjoyed chasing them up and down the road as they cycled.

He was very good and stuck to the limits that I gave him (no further than that house that way, that house the other way, and don't go on the road). He complained that his scooter had a squeaky wheel, but it was actually the perfect way to keep track of him.

After lunch George helped me to make cherry scones and chocolate brownies. He tasted the cherry scones which surprised me as he has always refused cherry scones so far, and pronounced them as being fine. He did prefer the brownies though.

George also helped me weed the garden. He has always helped me with the garden. The advantage this year is that he recognises the weeds, instead of just pulling the heads of everything.

It was such a busy, busy day that he asked to go to bed at 6.30pm. He'd already had his roast chicken dinner at 5pm, so there was no problem with an early night. He should certainly sleep well!

Shoe painting

George's daddy polished his own shoes last night because we were going out. I shouted downstairs to ask him to polish George's shoes too, and George rushed off to help.

An interesting time was had, but George was a bit disappointed that his daddy wouldn't let him paint any of his trainers with the navy blue shoe polish. Life is hard when you're small.

The Purple Peril

Lush bath bombs are a treat usually reserved for solo bathing (mine, not his!). I don't think George has even seen one until this week, but he went shopping with his daddy, who let George choose a present for me. George was very keen to see what a Blackberry Bath Bomb did, and was keener still to jump into a beautiful purple bath. It's the first time in ages that I haven't had to coax him into the water!

A pizza this and a pizza that

George made his own pizza tonight. He helped his dad knead the pizza dough, rolled it out himself, and decorated it with mozzarella cheese and a squiggle of pizza dough.

Even more impressive for a fussy eater, he than ate it!

The Zoo

Yesterday we went to the zoo. George had to start his picnic while we were still in the queue waiting to pay. He ate the rest of his picnic while we were walking round, and we had to buy him a cheese pasty as well.

We saw elephants, camels and went into the new butterfly house. George was well behaved and we had a lovely day out.

This is George riding on the little elephant statue by the elephant enclosure.

This is a picture of George and his daddy outside the butterfly house. George's daddy finally came home on Monday, and George was very excited to see him.