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A New Portrait Of Me

On 2nd July, my parents had arranged a portrait session with the Pixiphoto Studio in Mothercare in Basingstoke. The session was, to be frank, fraught. I wanted to play with the Cozy Coupe car in the store. The weather was baking hot. My idiotic parents wanted to take a stupid photo of me so they can remember me as a toddler. Not if I had anything to do with it!

Eventually, after much cajoling, feather tickling and swings from Daddy, I cheered up and the photographer managed to capture my smile:

This is the way I see the world. Mamma and Daddy are important, but I am the centre of everything.

We picked the photos up on 13th July. Daddy thought he saw the photographer shudder when he saw me. Heh heh heh.

Centerparcs Again

We went to Centerparcs at Longleat again between Monday 17th and Friday 21st of July. Last time it rained the entire time and I spent most of my time asleep. This time I was a bit more active. The weather was really, really warm too.

Our chalet overlooked an enormous duck pond full of noisy little quackers. I loved feeding them. We also saw some tiny baby ducks swimming in the reeds. Click here to see me playing with some ducks.

There was fun to be had at the swimming pool, as long as you wanted to watch me go down the toddler slide about fifty times in a row. Click here to see me in action! I heard dark rumours of bigger slides elsewhere but I was more than happy with the one in the toddler area. Mamma and Daddy kept taking turns to disappear and then return ten minutes looking really soggy and strangely exhilarated. I do hope they weren't having too much fun. I was coerced into a rubber ring a few times and did some splashing about with Mamma and Daddy, but I'm still not convinced about swimming. At least I don't scream all the time when I'm in the water now.

Away from the pool there were toddler soft play and messy play sessions. The latter had a fatal flaw; baked beans. As far as I am concerned, baked beans are for eating and not for squishing. Mamma and Daddy tried to stop me from eating them but I was having none of that. I was quickly diverted to the bubble bath and painting instead.

There were lots of other activities that my parents wanted to do. Perhaps next time...?

			A step in conquering my hydrophobia: grumpily sitting in a rubber ring while Mamma watches.
			As you can see, ducks have very good camouflage. Ah, but nothing escapes my eagle eyes... DUCK!!!
			Apparently a crepe with cheese and tomato on it is a pizza. As is a piece of bread with cheese and tomato. H'mmmm.
			My car. Not yours. Mine.
			Absolutely blimmin fantastic! I could have gone down this slide all day. (And I nearly did...)
			Messy play session. Note exclusion zone around me. My parents obviously weren't taking any chances.
			Shop bought chocolate ice cream! Almost as good as Daddy's!

Uncle Stephen

When we came back from Centerparcs there was a surprise waiting for me - my Uncle Stephen. He looks like Daddy but taller. I didn't know what to make of him, so I stayed in my default 'Who Is This Stranger?' ultra-cautious mode the entire time he was staying with us. This meant that I didn't want to be in the same room as him, and when I had to be within 2 metres of his presence I emitted a low insistent mantra of 'no no no no no no...'. Mamma and Daddy are hoping that I will be more accommodating when he and Auntie Anne come to stay in September.

Photos From July 2006

			Another step in conquering my fear of water: the shallow stream.
			Chair!
			Practising my 'I'm in charge here' face.
			Mamma, those are my shoes now. Mia!
			It was a hot day. I had my paddling pool. Mamma and Daddy were so jealous.
			Spot the bedtime routine. 'Hippos Go Berserk', followed by 'Chase Mamma' on the landing and finally sleep.

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