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Home Sweet Home

Back in February, I reported that Mamma and Daddy had sold their house and had made an offer on another house in Basingstoke. Well, the big Moving Day was 12 May 2006. Everyone became very stressed, and I guess I picked up on a bit of that. A week before the move Nonna came over from Italy to help. The day before the move, I went to nursery as normal and when I came back the entire contents of the house had been put into cardboard boxes, including most of my books and toys. Apparently I was inconsolable for a good half an hour. The following day I went to nursery in the morning and then everything changed. We didn't go back to my house, and I have not been to nursery since. Mamma, Daddy and Nonna spent a tense lunchtime in the Costa cafe in Woodley waiting for an important phone call to tell us that our house sale and purchase had happened. Mid afternoon everyone went to our new house in Basingstoke.

You'll be pleased to hear that I really like my new house. There is more room to run around inside, and there is a lovely garden at the back and a traffic-free green area in front of the house. My new room is bigger than my old one as well. And best of all, the new kitchen is much, much bigger. Every mealtime all four of us sit down at the kitchen table and eat together. Mamma and Daddy used to do this with their parents when they were growing up, so they are very pleased that they can eat with me like this. I've met some of the children who live nearby and they seem friendly, if slightly older than me. Mamma has been organising play dates with some local children of my own age and with some of my old friends from Reading.

As you can appreciate, Daddy has not had much time to update my website since the move. Mamma and Daddy have already redecorated two of the three bedrooms (including mine!), and nearly all of the cardboard boxes have been emptied and hidden away in the garage. Things are starting to settle down again, but apparently my parents have big plans for my new house. The most important of these is the conversion of the garage into a fourth bedroom for Nonna.

My Baby And Other Things

Mamma calls me her little baby, even if I am really more of a toddler now. To show how grown up I have become, I have been given my own baby to look after. Her name is Bebe (or Baby, depending on who is listening) and she is a My First Baby Annabel doll. She has her own stroller and I love taking her for walks around the garden. Daddy sometimes makes Bebe cry (naughty Daddy!) so I sing her to sleep by singing the same lullaby that Nonna and Mamma used to sing to me.

I also have a new trundle truck toy. It is a little bit girly pink, but don't let that deceive you. It is a rugged, all-terrain vehicle that can cope with everything that my new house and garden can throw at it (i.e. decking, lawn, patio concrete, laminate, carpet, crushed toys, smushed food). It has built in storage and a removable play handset. Much to Daddy's puzzlement, I seem to spend more of my time repeatedly getting on and off the trundle truck than actually pushing it along. Uncle Stephen, a big trundle truck fan, really approves of my new wheels. I can tell that he is itching to have a go...

Finally - new house, new garden, new slide! Mamma and Daddy saw how much I enjoyed playing with slides in public playgrounds, so they decided to buy me one so I can have a little go whenever I feel like it. I have learnt how say 'Ready, Steady, Go!' then push myself off at the top. The first time I used the slide I gave Mamma and Daddy a little bit of applause - it really is that good! An interesting feature of the slide is the way static electricity sometimes builds up when I go down it, giving Mamma, Daddy or Nonna a big shock when they catch me at the bottom. Fun for all the family!

Photos From May 2006

			Chair!
			Splashing in puddles at Wellington Country Park
			The Boss will see you now.
			Yay me!

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