An exciting few days!

I have had an exciting few days! On Thursday I went to LegoLand in Windsor and had a brilliant time. I went with some of the other children from my Internet birth club. I was tall enough to go on all the small roller-coasters so went on them many, many times. I loved going fast and speeding round the rides. On some of the rides I put my hands in the air and screamed 'more more more'! I was old enough to go to the driving school and had fun trying to drive. I kept crashing but had a lot of fun. The merry-go-round at the end was quite boring, I kept asking äiti when it was going to get faster! I want to go back in a few weeks time to ride the roller-coasters again!

This weekend we thought we'd go camping and have a picnic. We packed the car and headed off to the Cotswolds where we pitched the tent. We had a BBQ and picnic which ended up being eaten in the car as it started to rain. I fell asleep by 8.30pm and woke 12 hours later to SNOW!!! I was lovely and toasty in my sleeping bag even though daddy and äiti weren't! We ate breakfast in the car, then packed up the tent and drove home...I had so much fun! I took all my Fairy books with me as I can't leave home without them!

I am loving my Rainbow Fairy books, I have now read 11 of them...52 to go! I have even discovered the Rainbow Magic website where I can build my own fairy, play games and meet the fairies! Here is a photo of me in bed with, as I call them, "my beloved books".

The Rainbow Magic Fairy books

I have entered a fairy stage. My new favourite books are the Rainbow Magic Fairy series. I love them! I have spent the afternoon running round the garden wearing nothing but a pair of socks and a blanket looking for the missing fairies. I found quite a few- the Bamboo Fairy, the Leaf Fairy, the Stick Fairy etc. I called myself 'Sophie the nabadaba fairy'.

The books are excellent. There are 63 in the series. Each book has several chapters in with a few pictures. The main characters are called Kirsty and Rachel, they have to find the missing fairies and stay away from the goblins. They are very exciting books. Äiti tends to read them to me but I have begun to read a few pages when I feel like it. I often correct Äiti when she reads a word wrongly. I read some in my head when I am in bed. I have about 25 of the books as Äiti found a great deal on the first 21 books.

Some snippets of me!

Here is a video of me being daft! At the very end I sing a story I wrote- you will need the story to understand me!




Catswell is my favourite place. But there is a big scary wobbegong there. I don’t love to play with him. One day I got eaten by a big scary wobbegong there. Then they just cut a hole and I came out and I ran to Paintswell and said “he’s after me” I did a big painting and looked for a big toy......Paint the floor with paper....um...you can match the curtain pieces and do some jigsaws, that’s what you can do....lots of cats and a big scary wobbegong...yes, well........Lemurs don’t have bodies....they move by just leaning their legs.
Here is the story I sing. I dictated it to äiti.







Here are two stories that I wrote on the laptop. I have a few pseudonyms that I like to use!




Quick translation- Nadada is a catolan. Nadada had a sore arm. His aiti came and said what is the matter. My arm is sore said nadada. they went in the car and played funny games. Nadadas arm fell on to the floor. Dababadaba said Nadada. And then he said I want puma. His puma was left at home. he was cross. They took the arm home and threw it in the bin.

Tiger Iger and Marma went to Catswell. They saw a big scary mouth. The hole in the mouth got closer and closer and it went snap. The walked to the car and they went home. Their friend came and they played sad. They has sore eyes and were not well so went to bed. The end by Signa 6½

Chit chat

In the car today...
Me- äiti, what is your favourite species of shark?
Ä- um....hmmm, I'm not sure I have a favourite, maybe a reef shark
Me- I prefer hammerhead sharks, they have a hammer head...(laughs at the thought). I loooooove hammerhead sharks, lots of sharks are dangerous but my hammerhead isn't
Ä- I think hammerheads are dangerous
Me- some are but not my little Hammerheady (my toy hammerhead). I like basking sharks too, they have wide open mouths like this (proceeds to open mouth VERY wide).
Me- what is you favourite species of otter?
Ä- Um...are there different ones?
I then launched into otter talk, a banner fish comparison and some ray facts!

In the car to Äiti..."I'm colouring an octopus at school, when I bring it home I don't want you to say 'wow, what a lovely octopus' I want you to say 'wow, what a wonderful octopus, that is impressive'......please don't shout at my octopus as it will be sleeping in my bed"

Daddy- Sophie can you just have a small nibble on your sweetcorn
Me- I am NOT a rabbit

A conversation with my Opa (Äiti's daddy)
O- What is your favourite breed of cat?
Me- Hmmm, welll.....(procrastinates for an age)...hmmm, a 'C' cat
O- A what?
Me- A 'C' cat
O- What is a 'C' cat?
Me- No Opa, I want you to ask 'What is similar to a 'C' Cat?'
Opa asks
Me- A 'T' cat!

I am soooo funny!

Dadddeeeee, be happy with me"
I'djust wiped my beetroot stained mouth on his sleeve...he was not impressed!

Here is a picture I drew yesterday. It is Marmalade jumping. You can see his sharp claws. He is standing next to the bamboo plant. A panda is on top of the bamboo plant eating some leaves.

My new camera and some milestone videos

For my birthday I received a FisherPrice camera from my cousins Gregor and Siena. I took my camera to the aquarium and took some pictures. Here they are....

Every year Äiti puts my latest milestones into a montage- here is my last year in pictures (it isn't too long)! If you want to watch my first 2 years I have added them also.

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Enjoy!

Lots of story writing

I am going through a phase of writing stories. I love to use the laptop to write my stories on. I have several different ways of writing a story. Sometimes I write it all myself, sometimes I like to sit on Äiti's lap and write and other times I get Äiti to type what I am saying. I spell out every word to her- it can take quite a while to write a story this way! Sometimes I get a little annoyed when I can't think how to spell a word so Äiti helps me out occasionally by saying the word slowly or by just writing it for me! I also love changing the fonts...as you'll see!

Story 1. Äiti wrote 'Here is a story about catswell' and spelt out 'Turkish' for me. The story- All the cats are fun to play with. I took Turkish Van (a breed of cat) to Catswell (imaginary world) to sea all the cats. He was sad. the big scary mouth ate him. He said "mmmmmm, nice tasty cat".

Story 2- To sore paw Bouncy. Bouncy had a sore paw. he sat on a chair for a long time. He wanted a piccy of his sore toe. A big tiger ate him. He was all better. He had a sore ear. It was not all better. he went to bed. When he woke up he was all better".

Story 3- This was written sitting on aiti's knee, typed by me though. Story- "To Mog. Mog is stuck up there for a long time. His poo is stuck up there for a long long long long time. Mog is fun to play with. I pick Mog up gently. He said prrrrrr. Mog had a cuppa (English slang for cuppa tea). He fell off his chair and hurt him self"

Story 4- I dictated this to Äiti, I spelt out every word, if Äiti wrote the word incorrectly I would correct her. This isn't a story but a song so you must sing it! I also wrote it under my pseudonym of ' Ceta Cheetah' who is 4 years old! It says "All the fish were going into the octopus cave. They did not want to touch him. The went on the ray and they got off and said 'balalalal etc'. All the fish were starting to cry. They swam so fast that the tails bang the coral and the cats."

Some photos

Here are some great pictures of me taken by Amelia's mama (Lorraine). Please excuse all the ketchup around my mouth, I was on a hot dog eating fest!




Here I am saying me classic "Daddeeeeeee"

Some great photos of Amelia and I. I was being an Anglerfish and Amelia was being silly!

My trip to Seattle

I am now home after being away in Seattle. I had an excellent time there, we did so much and saw so much. I made loads of new friends, had a great birthday party and saw loads.

Daddy really enjoyed his Microsoft conference (the main reason for going) and Äiti enjoyed meeting up with all her virtual friends, she has 'known' the other mums for about 2years now from an internet board she posts on.

Here are all my friends at the party. One of Äiti's friends organised the whole Cat/Fish themed party. The whole house looked great, there were fish hanging from the ceiling, fish on the windows, cat puzzles, cat books, fish and cat cakes etc. We played games, ate yummy food, did some art and jumped on the couch! I slept very well that night!

As a group we also all went to the Aquarium, it was a great aquarium...so great that I went back later in the week! We also went to Seattle zoo where I saw gorillas, orang-utans, leopards, jaguars and many other animals. I got to visit the library in Seattle too, it was an impressive building with a huge range of kids books. I enjoyed sharing a book with Amelia and Cecily. I also went to several bookshops where I read hundreds of books.

I went with Lorena and her mummy to the Science Center. Lorena and I had fun in the butterfly display. We both also loved the dinosaurs.

On the weekend we went with Amelia and her family to Canada...my 17th country! Äiti drove us all over in a huge mini-van, we had to get two ferries to get to Victoria BC. We visited another aquarium that was on a boat, it was a little odd but I saw some fantastic starfish and octopus. I had a great night with Amelia and Oliver whilst Äiti, Daddy, Lorraine and Mary stayed up late!

Here is slide show of my holiday and birthday....

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My Lemons!

Last week I 'needed' a lemon from Tesco's. I named him Knobbly. Knobbly was lonely, so this week I added 'Lemony' to my collection! I have played with the two lemons, talked to them, interacted with them and had lots of fun. Äiti is threatening to cut one up to flavour a drink! I made up a little story about my lemons...

The idea of a lemon shaped book was my idea as was the story content. I also added all the page numbers. I wrote everything in yellow as lemons are....yellow! The spellings (apart from Knobbly) are my own.

Front page...äiti wrote this...Page 2 and 3- A picture of Knobbly (name written underneath)

Page 4- Knobbly fell over and hurt his tummy- the red on his tummy is the 'hurt'. The writing says 'Knobbly hurt his tummy'. Page 5- 'He went up'. Picture is an airplane- the grey window is where Knobbly is sitting, he has pulled the window blind down as the sun was in his eyes!

Page 6/7. Knobbly is in the garden of his mum's house. His tummy is still hurting (the red). He is excited (open happy mouth). His mum's house is just over there. She has a green door with a letter box.

Page 8/9- 'He went to see his Äiti (mum'). His mum is Lemony. Knobbly is sad as his tummy still hurts, he is crying and rubbing his tears away. Page 10- 'His äiti cuddled (cudr) him' Knobbly is now happy!

My half-term holiday

I didn't have to go to school this week as it was half term. I missed school a lot even though I did lots of fun things.

Emily and I went to an open farm, we got to feed the goats and the deers. We also got to stroke the donkeys, see the pigs, rabbits, chicks and chickens. There was also a play park that Emily and I played in.

I also went to the rainforest! We have a 'living rainforest' quite close to our house. I spent the morning there looking at leaves, sting ray, pythons, frogs, caterpillars, butterflies, pygmy marmosets and chameleons. I had a great time. I spent a while in the shop reading the books. It was a fun morning. For lunch, äiti took me into town where I had a sandwich. She then let me choose a shop to go to, so I went to the bookshop and spent an hour reading books.

I also got to go swimming. I have lost a lot of swimming confidence recently so have gone back to using a woggle. I went to the library too.

I also saw Granny Val and Michael, they came round to see me with a birthday present. We had a little party, I got to eat all my favourite foods- olives, flat-fish burgers, smarties, hula hoops and chocolate finger biscuits! Yummy! I had a little birthday cake which was a caterpillar, I don't like cake so I picked the chocolate off and ate that instead!

Here I am making my imaginary 'Catswell' village. Catswell is a place where my cats all live, there is a swimming pool there, a zoo and lots of other things. I have made tickets to get to Catswell and built it out of Lego. I go to Catswell quite often, here I am sitting in the dark playing as it was night time there.

Here I am helping with dinner...

The Periodic Table

Daddy is a self confessed geek! He saw something on a TV programme recently that he just HAD to have....a periodic table shower curtain! So he bought it and it now hangs, in all it's multi-coloured glory, in the main bathroom!

Daddy's side of the family are all Sciencey, so I hope they like this video... the video was made as a joke, not because daddy has decided to teach me genetic engineering!

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My Aquarium and school update

Daisy's mummy had a a great idea the other day...Äiti felt a bit daft for not thinking of it herself, but...I made a fab aquarium. I got an old box, all my paints, my 'bits and pieces' box, my scissors and my Tropical Fish magazine. I painted pasta shells, stuck on bits of rice, raided the recycling box and cut out bits of my magazine. This was the finished result...

Aiti helped me spell 'Aquarium'. I thought my Q looked like a Ray, so I added a few more details to my sign. In the aquarium you can see a 'nook' (yoghurt pot) for the moray eel, rice for the krill that my whale will eat, lots of seaweed and coral, sea bed, flat fish on the sea bed and shells that I got when I went to Daisy's house. I used the pasta shells for the hermit crabs to live in.

I had a great day at school today. I read my 'Hermie the Hermit Crab' story to the class. I got a sticker from Mrs B (a Year 2 teacher) for reading so well. I made some lovely biscuits at school for Valentine's day; they were quite tasty! I also made a card for daddy and aiti. I joined in all my lessons this week and even sang a bit in music!

My first hand-written story

Here are some things that I did today... The first picture is of a story I wrote. It says "One day Tiger slept. He got up and said meow. by Sophie 2". Äiti told me about finger spaces so I put dots between the words! All the spellings are my own. This is my first ever hand-written story. I am really proud of my story.

The next picture is where I wanted to write some numbers. Äiti left me to it and when she came back I'd written up to 20 plus the words 'Mog Cat'. The typed story is one that I dictated to Äiti. It isn't very good but I kept telling äiti off for spelling words incorrectly. I told her which words I wanted in BOLD and that I wanted ... added. I knew when I needed plurals and when I needed a word changed.

I had a great weekend, I saw my friend Sylvie. We went to a big indoor playcentre. I had loads of fun pretending the whole climbing structure was an undersea world. I loved looking in the 'nooks and crannies'. Sylvie gave me a lovely present of some more Schleich animals. I have played with them lots.

Here is a photo that was taken of daddy's family when we were in Edinburgh last week. In the photo is daddy, Auntie Cat, me, Mike (friend of the family), Granny, Papa and Aiti...Noel took the photo.

Some new writing and school update

I couldn't go to school on Tuesday as I wasn't very well, I had been quite sick so Äiti said I had to stay at home. I was very upset and told Äiti that I wanted to do school things. She let me play on the laptop and this is what I did. I would tell Äiti what picture I wanted, we would then look for it on Google Images, I would then write a sentence about each picture. Sometimes Äiti would say a word slowly so that I could hear the sounds, but mainly this is my own work. I was really pleased with myself.

I only got to go to school twice this week but I had 2 great days. We have to go to another classroom for music every week, normally I sit and listen and don't join in. This week though I got up and did all the actions and according to Mrs G, I even sang! Äiti looked a little stunned when Mrs G told her. I made a penguin this week and drew some houses, the letter of the week was H. I am now really good at writing the letter h.

I'm looking forward to this weekend as I am going to see Sylvie again, I'm hoping she brings Catty.

My trip to Scotland

On Friday night we all went on an airplane to Edinburgh. We had rented an apartment with Granny and Papa, Auntie Cat and Noel. I spent most of Saturday being very tired and very whingy, Äiti didn't think my behaviour was good, but Granny and Papa thought it was fine! After a pizza lunch we went to an aquarium, this was excellent as it had loads of sharks, rays and seals. I was good at naming the all the fish. Back at the apartment we all watched the England-Wales rugby game, I entertained myself for 2 hours as I'm not overly interested in men playing with funny oval balls! Aiti and daddy went out for dinner with some friends in the evening so Granny and Papa babysat for me, I went to bed without any problems.

On Sunday Daddy went to Murrrayfield to watch Scotland lose their rugby match to France. I went on the train to my friend Daisy's house. We had a lot of fun walking round their local town, looking for shells on the beach and playing at her house. Daisy has 2 little sisters called Ruby (nearly 2yrs) and baby Isla who is 2 weeks old. I wasn't too happy when Aiti held Isla! Daisy and I played very well together, we were quite influential on each other. On the train home I talked non-stop about Daisy and I'd really like to see her again.

We flew home late Sunday evening, I eventually fell asleep in the car at 11pm.

The first picture was a diagram I drew and labelled for Äiti. I was showing her something we'd done at school...we had eggs and soldiers (toast) because we were learning about the letter E. The middle photo is me making an obstacle course for myself and any willing cats. I used daddy's cable hiders and I had to jump over them or race the cats. The last photo is just a cute one of my cats. Sometimes they love each other, other times they fight lots!