Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas!  Thank you for all our presents!

Sophie:
I got a purple camera from Mummy and Daddy! I love it and have already taken over 200 photos! I also got a Wii from Granny and Papa which is a lot of fun! I also got a Lego house (from Val and Michael), a pop corn maker (Auntie Cat), a DVD, some books, new playdoh, new pens and a few other things.

Theo:
I got a tool box, some Mega Bloks, a new dressing gown, a 'laptop' and a dustpan and brush! I also got some books and a penguin dressing gown!

Sophie-isms!

We were discussing our cat Percy and how old he was getting,

M: what do you think we'll do when Percy dies?

Sophie: We'll dig a big hole in the garden and then bury him. I'll put a grave on the ground with 'Percy QC, dribbliest cat ever'. When Tiger dies, I'll write "Tiger QC, spottiest cat ever".

M: Then what will happen?

Sophie: Percy will rot, then a bit of him will go to heaven

M: which bit?

Sophie: possibly his brain.

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M: Sophie, can you not sit on Theo's head.
Sophie: but I'm pretending I'm giving birth to him

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M: Sophie, why are you wearing a tea-towel?

Sophie: It's my survival tea-towel against Theo attacks.

Monsters

Theo:
Roar, roar, roar!

Sophie:
Roar! Theo and I have been playing monsters. I chase him, then he chases me! It is a lot of fun. I put a tea-towel round my waist as a survival towel against the Theo monster, he then wanted one!

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to school I go!

Theo:
As Mummy is a Governor at school, she got invited to attend the Christmas lunch. I went with her. I took my own lunch box, just like Sophie does! I sat with the Reception teacher and ate my lunch like the other big boys!

Fun in the snow

It has been snowing here quite a bit. We've really enjoyed being outside in the snow.

Sophie the Angel

Sophie:
I had my school Nativity play this week. I was an angel. I even sang the songs!

A Christmas Tree

Theo:

I painted this today. It looks like a Christmas Tree...this was by pure chance!

Making the coffee

Theo:
Mummy is training me young, she already has Daddy making her coffee, so here I am getting in some practise!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Our failed weekend

Sophie:
We were meant to go to Brussels this weekend but it didn't happen.
Thursday and Friday looked like this:

1pm Thursday- drive to Daddy's work, pick him up, drive to Heathrow terminal 5
2pm- park car, get on shuttle bus. Receive text saying flight is cancelled
2:30pm-  arrive at terminal, spend ages hanging about, but we get a flight for 8pm Friday
4pm-  flight booked, Mummy finds and internet terminal and finds a hotel
5:30pm- arrive at hotel in Windsor, Theo and I are ravenous and thus foul (well me)
6pm- we eat in the hotel, have a bath and go to bed
8pm-  Theo and I are still awake
9pm-  We're both asleep. Mummy fears we will be very tired the next day

Friday
6:30am- Daddy's snoring wakes us all up
7am- I am very tired and don't handle it well. I scream for a while
7:30am- we become 'that' family at breakfast. I calm whilst Theo charms!
8:30am-  chill in hotel, I potter, rest and argue with anyone
10:30am- we head out to find pharmacist and Mummy picks up 2 caches!
12pm- head to Windsor, have lunch, look at castle, shop. Theo refuses to nap
4pm-  run out of things to do in Windsor so head back to Heathrow
5pm- check in, go through to departures, potter round
5:45pm-  find restaurant and eat, check departure board- flight cancelled!
Finish dinner and head off to stand in first queue.
7pm-  get through passport control, wait for bags
9pm- we are crazy hyper and bored, bags finally arrive!
9:30pm-  get back to arrivals and customer services. 2 hour queue. I start crying. Head honcho takes pity on us and takes us out of queue, rebooks flights for us
10:15pm- wait for shuttle bus, pick up car, drive to Daddy's work, pick up his car, drive back in convoy
11:30pm- get home, get into bed, fall asleep

Saturday
6:30am- Theo wakes up!

Amsterdam

We went to Amsterdam to see Opa, Saskia and SinterKlaas. We went after school on Friday and flew to Amsterdam. We then went straight to our hotel as we were all very tired.

We had fun exploring Opa's aparetment and roof garden. We ran round lots. 

We were also very puzzled as to why Opa has three naked Goddesses on his winch/balcony! They look out over Amsterdam and lots of people take photos of them.

 We went on a tour of some of the Amsterdam canals. It was a good trip and I took lots of photos of Dutch buildings.

 The next day, we went to Dam Square to watch the arrival of SinterKlaas. We met some Zwarte Piet and then eventually we saw Sint! He was on a big white horse. I'm still eating all the chocolate and biscuits I got from the Zwarte Piets!

 Theo didn't want to wear a hat, apparently it tried to cut off the blood supply to his head!

To geek or not to geek?

Theo:
I got this t-shirt as a present from Mummy's friend! I wore it to the Microsoft Head Office last week. I got lots of comments!

...and to prove I like geeky things...

Feeding myself

Theo:
I can now use a fork properly. I stab my food, sniff it, pick it off the fork and shove the food in my mouth! Sometimes though I do put the food and the fork in my mouth. Mummy isn't allowed to feed me now as I protest too loudly.

I'm not allowed a plate or bowl yet though as I tend to throw the whole thing on the floor!

Powerpoint!

Sophie:
I love Microsoft Powerpoint.
Here is a presentation I made for my homework.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Our trip to Wales

Sophie and Theo:

We were meant to go to France over half term, but due to the French striking and running out of petrol, we rescheduled our trip. We wanted to go somewhere so Mummy found us a caravan in Pembrokeshire. We arrived on Monday afternoon. We'd broken up our journey with some caching en route. We loved the caravan. It had three bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen/diner plus a living room area. Mummy was thankful for the gas fire!

On Tuesday we woke up to lots of rain. We went out and did a few caches and then went to Tescos to buy some bits and pieces. I wanted to go back to the caravan so we did. The weather improved so we both went bike riding round the campsite.

On Wednesday we went for a little caching walk and then we went to The Dinosaur Park. This was excellent; we saw all my dinosaur friends and went on lots of rides.

On Thursday, we waited for Daddy to arrive. Whilst we waited we tried out the campsite's swimming pool. We got changed, leapt in and then leapt out. It was more than freezing. I had a quick splash whilst Theo refused to move off Mummy's knee; she looked quite pleased about this. We got dressed, had lunch and then Daddy arrived. We were so excited. We then all went to Folly Farm. We saw the animals and then went on lots of rides. My favourites were the traditional fairground rides like the merry-go-round and the waltzer. We then went for a walk by the harbour and had fish and chips for tea.

On Friday we went to Pembroke Castle which was excellent. We had a lot of fun exploring. After lunch we went for a walk, which also happened to include a few caches!

Saturday was spent in Tenby by the sea. We played on the beach, had lunch and explored a bit. We also found an indoor play area where we burnt off some energy.

On Sunday we went for a walk, played on the stony beach, had a pub lunch, went to a play park and then Daddy went home.

We left on Monday and cached our way home along the M4!

We had a great holiday and we want to go back. I made a Powerpoint Presentation of my holiday which we'll upload at some point

Powerpoint

Sophie
At the weekend, Mummy gave me a 10 minute lesson on how to use Powerpoint. By the end of the day, I had produced 5 different Powerpoint presentations! When I couldn't find a picture I wanted on ClipArt, I just opened up Paint, drew a picture, saved it and then imported it into my presentation! Mummy thought Daddy had shown me what to do, but he hadn't.
I even worked on my presentations in the car:

Mama

Theo:
I thought I'd surprise Mummy and shout Mama as I walked into the kitchen. She was very happy as no one has ever called her Mama or Mummy. Sophie used to call her Aiti, which is Finnish for Mummy. Then she called her MummyDippy until Mummy got extremely fed up of being referred to as a Diplodocus. Now Sophie doesn't call her anything, but I do! I can now say Mama, Daddy, go, up, down, yes, no and hiya. Sometimes I say things like cat, but it could be car. I have called cows 'cats' before!

Mummy and I had a lovely walk round Cricklade at the weekend. Daddy had gone to work and Sophie had gone with him.

Outdoor adventures

Sophie and Theo:

We are still geocaching a lot. We now have 840 finds. You can read all about our caching adventures in Mummy's other blog- click here!

Here I am in my outdoor gear!

Odd behaviour

Theo:
Mummy thinks my behaviour is getting a little strange. Here I am using my garage to climb up to steal food from the top of the surfaces. I do like my food and will eat anything. This weekend, Mummy stopped me picking food off the ground and eating it. Apparently, I shouldn't eat it.

The other day, I piled all my toys into the centre of the room! They were scattered everywhere so I just tidied them up into one huge pile! The rest of the carpet is clear!

I'm taking after my sister in the need to be semi naked whilst wearing some odd accessory! Here I am with my new bike helmet, my Ferrari and sans trousers!

Big Bluey

Theo:
I sleep with 'Bluey'. I own two Blueys as they seem to get filthy very quickly. Recently, Mummy spotted a BIG Bluey bear- a bigger version of my little Blueys!
I like putting him the pushchair and taking him to school.

What have we been up to?

Sophie:

I am enjoying school a lot. I have just been made School Council Class Rep! I got voted in by the other children in my class. I stood up and said "My name is Sophie and I want to be your class rep. I will help you all with your work", then I felt nervous so sat down. I got lots of votes so now I am the class rep. I'm rather proud of myself.

We've been caching loads. We found our 700th cache last week. You can read all about our caching adventures on our other blog- click here.

I've been for tea at my friends, had a sleepover, discovered X-Factor, been swimming, joined Dance Club at school and signed myself up for Chess Club.

Theo:

I've been busy too. I go to Playgroup and my Music class every week. I was going swimming but I have developed a phobia of water so wont go in the bath or swimming pool. One week I was as happy as a fish in water, the next, I wasn't. I don't get bathed very often at the moment as I scream the house down...and puke in the bath!

My favourite thing to do is break household objects. My list includes the cafetiere, a plate, a wine glass, a measuring jug, a pot of Sophie's and a bowl. The other week, whilst Mummy was looking after Sophie who was scared of the lightening, I unscrewed the lid of the fabric conditioner and smeared it all over the floor. Mummy was not happy with me and told me off.

I love going to school every morning. I try and join in with the big boys but they are a bit too fast for me! I like walking to school and running round the playground.

I do like my food, a lot! I will eat anything, even inedible things. I say a few words, but mainly blabber on in my own language.