now how does this thing work?

2 seconds later Jasper was folded up and upside down with his legs sticking out of the tyre...sadly mummy wasn't fast enough with the camera (and was too busy laughing)!

now I've got my own train!

The playground had lots of wooden trains, a wobbly walkway, a climbing thingy, a slide and lots of woodchips to bounce about on. Cool!

the fat controller

Now we know who ate all the pies (or at least, we know who ate all the cream teas while sitting with all the wrinklies in the cafe)

trains !!!

Very excited about all the trains! A trip to Toddington steam railway station and about 4 trains came in and out while we were there. We had an ice cream at the cafe, and then played on the adventure playground for a bit then fell asleep on the way home in Granny's blue car.

my own weight in ice cream, please

Back to Thorntons for ice cream, this one had toffee swirls in it and a big chocolate thing rammed in the top. Jasper ate the whole thing and had a major sugar rush, but all sorted by bedtime especially as we had found some new stories to read so Jasper was very happy to be tucked up with bear in his duvet.

merry go round..and round...and round...

Jasper had his first real go on a merry-go-round and loved it! It was a small one with no loud music, plus it had 2 trains and a car on it so he was extremely happy. He had 3 goes in the end, each time amusing all the passers-by by shouting "Hola!...Adios!" each time he went past. He got a bit of extra time on his final go as the bloke who runs it thought he was enjoying it so much.

catching some zzzzz's

Little legs got tired so Jasper had a kip in the papoose and Mummy sneaked into Cafe Rouge for tarte tatin and coffee while he took his siesta.

clock watching

We found some friends and spent a happy half an hour watching the clock in the Regent Arcade...the balls come down and go in the wheel, the wheel drops the balls in the top, a mouse pops out of one of the little trapdoors and we all jump up and yell "Mouse!! Mouse!!" ...then on the hour the fish blows bubbles and at midday Jasper joined in singing "I'm forever blowing bubbles" like the good little West Ham fan that he is!

on the buses

We were extremely excited about going into Cheltenham on the bus this morning, the bus was huge and blue and had a telly inside giving a driver's eye view of the road ahead, so we could see the bus zooming through all the puddles on the way. We could also see all the sheep in the fields along the way, it was all very exciting!

fixing things

Jasper and Grandpa making things!

in Grandpa's garden playing "boo"

This is Jasper sneaking up on Mummy... am thinking we need to work on the "secret" part of creeping up on someone!

testing the swings

Taking a break from looking at the bats

time for cake

"Happy Birthday" sung in English and Spanish, and a verse of Twinkle Twinkle at the end, Jasper is keen to make sure the job is done properly. He was also very keen to make sure we did the candle correctly, and we did it 3 times to make sure.

chockies...

Mummy has been truly spoiled today, yummy chockies were also waiting when we got back from Evesham!

...and these lovely flowers were waiting for Mummy when we all got back from Evesham too!

ELEPHANTS!!!

We went to the animal park in Evesham for Mummy's birthday. Jasper was especially thrilled to see a really overweight sheep and went charging towards it bellowing "ELEPHANT!! ELEPHANT!!" The sheep looked nonplussed, apparently comfortable with her figure.

party party

Creating some art at the toddler party in Prestbury

Bring it on!!!

I only mentioned the word "rain" in passing, but we were not allowed to leave the house without wellies, waterproofs and groovy orange brolly.

testing the blog!

let's see if Mummy is clever enough to make a post to the blog!
this is the photo Mummy has on her phone so that she has a nice picture of Jasper and Daddy playing together to take to England with her