The skating continues

The little man decided he needed a big skateboard now so he spent all his pocket money on one... The princess thought she better get one as well so she spent her pocket money on one too...
The daddy took them to the path behind our garden to introduce the princess to the skating world. It's still unknown to us (and herself I think) why she wanted a skateboard. But maybe she'll go from being a princess to a skater girl soon... who knows? The daddy got to show off a bit of his skater skills whilst teaching his daughter. Think he was well happy that he was better than her as the little man soon, if not already, is better than him...
It only took a few minutes for the little man to get used to the bigger skateboard and then he didn't need the daddy's advice anymore! Now we just need to find out where the closest good skatepark is.

They hadn't thought it through....

That's the little man and a few other boys at nursery I'm talking about. It's still quite cold here so the children are all wrapped up in skiing clothes and big gloves when they're outside playing. The little man and his little friends thought they found the solution to their hands being cold even with gloves on!!

They went in to the bathroom and filled their gloves with warm water which I'm pretty sure they thought was a very good idea.... 10 minutes later they weren't so sure!! The teacher couldn't help laughing when she told me, and the daddy and I thought it was hilarious... They weren't told off as they probably learnt their lesson without adult help!

Another one of his good ideas.... Here is the little man, helping me baking with his tiger ears, tail and nose on, the nose not quite in the right place but who cares.

Modern imagination.....

The princess was very concentrated playing with her Hama beads yesterday. She was making things she really needed!

A mobile phone....

A gameboy....

A camera for her and her brother....

Who said modern children have no imagination anymore...??

"It's Bond, James Bond"

The daddy and I went to the cinema on Saturday. We watched Skyfall, the new James Bond movie. It was good, I very much enjoyed it.

The daddy however felt he had to enlighten his children on the whole James Bond shenanigans so Sunday the walkie talkies were found and he instructed his 2 agents. A very important thing in the agent world apparently is to remember to say 'roger' when you're finished talking. The 2 agents in training tried really hard and did remember the 'roger' thing nearly everytime. The princess was undercover as Rapunzel, the little man as a fan of spiderman!

Ups... I just blew their cover didn't I !!!

"But I don't have 4 hands, daddy"

The little man has been given a lot of Lego for his birthday. Not the duplo but the little original lego which he loves. It's cars, animals, a helicopter and lots more. His daddy and him have been building a car a day the last few days or actually it's just the little man building. Like here where the zoo animals are being made....

Anyway, back to the cars they've built. The little man wanted to play with the four cars they'd made together and asked his daddy to come and play. Daddy told him to start playing and he would come and play when he was finished with what he was doing.
The little man stuck his head out of his room looking confused "but daddy, I don't have four hands"

Hot, hot, hot....

This last week it's been hot but not as hot as the last few days where it's been like really hot, hot, hot.... It's lovely but I struggle a bit in heat like this. It has meant that a trip to the beach was possible yesteday though. It's only 2 minutes away! What's even better is that aunty V and our little cousin are here for the week and we all went to the beach together. The daddy and aunty V quickly thought it would be funny to bury their children.... You so often hear about children getting sun burned on the beach! Well, not in this case.

The little man is 5 years old in two days. I can't believe he's already 5.... He's very excited and next Saturday we're having his friends around for a little party. He was so proud when he handed out his invitations last Friday. The princess will have her birthday party for her school friends on Friday. We're off to Dinoland, a softplay near where we live. That had made up for the fact the princess is born in the middle of the school holidays. She's now forgiven us.....

Little monkeys....

Yes, it was grey! Yes it was cold! But it certainly didn't stop them having fun....

Is that all we get?

Of sunshine and nice warm weather...? Seems like it for now. The last week here has been so lovely with the sun shining from a clear blue sky. We have tried to make the most of it and have been outside enjoying it everyday. Yesterday for dinner we had our first BBQ and the second time in a week we had dinner outside... We even had to have the parasols up, too hot in the sun!

This morning it looks grey and windy but hopefully it stays dry.  It's a bank holiday here today so we're off to a big park with bikes, slides, climbing frames and lots more. The little man and princess are so excited! So please mr weatherman, don't spoil the fun.....

Bring on the imagination!

As I wrote in the post Ah.. that sweet love! earlier this week, the little man is a big fan of Toy Story and especially Jessie. We all love Toy Story and the princess and little man both have collected quite a few of the toys. The little man was allowed to hold Jessie while the photo was taken. Look at his little proud face!

Yesterday the little man spend the last of his Christmas money. He bought Mr Prickle Pants! He can't say his name without giggling.

The princess spent her pocket money yesterday on Slinky. The big one! She's had her eye on him for a while and now he was on special (don't we all love a good bargain) it was time to get him!

Today when the daddy and the princess went swimming, the little man went into Toy Story mode. I was not needed while he played. He changed his voice after every character, even said lines from the movies. He didn't notice me, was completely in his own little Toy Story world.

What toys do your children play with?

Honeymoon - Disneyland here we come!

Just booked our honeymoon. We are all very excited as it's Disneyland we're going to. The little man can't stop jumping up and down with excitement. He keeps saying " I'm gonna meet Jessie in real life". The princess has revealed it's just somebody dressed up but it doesn't seem to bother the little man at all.
We leave the day school holiday starts. I know it's a month after the wedding but never mind, honeymoon it is and so exciting!

Ah... That sweet love!

The little man has his first crush at the moment (apart from his mummy-crush he's had since he was a baby. I have now been replaced). It's not a real person though but that's not such a big suprise and he's not the first one in the family either. He's just like his daddy who also had a crush on a cartoon character - read The List.
The little man blushes and gets all giggly when he sees her on tv. He asks to watch Toy Story 2 and 3 repeatedly, to get a glimpse of his first love, Jessie! She is very cute, so it's understandable she was picked.

Maybe it's a boy thing to get crushes on cartoon characters? I don't remember having one. I remember having crushes, but on real people characters. Don Johnson from Maimi Vice was one of them.
Have you ever had a crush on a cartoon character?

I won.... Woo hoo!

The whole of December the blog, Danish Webchicks http://danskewebchicks.blogspot.com/ had a competition everyday where you could win really cool stuff. I optimisticly entered everyday hoping.... The 21st of December I won... Yeah! It was a suprise packet from a company called Carrot, in Danish Guleroden.dk http://www.guleroden.dk/ and this is what I won. Oh and a big bag of crisps too but we ate them before I got to take a picture..

The last thing, Glow-in-the-dark building set, was a very big hit with the princess and little man. You can make all sorts of shapes and they were completely in the zone (building zone that is) for a good hour.

Pairs.

That's a game we play a lot. The princess has a photographic memory and the little man takes after her. The daddy and I rarely win, no seriously we don't and it's not because we let them win. I am way too competitive, so is the daddy and they might as well learn the hard way!
When Nana was here a couple of weeks ago we played Pairs a lot. Nana was easily defeated as well but that was not what made the princess and little man roll around the floor laughing. Every time Nana didn't get a pair she would say "poo" Oh.... that's a bit naughty and the laughter would take a while to stop!
Being a Nana you are allowed to teach your grandchildren these little things. Now when we play Pairs "poo" is said with a giggle everytime the princess or little man do not get a pair.

This is our favourite Pairs game. The princess got it for her first birthday from morfar (grandad).

Old married couple...

The princess and the little man are like an old couple when they play sometimes. This conversation went on between them or maybe more a one way conversation the princess had: "Can you close the door" "Can you move this?" "Really why don't you do it?" "I have asked you more than once" "I ask and ask and you just don't listen" The little man seems immune to all the questions. Big sigh... the princess gives up. "Come on lets go play then" the little man follows.

Mummy on a swing....

...there's something I haven't done for a long time. Yesterday though, I couldn't stand the temptation. So line up kids it's my turn first on the swings.....

Why the facepaint on a random Saturday?? Not sure... The diglots wanted it so they got it. Yet again I'd forgotten what a pain it is to get off again. Never mind, off it came and both diglots were sqeacky clean when they went to bed! Talking about pain.... My poor bum cheeks! Did you know thats the muscle you use the most when going on a swing? I didn't but I do now....!

Old toys are the best...

We went to mormor's house today. She has lots of old toys which the princess and the little man love to play with. They're wooden and build-something-you decide-yourself kind of toys. Everytime they are there they play with the same few things.

Back home again, lets get back to the modern world. Still being creative, it's a make-your-own-picture kind of game on the Nintendo. Today the princess had the patience to let the little man watch.

He does not have a DS yet as his mean parents think he should wait untill his 6th birthday, like the princess did. To be fair to him, he has not asked for one (yet). Will we be able to be strong when or if he starts begging for one for his 5th birthday? Of course we will! Is it mean or fair parenting? We'll find out when the princess and the little man leave the house in protest.

Cute they are all wrapped up ready to go to mormor's!