Bedtime Story

At bedtime, George has three books read to him, then maybe a few songs, and Daddy recently started a trend of telling him a story about a little boy called George. George loves these stories and normally asks for one before he goes to sleep.

Tonight I told him a story, then when he asked for another one I asked him to tell me a story instead. This is how it went (with some prompting from me along the lines of "then what happened?" and "what did you buy?")

"One day there was a little boat. It went on the water to Pirate Island. There was a shopping trolley there. I took it to the shop and bought a duck and some potato waffles and a football. I paid for them and took them home. The End."

Running and Sushi

Daddy was running again today, this time the Royal Parks Half Marathon. Mummy and George spent the time hanging out in Hyde Park, blagging free stuff from the food stalls and playing in the playground. We also made a sign to encourage Daddy, and we found him at about mile 6 to show it to him.

After the run we staggered back to Victoria Station for the train home, and stopped there to visit Yo! Sushi. George ate loads - including most of Mummy's Nigiri (rice topped with raw fish). This boy has expensive taste - that's a big slice of salmon he is stuffing into his mouth. He also liked the tuna one, but fortunately he wasn't so keen on the prawn - which is just as well because Mummy really hates to share her prawns!

Is it George or is it Georgina?

This is George dressed as Ruby, apparently.

Randomness

We went on the London Skyride - cycled into London and around streets which weren't open to cars. We stopped off at Wahaca for some tasty Mexican food, and by the bike racks in Covent Garden George spotted this train. It is obviously home-made, pretty sturdy, and didn't seem to have anyone looking after it. Very strange.

Down in Dorset

A couple of snaps from George's break with Nanny Yvonne and Grandad Michael.

Running in Crystal Palace Park

Daddy was doing the Cancer Research 10K in Crystal Palace Park. We kept ourselves amused in the playground for a while, then George wanted to join in with the running.

Dressing Up - and Undressing.

Another in the series of "George as a girl". This time Ruby outdid herself and styled his hair too!



And in contrast, this is what happened when Mummy left George to do some unsupervised painting. After being quiet for a few minutes, he was heard to leave the room muttering "I need to wash my hands". When Mummy followed him to the sink to check on progress, she discovered that it was actually rather more than just his hands that needed washing.