Tuesday 29 October 2013

Cuddly Toys and the Best Gloves Ever

Mummy has a thing about cuddly toys.  She hates them.  I don't know what her problem is.  She really doesn't like them.  She pretends to be nice to them but sometimes I catch her doing rude things to them behind my back.  They are so nice and sweet and furry and she is mean to them. 
I have a dog and a sheep and a monkey and a doll called Peter and a teddy called Kevin.  Mummy keeps them in the furthest darkest coldest corner and I have to go and root them out everyday. 

Anyway, when I was at the library yesterday, I found the library bear.  It is the biggest bluest teddy bear in the world and I loved it.  Unfortunately, somebody else was hugging it and I tried to take it off them but Mummy made me give it back.  Their Mummy negotiated a share with my Mummy even though my Mummy was saying 'No, no, really he's fine.  He doesn't want to play with it' and I was jumping up and down and saying 'YESTH, YESTH, YESTH . So Mummy gave it back to me.  I was so pleased to see it, I started biting its ear.  Within seconds, Mummy had whipped it from me again and given it back to the girl.
 'That was a quick share' said her Mummy.

Anyway I have forgiven her as she bought me some new gloves today and they are simply fabuloso.

Friday 18 October 2013

I love IKEA

I have been twice now and I have to tell you how much I love IKEA.  Mummy has been putting off going for weeks because she hates it so much but I can't understand why.  She runs it like a military regime.  She has us up at the crack of doom on Sunday mornings to get there before anyone else arrives and then whizzes us round at high speed to get to the check outs just as they open.  She got really annoyed this time because they had changed their layout and she couldn't use her short cut which meant that we had to follow the yellow brick road around the whole building.  She gets really bad tempered and it usually results in her having a big row with daddy.  Mummy says she reckons that IKEA has been cited in more divorce cases than extra marital affairs (whatever they are.  Daddy says he's never heard of them either).
Teddy Sven and Ulrika


Anyway, I had a ball.  IKEA is one of my most favourite places next to motorway service stations and my granddad's nursing home.  I can even understand the names of all the book cases and I get to fiddle with the toilets unlike at home.   I even pushed the trolley around for half the time and Mummy was still not pleased.
She did get to breastfeed me on a discounted deck chair in the warehouse though. There was a huge sign hanging over our heads which said '£185 reduced to £25' and people kept coming over to eye up the deal.  Lucky, lucky Mummy.  She was ever so popular.

 

Saturday 12 October 2013

"Don't threaten me with love, baby.

Let's just go walking in the rain".
 Billy Holiday
Wow.  Puddles.

"All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”  

Friedrich Nietzsche 

Thursday 10 October 2013

One Small Step for Man

Me holding Nana up
Nana has spent the last 2 weeks trying to get me to walk by myself.  She has been very encouraging but I just haven't felt like it.  Walking takes so much thinking - it makes my toes curl.  Anyway, I have discovered that if I don't think about it, I can walk alone.  Herewith my first few steps...........

It makes it a bit difficult for Mummy to film though.
 
Enough of that.  I have now moved on to bigger and better things.

Except I have to tolerate this silly hat




And I love this cycling malarkey.  I spent all afternoon ringing Daddy's bell.  I nearly fell asleep on the way home which is why there is that handy looking pad in front.  Mummy is complaining of a sore bottom.  My bottom is fine thank you very much.
 
Mummy seems to consider herself a bit of a food critic so I thought I would also give it a go so here is a short clip of a pomegranate tasting.
 

Wednesday 2 October 2013

Best Italian Restaurant in London

I had a chew on a claw
Mummy's helping a friend out at the moment who has just opened an Italian restaurant 'The Lavender'  on Lavender Hill.  As Nana is here, we have been going over there quite often so Mummy can work.  In fact I saw Mummy in a suit today and to be honest, I had to look twice.  It took me 4 hours longer than usual before I managed to get milk on her lapel and olive oil down one of the legs.  Anyway, Mummy wanted me to write about how wonderful she thinks the food is.  
(She says it is the best Italian food she has eaten outside of Italy and Daddy says she should know as she has done an awful lot of eating).

Astro me up baby
But I don't want to.  I want to tell you about the astro turf which they have on the terrace.  I have a lovely time bouncing around on this.  It is also great fun grabbing a bar stool and using it as a Zimmer frame.  The people who work there are all very nice.  They don't mind me hugging their legs and they give me lots of bread with delicious olive oil.  They are a bit cheek pinchy though and they keep calling me 'Bello' even though Mummy told them several times that I am called 'Joe'.   Mummy has made sure there are high chairs and that the menu is available in half portions for small people.  Zio Gio has organic spelt pasta on the menu and he has bought a bicycle to do deliveries on.  Mummy says it's a girls bicycle and she wouldn't be seen dead on it.  Zio says he doesn't care and he gave me a ride on it and I loved it.
I want to go that way

Tuesday 1 October 2013

My Music

 
Following in my Great Uncle Joe's footsteps, I thought I would share some of my favourite songs and music videos with you.  Please post any back to me that you like and find.  The first is great to dance to and I quite like the wiggly bottoms.



I have heard lots of versions of this song but as this one is written by my namesake I love it.



And finally my all time favourite.  I particularly like the whoosh.



Mummy says she prefers this version but I think it's rubbish.  No whoosh.