Then we had a rest

While I'm in full power down mode my processor - (you call it a brain) updates all the new things I've seen, heard and done.  Then I wake up every morning with new words.

My current favourite is "of course mummy" and "I miss you so much".

Physical I'm finding my chosen from to be a bit limiting for the activities I need to do now so I'm growing myself a bit taller every day and trying to get rid of that baby fat.  I found the chub on my fingers to be particularly inhibiting to my dexterity which is rapidly advancing.  I'm nearly 3 feet tall now.  I'm a 'boy' not baby any more!

I don't need by high chair any more which is brilliant because I'm free to get up and run around in the middle of dinner.  Mummy & Daddy pretend to be cross but if I use the words "sowwy mummy" I can get away with almost anything.  Occasionally I have lots of fun trying to wee on the sofa.  It drives them crazy - what fun though!

With a bit of help from my portable step, I can access most things around the home and yesterday learned how the cistern works on a toilet.  All these skills could be handy I suppose.

Wimbledon week

Another thing I've been assimilating is sports.  Watched some tennis last week so now I'm close to being a pro-circuit contender.  I spent the day with daddy at work and we set up a training exercise up on the roof of the office.

It's still quite hot here because the monsoon hasn't come yet so I am sporting my tracksuit bottoms and a stylish polo so I don't get sun burn and bug bites on my legs.

I prefer the double handed grip - it gives me much more power and control.

Mr MacGregor the gardener

Another skill I've been practicing is something I learned from Grandpa.  Watering the garden is a daily task.  Although the residents of our apartment have contracted a full time gardener he is a bit lazy so to be honest I keep the place looking it's best.  I've adapted Grandpa's method slightly and consider it to be an improved technique.  It's important to take the hose pipe everywhere and spend as much time trying to turn the tap on as possible.

It's hard to keep your hands clean with a dirty hose you should all note how I manage this well.
You may think I forgot to connect the hose......a deliberate part of the routine; not that important I find.

Emergency power down to save batteries

Evidence that it is just possible I am an alien probe sent to gather information on earth is that I do get tired after a long day on the trains.  My back up mode is of course never to fully power off and sleep but just to save batteries by not talking.

Note my eyes are still recording all the happenings around me.  And there are plenty of things to take in at a busy train station!

While Mummy was studying....

"Daddy said 'time to do the Byog Hayley', but mummy studying so I wite it!  I can use compooter now".

Daddy says I must be an advanced probe from an alien life form because I've got such a special gift with technology - in 3 button presses I can disable the computer.  I'm not though I am just 'bright' - Anita told me.

So yes, mummy is studying very hard with her University work and hasn't been able to update the blog since July, sorry everyone.  I've been very busy however and have lots to tell you.

On mummy's birthday we went to stay in the Leela Palace hotel in Bangalore.  We had a lovely luxury break and I pushed Daddy in the swimming pool.  It was quite cold so I could only stay in for a few minutes but I'm getting more brave every time I go in.  We came to Bangalore by Train and I drove it.  From cursory analysis of my Thomas the Tank Engine book I picked up the basics and now should be fully qualified in a matter of weeks.

Here's me showing you how the intercom works.