My Cousin's House

Hello! After a rather long car ride filled with endless talking from Thea and lots of catching up, I've finally arrived here at my cousin's house. Once inside I followed Thea up to her room.

"Ta Daaa!" She said "Do you like my room?" I smiled to myself, it was obvious that Thea had matched her dress to her bedding, that was so her. 

"It's so pretty" I replied. 

Thea went on to talk about the colour scheme, but I didn't quite hear her as all of a sudden a golden furball appeared in the doorway...

...and bounded towards me, knocking me backwards onto Thea's bed!

"Juno!" Thea sternly shouted "Bad boy! You know you're not allowed on my bed!"

Once Juno had jumped down, I sat myself on the floor and gave him a hug, I hadn't seen him since he was practically newborn.

"I'll go and get your bedding." Said Thea walking out of the room purposefully. I looked around, she had some pretty things on a bookshelf next to her bed...

...as well as a fully packed timetable up on the wall...

...and some Polaroids hanging from a string above her bed.

Out of nowhere, Juno turned and bolted out of the room, pushing the door to the room across the hall to leave it slightly ajar. Through the gap I saw a small girl with dark blonde hair.

Before I could get a closer look, Thea walked in with arms full of pillows and blankets.

I helped her with the stuff and in return she helped me lay it all out so it was ready to sleep on.

I can't wait to spend some time with my cousins! Watch this space!

Whisked Away!

Hello all! I was at my desk today, working on typing up some posts, when I heard people downstairs.

I wasn't too fussed about it until I heard footsteps on the landing, I pushed my chair out and turned around just in time to see my bedroom door swing open...

...and for Thea to walk in!

I leaped up and practically flew towards her, pulling her into a hug. "Thea!" I exclaimed "What on Earth-"

"I'm here to whisk you away!" She said, throwing her arm in the air and doing jazz hands.

Once we'd chatted for a bit, Thea had taken charge of the situation and was helping me pack.

"If  you're staying with us, you can just borrow some of our clothes, mine should fit. You can bring your pyjamas though..."

"... and some clean underwear of your own" said Thea, packing everything neatly into my little case.

It was only when she was actually closing the lid that I was able to get a word in..

..."Hold on, hold on. Can't I bring some toys with me?" I asked, motioning to my Iwako figures.

"Fine." She said, sighing through a smile and disappearing from the room. I quickly grabbed my trio of hamsters and packed them safely inside my case.

Before I knew it, Thea was back "Dad says we have to get going now, you ready?"

"Almost!" I said, turning and grabbing my stuffed owl for company in the car.

With my suitcase in hand and my owl under my arm, I grabbed my shoes and hurried downstairs and out to the car. Off to my cousin's house I go!

See you then! I'll still be able to blog because my aunt has a computer in her office. Bye!

The Park With Olive!

Hey hey! The summer holidays are nearly over, there's about 2 or so weeks left for me and Olive is heading off to visit some of her relatives so she won't be around. I wanted to make the most of my leftover time with Olive so we decided to meet up at the park.

"So what are we going to do?" Olive asked.

I'll admit that I hadn't planned this far; I looked around for ideas, I didn't want to waste Olive's time!

Looking around, I saw a bright colour laying in the grass not too far away.

I hopped up and walked over to it to investigate.

Upon closer inspection, it looked like a ribbon! I had an idea so I picked it up and carried it back over to Olive on our bench.

"I've got a game we can play using this!" I said excitedly. Tying the ribbon around my eyes like a blindfold, I asked Olive to come up with a question for me about our surroundings.

"Hmmm", she mumbled. Looking back I think I put her on the spot a bit, but eventually she gave me my question. "How many other people are here?

"Easy!" I laughed, "we're the only ones!" I said motioning to the park around us, that I knew was empty. "Your turn!" 

Whilst she was tying the blindfold, I looked around, I wanted a really good question! All of a sudden, I felt a weight on my shoulder...

Olive was asleep! All that packing must have taken its toll on her. I felt a bit guilty for dragging her out to play when she was so tired, so I let her sleep.

Bye all!

Post!

Heyyy! So today I was having a bit of a lazy day. I'd been lounging around on my bed, trying not to fall asleep, when I heard my mum call from downstairs.

"Heddy, there's post for you!"
I was quite surprised, I can't remember the last time I got post just for me!

I arose from my bed for the first time in what felt like hours and rushed downstairs.

I returned a few minutes later with a postcard! 

I wondered who it was from as I pulled out my desk chair to sit down and read it.

The design on the front was a pretty pink with "Long Time No See" written on it in big swirly letters.

I flipped it over, it was from my cousin Thea!

It read as follows:

"Hey Heddy!

It's been so long! I'm not sure Margo even remembers you! You should see how she's grown, she's nearly as tall as me. Mummy says we'll be seeing you soon, but won't say when!

Love and smiles,

Thea xxx"

I got up and danced around the room, I was so happy to finally hear from my cousins! It was even better knowing that I could see them soon.

I stuck the postcard up on my wall, so I could look over at it and think of my cousins whenever I missed them.

I can't wait to see Thea and Margo again, I hope I see them soon!

Byesie bye!

Olive the Brave!

Hello peoples!

When I first told Olive about Ottile and her pets, she was terrified and despite countless lunchtimes of arguing about it, she kept her stance that lizards are "slimy and gross". In fact, the only way I could get her to go to Ottile's house in the first place was by promising her she didn't have to go in the half of the room that Toby's vivarium was in! Anyway, today I managed to get Olive to finally agree to meet Toby.

I could tell she was regretting it when I had to practically push her up the stairs to Otto's room, but there was no going back for her now! As always, Otto was super happy to see us, you can tell she loves taking every opportunity to show people her awesome pets.

I think everything was going too fast for poor Olive though, as straight away, Otto picked up Toby and held him for Olive to see....

...causing her to leap as far as she could away from him!

I could see this wasn't going to work, so Otto set Toby down and I decided we should try to reassure Olive first instead.

Ottile even handed over her fact book about reptiles, as she thought Olive might be more comfortable after reading some facts about them.

And after some convincing...

She did it! She held Toby!

Afterwards she even told me that she was wrong, and that lizards aren't slimy at all!

Bye bye my brave readers!