These socks are made for....

What are you two doing?   I ask James & Emrys

Seeing what our socks look like upside down!  They answer.

So what do you think? Your Mum made us snazzy brightly coloured socks.  Cool huh?  James says.

We are the champions!  Emrys cheers!

These socks are made for action!  Emrys tells me.

They are pretty great.  I agree.  So what sort of action shall we get up to do you think?

Christmas presents from James & Emrys.

I had such a super day yesterday, what a lovely Christmas we all had.

For me?  I ask James.

Yes this is my Christmas present to you.  James tells me as he hands me a present.

I open it up to find a super cool John Deere sun hat!

Oh wow, this is so neat!  I can wear it when I go to the farm in New Zealand.  I tell the boys.

Don't you think it looks great?!  I do!

Here's my gift to you Henry.  Emrys hands me a gift.

Oh wow, thanks Emrys, a hoodie!  This is great.  

Crash!  This is what happened to the bird feeder!  I laugh.

Thanks so much guys.  Mum says your gifts are a WIP and so sorry that they are delayed.  I explain.

What does WIP mean?  They ask me?  

I'm not sure.  But she says it a lot!  I think it means 'Work in Progress'.  I tell them.

Oh that is okay, we can wait and anyway we have had so much chocolate so that is rather like getting pressies anyway.  They say.

Good thing these lads are so understanding!  I feel so lucky, not only do I get two friends to stay over Christmas but they also give me presents as well!  How great is that?

Skateboarding and a gift from Hester.

This afternoon Ryder and I managed to get outside for the afternoon and thought we would practice some stunts on the skateboard....

We were soon joined by Ollie who grabbed hold of Ryder's hand and asked if he too could have a go on the skateboard.

I explained to him that this one was probably a little big but I had just thing for him inside.

"Look, this is just your size Ollie, Hester sent it to me, wasn't that nice of her".  She didn't realise I already had one, but I knew just who these little skateboards would be perfect for....Claudius (who is busy with Rory somewhere) and Ollie.

Really do you think I could go on this?  Ollie looks to Ryder for reassurance.

Of course you can Ollie, I'll help you.  Ryder says to Ollie.

Ryder helps Ollie on the skateboard and I hold his hand as well.

We let go....

Look Ollie - no hands!

That's it you can do it!

Ollie is thrilled that he has managed to stand up on the skateboard...but then suddenly has the wobbles...

I grab hold of him to help him balance before letting go again.

Wow!  Look at you!  I cheer while Ryder hops on the skateboard to show Ollie what to do.

Ollie turns to watch Ryder, unsure if he can really do the sorts of things the big boys do

but willing to give a go.

What a star!   I say to Ollie.  Just as Ollie loses his balance....uh oh...

Ollie decides sitting on the skateboard is safer.  We tell him that he did really well for his first go.

Thank you Hester for the wonderful little skateboards - I am sure Ollie will be showing Claudius what he can do next and I can imagine Claudius wanting a turn as well, so good thing there are two!