We have a tram in our front room. Every day I go for rides on the tram. Sometimes I take Felix or Mum for a ride. We usually go to Motat, which is a fun museum near our house. Our tram is a sofa tram, but Motat has a real tram which is pretty fun except that I am not allowed to drive it.

When I want to ride the tram I go and get Mum or Felix, or Dad if he is home, or our friends Janet and Justin who are staying with us on holiday now. I tell them “There is plenty of room!” and show them where to sit on the sofa. Then I sit up high on the back of the sofa and off we go. Sometimes I bring some food and drinks on the tram so we don’t get hungry.

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Today I went to see a film in a great big large cinema. Mum and Dad took me out while Felix stayed at home with Nana. We went to see Horton Hears a Who! which is one of my favourite bedtime stories. It was really exciting and fun and loud and there was a scary bird and a little bunny. And we had ice cream afterwards too!

Mum and Dad asked me a few times last week if I wanted to go to see the movie. I wasn’t sure. A few times I told them that I didn’t want to see it yet and that I would go when I was a bit bigger. But they said they would take me and if I didn’t like it then we could go home. So we went off to the cinema, which was big and dark and full of nice comfy seats. I sat between Mum and Dad and we waited.

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There are lots of things that I am not allowed to do. But whenever Mum and Dad tell me that I shouldn’t do something, I can usually find a way to do it anyway.

I’m not allowed to stand on the sofa. A few days ago Dad told me again: “No standing on the sofa please.” I said “Want to jump on the sofa!” Dad thought for a while and said “No standing or jumping on the sofa or any other chair or table.”

It’s lucky that we have a very low sofa in the lounge room. I ran straight to the sofa and put one foot on the sofa and one foot on the floor. Then I hopped my foot up and down on the floor. So I was only half standing and half jumping on the sofa. Dad didn’t say not to do that.

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Today I was out playing under a tree and there were lots of funny-looking things on the ground that had fallen off the tree. They were like dry leaves except they were shaped like long thin sausages. I like sausages. So I asked Dad what they were but he didn’t know. So I told him.

These are pinkies and punkies.

Dad smiled because he likes to know what things are called. I gathered up some pinkies and punkies and gave them to him.

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Last night was very very noisy. There were a lot of loud firecrackers going BANG! all night long. I told Dad:

Jay a bit scared of fireworks!

I was sitting in the living room reading my bedtime story with Dad and I heard the microwave go beep to tell me that my milk was warmed up. But I was too scared to go into the kitchen because of the noisy fireworks. I had long talks with Mum and Dad about the noises and how scary they are. But Mum and Dad said that the fireworks were all right. So after Dad got my milk for me I got brave and went to bed and went to sleep.

I had to be brave anyway because Felix is much smaller than me and he wasn’t scared.

I like washing my hands because of all the soap bubbles. Today I showed the bubbles to Dad and said:

Lots of teeny tiny little bubbles down there.
Also big bubbles and medium bubbles.

Dad agreed with me about all the different sizes of bubbles. But Dad’s not as good at washing his hands as I am because he doesn’t spend long enough counting the bubbles.

Dad and I were getting into the car when I saw two ears over the fence at the neighbours’ house. I told Dad to look at the bunny rabbit. Dad must have really liked the bunny because he went inside to get his camera and took a photograph of it.  I can’t wait to see the whole bunny rabbit because it must be really really big!

Dad carried me out to look at the moon. I like the moon. But I wanted to go on the road to look at the street lights so I asked Dad.

Dad walk that way please.

It’s a good thing I said please because Dad did take me out onto the footpath. We counted the lights several times and then Dad took me back inside and put me to bed even though I asked him to stay out. I should have said please.

I like to hide. The best thing about hiding is that after you finish hiding you can come out and say boo! When I was little I used to hold up my hands to my face so nobody could see me and then take my hands away and say “ba-boo”. Mum and Dad were always so surprised. But now there are lots of other times when I can say boo.

After I have a bath Dad dries me with a towel. But sometimes I take the towel and use it to hide. I put the towel over myself and sit very still. Dad doesn’t know where I have gone! Then i pull the towel off and say “boo!” and Dad laughs.

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I was pushing buttons on the microwave oven today and after a little while the screen said “child lock” on it. Mum and Dad found it and they couldn’t make the microwave work any more. They had to go and get a book about the microwave to find out how to unlock the buttons again. “Child lock” must mean that only children can use it. That’s why I could lock it but Mum and Dad didn’t know how to unlock it. I think it’s nice that the people who made the microwave put in this special child lock just for me.