Today

Hi All,

Today I went to the pool. I haven't been to the pool in a VERY long time. My mum is good at lots of things but she is not good at taking me to the pool on a regular basis. I love it a lot and hope that she takes me more often from now on. Anyway I had a great time.

I have a couple of responsibilities at home. When we come inside mum says to me, "What's your responsibility?" and I yell, "Put my shoes behind my door!!" That is my responsibility - to put my shoes away.

Now I have a new responsibility - to set the table. Mum gives me the placemats and the cutlery and I put them on the table. Then I get a sticker. (I don't have to do it in my undies like in the photo below but it was warm today and I didn't really want to put clothes on).



That's all for now,
Roman

Address

Hi All,



While playing hospital the other day Dr Mummy was taking my details for her paperwork. Our conversation went like this:

Dr Mummy: What is your full name?
Me: Roman Ezekiel Young
Dr Mummy: What is your mummy's name?
Me: Mummy Young
Dr Mummy: What is your daddy's name?
Me: Nathan Young
Dr Mummy: How old are you?
Me: 4
Dr Mummy: Really?
Me: OK, 3.
Dr Mummy: What is your address?
Me (shocked): I don't wear a dress. I'm a BOY!

Dr Mummy obviously needs some more practice if she wants to be a good doctor.

That's all for now,
Roman

Doctor

Hi All,

For my birthday Aunty Leanne and Uncle Tim gave me a doctor's kit. I LOVE it. All the time I go up to mum and say, "Mum, I'm feeling really sick." This is code for I want to play doctors.



I like to be sick more than I like to be the doctor. The last couple of days we've had a hospital in my bedroom with boxes for all my sick teddies. I tell mum (who is the doctor) what is wrong with them all. Today they ate cat food and dog food which is bad because they are teddies.

Bye for now,
Roman

Things that keep me busy

Hi All,

Here are some things that keep me busy:








And I'm starting to feel better (thanks for asking!)

Bye for now,
Roman

Sick me

Hi All,

I've had a little cold for the last week. Nothing serious. Until today.

I did something very weird. I fell asleep on daddy's lap.



Daddy took me to my bed and I had a little nap. When I woke up my temperature was 40 degrees. This made me sad because we were going to go to a friend's house this afternoon. Mum told me I couldn't go because I was sick. I kept telling her, "I'm not sick. Can I go now?"

My eyes are crying and my body is all hot. But I get to have icypoles so it's not too bad.

Bye for now,
Roman

Stories

Hi All,

Do you remember a little while ago I told you that sometimes I make up stories?

Well, yesterday I told my mum that I jumped onto the stove, into the saucepan and burnt my teeth. She seemed sceptical but I think she may have bought it.

But I'm not the only one who makes up stories - this morning, my dad told me that I fell out of bed last night for the first time. He must be making this up though because I don't remember this at all. Surely if I fell out of bed I would remember!!

That's all for now,
Roman

Sleep

Hi All,

For those who don't know, I've always been a very good sleeper.

Mum and dad trained me very well. I used to go to bed almost all the time without a fuss, sleep through the night and very rarely cried out for mum or dad. You may notice that I've written that previous sentence in past tense because... things have changed...

A couple of weeks ago I started to play some games at bed time ( really fun games). After I'd been put to bed I would hop up and came out of my bedroom. I thought it was very funny. Mum or dad would walk me back to my bedroom. And then we'd play again. And again. And again.

Then sometimes I would wake up at really funny times like 2am. Very funny.

Also I started to get up really early in the morning. Also VERY funny.

Mum and dad had a talk and decided that maybe I was getting too much sleep so they decided that it was time to drop my day time sleep. Mum had hoped this day would never come.

So now I don't have to have a day time sleep. I can stay up all day. But a funny thing has happened. I miss my day time sleep. So most days I take my pillows off my bed, crawl in and have a little sleep. Or I'll just hop in bed and hang out for a while.



Some days I don't have a sleep and that's OK too.

But this seems to have fixed the problems because I'm going to bed without a fuss and although I have a night terror most nights I don't call out just because I'm bored. I still get up early otherwise my parents would just be too spoilt.

That's all for now,
Roman

Cleaner

Hi All,

Sometimes when my mum cooks tea I try really hard to annoy her. I get in her way, I ask her to play with me even though she's busy, I ask her lots of questions and ask to do things like use sharp knives. So yesterday she decided to play smarter rather than harder. She made me up a special spray bottle with my name on it. She told me that I was now a cleaner and she gave me my bottle and a cloth. My job was to clean all the cupboards, the door and the table.



I did a really good job. I sprayed and wiped saying to myself, "I'm the cleaner, I'm cleaning."

It all went really well until I decided spraying was more fun than wiping. I got quite a lot of water everywhere but mum and dad said that was OK.

That's all for now,
Roman

My friend, monkey

Hi All,

I have a new friend.

His name is monkey.

He is bigger than me.

He is redder than me.

He lives above my bed.



My daddy painted him for me.



Bye for now,
Roman

Torquay

Hi All,

This weekend I went on holiday with Uncle Tim, Aunty Leanne and my mum and dad. We went to Torquay. I almost didn't go because the day before we went mum, dad and I were talking about it and I said that I wasn't going. I told mum and dad that I was going to go on a plane by myself and go to a holiday house which had dice.

Good thing I changed my mind because I had a lot of fun.



Dad took me to a park this morning and it was really fun!



Bye for now,
Roman

Animals

Hi All,

Today, when mum and I went shopping, we found a petting zoo at the shopping centre.

I got to sit down and cuddle a rabbit and a guinea pig. I was very nice and gentle (until I started poking my fingers in the rabbit's ear).



This was really fun.

I got mum to download all the photos on her phone camera. Here are photos from over the last couple of months:



I'm very cute (especially when I'm asleep).

Talking of sleeping, twice in the last week I've done something very strange. During the day I've gone to my bed, got in, and had a little rest. Very strange.

That's all for now,
Roman

Today

Hi All,

It's school holidays at the moment. Even though I don't go to school yet, mum tries to do fun things with me during the holidays. On Monday we went to see The Gruffalo. I even got to sit next to my friend Jake!



Today I went with mum and saw Despicable Me at the movies. I love the movies. I also love shouting out at the movies. Nice and loud.

I thought you might like to know something about me. I have a very hazy concept of time. According to me - anything that happened prior to right now, happened 'last night.'

For example:

Last night I went on holidays.
Last night, when I was a baby...
Last night, when it was my birthday...

A lot happened 'last night.'



That's all for now,
Roman

Cooking and embarrassment

Hi All,

Today mum and I did some cooking in the kitchen.



We made lots of biscuits. I helped with the rolling, the cutting, the eating. All in all, very helpful.

Also I think you should know that I've learned how to be embarrassed. This is how I know:

A week ago mum, dad and I went to a party. There were a lot of people there when we went in and I was a bit overwhelmed so I grabbed hold and cuddled mum's leg. After about 30 seconds I could hear mum gently calling my name. I looked and there she was about 2 metres away from me. I looked at her for a little while and then realised that if she was over there then I couldn't be cuddling her leg at the same time. I looked up and realised that I was cuddling Helen's leg instead. I went bright red and went over to my real mum's leg.

If that wasn't bad enough, I did the exact same thing at the supermarket on Saturday. We were waiting in line and I heard dad (who's leg I was holding) say to mum, "Where's Roman gone?" I thought it was odd that he would ask that when I was holding his leg. That was when I realised that it wasn't dad's leg I was holding but the man in the line in front of us. Again I went bright red.

Very embarrassing.



That's all for now,
Roman

Craft

Hi All,

Remember me?



Did you miss me?

I haven't chatted for a while but here I am.

The last couple of days I've been doing lots of craft with my mum and dad.

Today mum, dad and I made a spider.


He is green and has big eyes!



Do you know who else has big eyes?

My cat!



My dad and I made Felix last night. He has a cord so I can walk him around the house.

That's all for now,
Roman

Painting

Hi All,

Today I got to do some painting!

I did stamp painting and finger painting.

I then thought it would be a good idea to paint my nose.

I then made some faces so mum could take my photo.

Bye for now,
Roman

Grounded in reality

Hi All,

You'll be pleased to know that my little feet are firmly grounded in reality, or maybe not.

I like to tell stories to my mum.

Today in the car I told her that a dragon threw a pineapple at my knee and the pineapple got stuck in my knee. Now, strictly speaking this isn't true. I've never seen a dragon, nor ever had a pineapple thrown at me or stuck in my knee. But it sounded like it could be true, don't you think?

Also I told her that a motorbike crashed into my head. Again, this didn't ACTUALLY happen.

I once told my mum that Uncle Tim hit me in the head with a cricket bat... really hard. Again, I may have been exercising my imagination because Uncle Tim has never been anythine but nice to me.

But it's fun making stuff up!

Bye for now,
Roman

Dinosaur Egg part 2

Hi All,

Today I received this email from my daddy:

Dear Roman,

Please update your blog. I want to know how your dinosaur is doing!

Love daddy.

So because I love my daddy and am trying to overcome my laziness I now bring you an update on the growth of my dinosaur.

MONDAY NIGHT:


TUESDAY:


THURSDAY:


TODAY:


So, as you can see, my dinosaur is coming along quite nicely.

Love you dad!

Bye for now,
Roman

Dinosaur Egg

Hi All,

On the weekend I visited my Aunty Tanya and Uncle Cliff. I got a very special birthday present.

A DINOSAUR EGG!!!!



See how in one of the pictures I've got a bucket? That's because I've got to put the egg into a bucket of water to help it hatch.

SUNDAY:


I've been checking it a couple of times an hour to see if it's hatched.

MONDAY:


See how there's a little hole in the egg?? That's the dinosaur hatching (although, just between you and me I might have poked it a bit...)




Hopefully by tomorrow I might see my dinosaur. I'll have to think of what to name him.

That's all for now,
Roman

Jokes

Hi All,

I've just got back from holidays in Adelaide.

I had a great time but I want to tell you a joke.

First of all, I need to tell you that my dad made the yummiest Seafood Chowder for dinner tonight. I was eating it and then I said (this is the joke):

"Murray is a Wiggle.
Calamari is a food"

Get it???

Cala"murray"

My mum thought it was hilarious.

Bye for now,
Roman

My 3rd Birthday

Hi All,

Today is my birthday!

It's been a long time coming. I think my parents may have started the birthday anticipation a little too early. I think next year I would prefer a week's notice rather than 6 weeks!


BUT this morning when I woke up, got out of bed and opened my door, there were balloons everywhere AND decorations AND my mum and dad singing Happy Birthday to me.

Then Mum made special pancakes for breakfast. I opened some presents and then mum and dad told me they were taking me somewhere as a surprise.

We drove for a long time and then we got to ScienceWorks! I love ScienceWorks!

I've been getting presents all day long. I got a red backpack, some sticker books, A Leapfrog Tag reading system, some threading beads and other things too!

I've had a really good day and tomorrow I get to go on an airplane!

I know I've used a lot of exclamation points in this post but it's my birthday so that's OK!

Bye for now,
Roman