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

Craft

Hi All,

The other day mum went to a place called Reverse Art Truck. It's a place that collects bits and pieces of things that companies don't want: cones, containers, foam, paper, cork, stickers, streamers, cardboard, dowel, sticks. Then the public can fill a garbage bag with whatever they like. Mum got this stuff for $15.




So today mum and I made some things. We made a bus and some people.





I'm pretty sure if Play School sees this they will want me to make stuff for them.

That's all for now,
Roman

Funny things

Hi All,

Today I got to play on my trampoline. Just before I climbed up the stairs to get in, I pulled down my pants. I stopped, looked at my pants and said, "That's not right!" and then pulled them back up again. I think I was confused!

After I got off the trampoline I went and got a drink of water. I told mum,"I better have a drink because my legs are very tired."

Do you do and say silly things too?

Bye for now,
Roman

Garden

Hi All,

If you've been to our house you know that we have a somewhat, how shall I say, rustic garden... (that means that we don't do much gardening in our house...)

BUT yesterday my Aunty Tanya and Uncle Cliff came around and helped us make a beautiful garden. To be honest I did most of the work. Sure Aunty Tanya picked most of the plants, and mum and dad paid for them, and Aunty Tanya decided where all the plants would go, and Uncle Cliff and Dad dug all the holes and the adults planted them all. But I did everything else.



That's all for now,
Roman

Things I probably shouldn't say

Hi All,

This morning mum was trying to get me ready in a hurry.

Mum said, "Quick, Roman. Let's get your shoes and socks on so we can go"
I said, "Mum, you're annoying me."

Thankfully she just laughed. I don't think she'll think it's so funny next time though.

That's all for now,
Roman

Words

Hi All,

I would like to tell you about words. You must obviously know that I am very good at writing words as I've been writing this blog for a long time but I'm starting to learn how to READ words.

I've known some words for a while like:

Roman
Mummy
Daddy
lips
dog
window

But lately mum has been trying to teach me some new words and I'm learning them really well!

So far this week I've learnt:
run
can
jump
yellow
blue
I
is
play
exercise

We play games with my teddy. Mum will put about 10 word cards on the floor all mixed up. Then my Teddy says: "Roman, I can't find the word yellow - can you find it for me?" And then I find the word for him. I can help teddy find all those words.

Or we put about 7 word cards out and we say all the words. Then I close my eyes and mum takes one word card away. Then I have to work out which word she took.

Mum's going to teach me more words this week and then I'll help teddy learn them as well.

That's all for now,
Roman

Wedding

Hi All,

Today I got to go to the wedding of my special friends - Steve and Phoebe!!

I don't know if you remember but when I went to my Aunty Leanne and Uncle Tim's wedding I REFUSED to wear the lovely suit mum and dad bought for me. Well today I couldn't wait to get into it (mainly because I really wanted to look like daddy).

So here is a photo of me and my mum just before we went to the wedding:



And here's one of just me:



I really liked the wedding. I also really liked everyone telling me how handsome I am.

That's all for now,
Roman

3 days in a row

Hi All,

Just for fun I thought I would blog three days in a row.

I'm going to tell you about one of my favourite parts of the week.

On Sunday nights I get to sit on Mum and Dad's bed and watch playschool on their TV. I take my teddy and dog and we do the actions and sing the songs (loudly) and have lots of fun. Sometimes I have too much fun - I jump a lot and sometimes I bang my head but it's still worth it.



What's the favourite part of your week?

Bye for now,
Roman

Washing Up

Hi All,

I think my days of getting a free ride are over...

Today mum asked me to... DO THE DISHES!!!!



Unbelievable!

(Don't tell mum but it was actually kind of fun! Lots of water and bubbles - I don't know what she's compaining about when she does them).



Let's wait to see what they try and get me to do tomorrow - mow the lawn??

Bye for now,
Roman

Things I say

Hi All,

Sometimes I say funny things.

Mum gave me soup for dinner last night (from a can). I ate it and said, "Mum this is AMAZING, like a thousand dollars!"

After mum's group today I asked mum whether she could take me to the red park. She drove me to a park and she said, "Is this the right park?" and I said "That is absolutely correct."

Mum and Aunty Leanne took me 10 pen bowling this week which I LOVE. At home I have some pins for ten pin bowling and when mum was putting me to bed I saw just 1 of them sitting on my book shelf. I pointed to it and said to mum, "Hey look, one pin bowling!"

Mum and I went to a bookshop the other day. We were wandering around for a little while before we started to head to the cash register. That's when mum noticed I had picked up a book. She asked if she could have a look at it. I showed her. She noticed the book was called, "What happens to me when mum and dad split up?". She laughed and said that we were going to put that book back on the shelf. I said to her "But I need it for tonight when we get home!" Mum said that actually I didn't need it and that we really did have to put it back on the shelf. Turns out I didn't need it.

That's all I can think of right now,
Roman

Ways to embarrass your mum

Hi All,

Today I found a great way to embarrass my mum. We were walking into Myer and my dad said the word "heinous" because we'd been listening to a song which had that word in it.

It occurred to me that the word "heinous" sounds a bit like the word "penis" so I said "penis" out loud. Mum hushed me and got a bit embarrassed. So I thought it would be a good idea to say "penis" very loudly, over and over again. Mum started to walk away (I think she was pretending that she didn't know me) so I started to chase after her yelling "Penis, penis, penis" as loudly as I could.

Dad thought it was very funny. Mum did not.

That's all for now,
Roman

Wombat Stew

Hi All,

Today I went to see a musical called Wombat Stew with mum and dad.



It was really good! I clapped and danced and thought it was very entertaining. I asked mum if we could go again next week but she said no.

Bye for now,
Roman

Singing

Hi All,

I really love singing, especially Play School songs. I sing them all the time. Sometimes I sing them when I'm supposed to be sleeping (I don't think mum and dad know though).

Here's me singing one of my favourite songs:



Do you like singing?

Bye for now,
Roman

Shaving Cream painting

Hi All,

Yesterday mum and I did something very fun that we saw on Play School.

We made shaving cream paintings!


Here's what you do:

• Put some shaving cream into a container
• Add food colouring
• Mix it all around
• Put paper on top and press gently
• Scrape shaving cream off
• Hang up to dry

We did it in the backyard and it was so much fun. It was messy but good. I was in charge of putting the food colouring in the shaving cream and mixing it up.

I highly recommend it.

Bye for now,
Roman