Ice Skating

I was quite nice to mummy and daddy this morning, I didn't make them get out of bed till almost 9:00 - I was up earlier but I didn't bug them too much until 9am. After breakfast we got dressed and for some reason they put joggers and jumpers on, not sure what that was about maybe mummy and daddy do need more sleep because I think they've forgotten we live in Abu Dhabi (in 43') and we are not back in England, pretty nanny says that it's hot back there this week but we'll still need jumpers when we go back because England's idea of hot is not really very hot.

Well I went along with there crazy clothing idea and we went for a drive in the car to where the bowling alley is, but parked by a different building, when we went into the building, I decided mummy and daddy maybe had the right idea as it was freezing, then we had to swap our shoes for funny ones with bits of metal on the bottom, and they were very hard to walk in, but not as hard as walking on all the ice in there, mummy and daddy say its called ice skating -

 I have wanted to do this for ages, but I have to say 'it looks easier then it is'. Not long after we got there my friend Abdullah turned up with his mummy so we all had a go skating, me and Abdullah were not very good but we did get better the longer we were there, and it was fun despite falling over a lot (but between me and you half of the time I wasn't fallen onto the ice, I was just sitting on it and touching it, I told mummy that it remind me of Christmas in England). On the way out I bumped into another one of my friends Noah, he was there with all his family,
I hope he enjoyed the skating too, I'll ask him at pony club on Tuesday. After we finished skating we had to get yet another hole in my arm from the doctor, I don't like them but mummy and daddy had to get some as well. Daddy had to get two, whilst me and mummy only had one each. After that we had to go and do some shopping mummy wanted some stuff to have a dress made for aunty chell's wedding, it was boring but the men in the shop were funny and gave me some chocolate biscuits. When we got home daddy cooked a lovely roast dinner (Sunday roast on a Saturday) and then it was time for a shower.

When I was going to bed...

Mummy - "If you get up in the night for the loo, don't flush it"
Neo - "Why not?"
Mummy - "Because they are turning off the water"
Neo - "But I won't be able to wash the germs of my hands"
Mummy - "I will put some wipes in the bathroom, so you can still clean your hands"
Neo - "Will that kill the germs?"

After all the fun and games

Yummy Cakes ...

Today mummy had to go to work something about reports, so me and daddy had a day together, after all the usual breakfast ect... we went to the shops and bought some stuff to bake some cakes as we've not done that for ages, we decided on making a banana cake and a carrot cake. When we got home with all the stuff we set to work making the cakes, daddy helped me with things like turning on the cooker and puting in the cakes but I did most of the work, and the cakes turned out really good. When they were all finish me and daddy did loads of reading and writing as I'm getting good at it now and want to show off when I get to big school. When I got bored of that we went to Khalifa park to run around and use up all my energy and yummy cakes, so I can sleep well again tonighht.

Neo - " I want to make a tomato cake"
Daddy - "No, you can't make a tomato cake"
Neo - "I think if you can make a cake from carrots you can from tomatos"

Cooking at nursery !

I didn't post anything yesterday because mummy left the computer at school, I'm not sure why but she does silly things like that for no reason sometimes. Yesterday morning I got up late as I'd been up a few times in the night, but this was only because I was SO excited as it was my first Thursday going to nursery and I couldn't wait. After the rush me and daddy got to nursery and all my friends were there, I had a great day because my class does cooking on Thursdays and I love cooking, we made cheese scones and they were lovely. At the end of the day daddy came to pick me up and we also picked up Abdullah, which was good as we got to play at our house for ages. After he went home mummy came home she went straight out again, I was not happy about this, but did get to play with daddy again, unfortunately when mummy did get back it was time for T3Bs.

I was using the magnetic letters to write my name on the fridge. Mummy was trying to help me find my letters, but she was trying to give me the wrong ones.

Neo "No, that's an oval my name has a circle in it"


    

Cold air !!!

I had another great night's sleep - I got up this morning, woke mummy and daddy up as they didn't want to get up this morning even though their alarm had been going off for ages. Eventually mummy left for school, and me and daddy had breakfast (I had one of mummy's special waffles with poached egg - I hope she doesn't read this as she's not meant to know I eat her waffles). When we had finished breakfast, me and daddy took the car to a garage to try and get the air fixed, as the other garage didn't fix it on Sunday. The car fixer man at this garage seems nice and I think he'll fix it. We left the car there and got a taxi to the big pool, I did loads of good swimming. Today I learnt a new trick I can now float (without my woggle or float) on my back for ages then when I'm bored I just swim backstroke. After a looooonnnnnnng swim we got a taxi home, where I got to speak to 'Friday nanny' and played lots of silly games with daddy. Later on daddy's phone rang - Yeah the car is fixed - he asked if I wanted to go and get the car or play at Abdullah's house, I don't know why he asked it's a silly question, of course I'd rather play at Abdullah's. I stayed . Me and Abdullah played inside for a bit and then went into the garden for the day, we stayed there until daddy got back.

I made a Lego model and mummy asked me about it.

Mummy - "What have you made?"
Neo - "Look its England it has got no sand or sea"
Mummy - "What about a sun?"
Neo - "No it has a moon and rain, it always rains in England"

Marshmallows ...

I didn't have the best sleep last night, daddy says I woke at 4:30am and kept waking up about every half hour there after, I think he's making it up. This did mean that I was up when mummy got up for work which is good as I like to see her before she leaves in the morning. After she had left I got ready for nursery and as we haven't got the car back yet so I got a lift with Abdullah's driver. Nursery was good as usual and Abdullah's driver even brought us home, we went to Abdullah's house for a few minutes until daddy came to get me, but I said Abdullah had to come with us so we all went back to our house to play and watch Chuggington, we did loads of running around and daddy chased us with my big shark, we played at ours until Abdullah's mummy came to get him for his dinner, I still wanted to play with him so I invited myself over to theirs for dinner (with him) - mummy said that I must eat it, otherwise I wouldn't go again - his mummy said I could, but when we got there dinner wasn't ready I thought it would be waiting, so I went straight to the table and waited, I told Abdullah's mummy I was hungry and wanted my dinner. When it was ready it was lovely and I ate loads. After dinner we went out to the garden to play for the rest of the day, till daddy came and took me home for my bath.

During one of my half asleep moments this morning.
Neo - "I'm hungry, mummies eaten all the marshmallow's, I want marshmallows"

Mummy says that she would like to add that she has not eaten all of the marshmallows and that I have with my cold hot chocolate - that is not an error I do not drink hot chocolate until it is cold, but I do eat the cream and marshmallows before they melt :)

Morning

Back to nursery today, I got up with mummy and daddy so I could I help mummy getting ready for school, all was good this morning and I was ready to go to nursery on time, so off we went to get Abdullah and then off to nursery. Daddy was then off to get the cold air fixed in the car. I had a good day as usual, then when it was time to go home me, Abdullah, and Amelia all went home together as our car wasn't done yet. Me and Abdullah played at our house until his mummy got home then we went to his house for the rest of the afternoon, until it was time for T&3B's.

Daddy - "What would you like for breakfast"
Neo - "I'd like that thing I'm having"

Festival?

Today I woke up early for mummy and daddy, not that they appreciated all my efforts in getting up for them, they just tell me to go in my room again, so I did and then decided to make lots of noise with my Lego (by pouring the whole box of into all over the tiled floor), daddy gave up and got out of bed and put Dumbo on again for me but this time he stayed with me unlike yesterday. When mummy got up, not that much later she had to go to school again something to to with someone called Bugsy never heard of him but he should know weekends are for NEO, well she wasn't in for too long as we had to go to see the doctor again to have another hole put in me, but I was a brave boy and didn't cry, although it did hurt a bit. After the doctor we went to a mall for ice cream and to buy Grace a birthday card as yesterday i twas her birthday and she was having a little party today because she went to the skiing place yesterday and got to play in the snow with the penguins, I want to do that and so does mummy especially as we have no cold air (still in the car) and the snow would cool us down nicely. When we got home I was playing with mummy and we did some photos I think mummy wanted me to do all posh ones but I liked doing it all wrong just as she took each one, before long it was time to go and see Grace and give her the card and present, all my mates (who live here on our complex) were there and we all had a fun time, until all the mummy's said it was time to go home for bed.

After I put on one of mummy's old sun hats (as in the photo)
Neo - "I am ready to go to a festival. Look daddy, which one are we going to?"

Visiting Quinn ...

Well here is what I got up to on Thursday and Friday, Thursday started with all the normal breakfast and messing with daddy around for as long as possible, but then we went to my friend Quinn's house although we didn't go straight there as daddy took the wrong exit on the motorway, so we had a bit of a diversion but eventually we got to their complex and the security man gave daddy some strange directions to where we needed to park the car fortunately there were some other men working and they got us to the right place. When we got out of the car park all I could see was the beach and decided I like where Quinn lives as he has a beach and we don't. Then we walked up some stairs to a nice big walkway with fountains, benches and nice plants, we waited there for Quinn and his daddy to come and show us where their house is. Well only waited for about a minute before I saw Quinn so went running over while daddy slowly got up to join us, then on the way to his house I saw their swimming pool, now I really want to live there as they can go swimming every day and that is my idea of a great place to live, a beach and a pool. Their house is very nice. Me and Quinn played with all his toys he has lots of dragons which is good as I like them and when he comes to my house I'll have to show him my ones, he also has a canon which fires bullets - I really liked this and we both had fun shooting loads of different things, after being there for a while I found another cool thing with their house, the lights in the toilet turn themselves on and off when you go in and out, I want them in our house as I need a step to reach the light switch. After spending most of the day there it was time to go home as daddy was playing football. When we got home daddy took me to mummy at school - I got to play the drums which I've not done for a while so I enjoyed that, also I got to meet Quinn's mummy not that I believed mummy when she said it was his mummy but she had a photo of him, so then I believed her and told her all about mine day and Quinn's day. I also told her off because she had said Quinn couldn't go swimming, because he has a cold. When mummy had finished she had a surprise for me I had 2 letters one from each of my grandparents and in them was another car with pop out weapons and Mr bump sweeties from pretty grandad, and Dumbo DVD from Friday nanny, this is a good film - there's an elephant that fly's in it (but there is also a naughty bird who is smoking, smoking is a dirty habit) I remember nanny telling me about it when she was in Abu Dhabi and now I've got it.

Neo - "We couldn't go swimming cause Quinn's mummy said it's too cold but we checked and it was a little bit cold and a little bit hot."

Now to Friday, I started by getting up early but mummy and daddy said I had to go back and stay in my room for a while, I didn't like this idea so I went to the living room and played on my computer until daddy came in and put on Dumbo for me, once he did this he said he was going back to bed but I wasn't having any of that, so made a huge fuss over everything crying shouting but when I kicked him though I might have gone a bit far and he made me go to my room for ages, eventually he let me come out and I was very very sorry. I had breakfast and watched Dumbo which I liked especially when he fly's and the pink elephants dancing. When mummy got up we had a chilled out time and I had a nice long bath before we had to go and do some boring shopping, that was about it for the day but I did get to drive the special cars at Masdar city. We couldn't go very far as the car is like an over as it was 43-45' outside and the cold air is STILL not fixed, when we arrived at the shops mummy got out the car she was pulling at her clothes and looking at her shorts, I asked her what was she looking at and she said it was to see if it looked like she had wee'd herself (something to do with sweat), I said "Are your shorts broken? or your pants?"        

Wait ....

So today I have had such a busy day at Quinn's house, that I have fallen asleep without tell mummy what I have been up to - apart from the fact that we played with Quinn's dragons. So you will all have to wait until tomorrow morning to hear my fun stories from today.

Messy yoghurt don't tell mummy ...

Pony club today although it's getting a bit hot now, and they have said that next week will be the last 'Pony club' of the year, there was not many children there today - I think this is because of the heat, but at least Quinn and Max were there, Noah wasn't but his little brother (Liam) was, we didn't play for very long in the park, after riding the pony's as it was way too hot, I rode Pepper and Candy (but not for too long as even the ponies are feeling the heat). When we were all finished riding the ponies, we went to the cafe where some of us drew pictures for the groom's as we won't see them after next week, I did a drawing of me riding Pepper and I thought it was very good and so did daddy. When we were finished me and daddy went to the mall to get some shopping and mummies camera, not that we got it, daddy got angry not quite like he does with me but the man in the shop still understood. After the shopping (I got some marshmallow's - woo hoo), we went to the post office to post a letter something about getting some money from a doctor. After that we went home and played inside for the rest of the day. 

In the car on the way home from the shops, I spilt yoghurt all over the back of the car

Daddy  - "Have you spilt any of that yoghurt? Mummy will not be impressed"
Neo - "Yes, but you can clean it up. Then it will be our secret"

Funky pants ...

Mummies still not any better today but she went to work anyway, I got up to say goodbye to her I thought she should stay (I was even hanging off her leg like a dead weight, as she was walking out of the door) but she wasn't having it. After she left me and daddy played, I raced him with my breakfast he had to do all the washing up before I ate my porridge, I won of course. When we had done playing and sorting all the washing and other things that daddy has to do, we went swimming to the big pool - I did loads of proper swimming, I'm getting quite good at this now and keep throwing my woggle and float away as I don't really need them as I can always get to the edge or to daddy if I need to. Daddy still hasn't got the cold air fixed in the car, he says they will do it on Sunday, that's ages away and its very hot without it, by the time we got home from swimming, we were so soaked from sweating in the heat, we might as well stayed in our swimming stuff. Not long after we got home Abdullah's mummy came to get me, we went off to pick Abdullah up from nursery (he's lucky, he gets to go every day ) then we went to his nannies, which is good as I didn't get to go there other day, and we even went to the mall to play in the 'learn and play area' which is a bit like a massive nursery - I liked it.

I decided I was going to help daddy get dressed this morning, as this meant we would get to go swimming earlier.

Daddy  - "Neo, Can you please get me some pants from that drawer?"

Neo  - "OK, I'm getting you some funky ones, as you haven't got any Buzz Lightyear ones "

Hot Air ...

Pony club again, but first to give you an update on mummy - mummy is still not better, hope me and daddy don't get it as it seems to make you a bit grumpy, and both mummy and daddy can do that well enough without been ill. Pony club was good as usual with all my friends, but I think its getting a bit hot for the parents they just stand around chatting and not really playing with us at all. After pony club we gave Max, his sister and mummy a lift home which was good apart from the cold air in our car broke so we all got VERY hot, I think daddy's going to get it fixed tomorrow, I hope so because we need cold air. By the time that we got home daddy and me had to take off our t-shirts as they were soaked, I don't think an ill mummy liked me laying my wet t-shirt on her, but it was a new way to wake her up. Mummy went to lay down again and me and daddy got loads of my toys out and played lots of silly games, until we thought it was cool enough to go out side, it wasn't (it was still 43' @ 5pm) I got very sweaty again and so we didn't stay out for long but by then it was time for dinner anyway, so I didn't mind coming back in.

Neo - "Daddy get the cold air fixed, I don't like hot air"

No ants today ....

I got up just after mummy and daddy this morning, as I wanted to say goodbye to mummy before she went to school, although something was up mummy she wasn't her usual running about self, but she went in anyway, I think she might be a bit ill, well after she went daddy sprayed my hair again and then I had a big long bath before daddy gave my hair a big wash to make sure all the ants had gone, while I was in the bath mummy came back home as she was sitting (not looking her best) on the sofa, now I knew she was ill. She and daddy then spent ages looking all through my hair just to cheek the ant eggs had all gone before daddy took me to nursery, and they let me in after checking my hair AGAIN. I had a good day and Miss Jo read my book 'Farmer duck' as we are currently learning all about farms. After nursery mummy was still on the sofa not looking her best. We all watches some films together, before we went to the garden so I could play with Abdullah, we had fun until it was time to go in for T3B's, at which point I thought it was time for 'naughty Neo' to come out to play, just to annoy mummy and daddy, as much as possible before bed time, I think I did a good job as they didn't look very happy - but I think I might have lost out as well as mummy always reads my book to me when I drink my milk, normal she does silly voices and takes her time but today she read it really fast in a dull boring voice, I think I might behave tomorrow night.

On way home from nursery.
Daddy - "What did you do at nursery today?"
Neo - "I did painting, Arabic and Miss Jo read my book"
Daddy - "What did you learn in Arabic?"
Neo - "Arabic!"

Nasty Ants ...

Today was back to nursery, but we didn't give Abdullah a lift as he i staying at his nannies house, when I was at nursery I got join in with the splash time as daddy remembered my towel and change of clothes today. In my class I was making a sheep and really liked gluing the wool on him. At lunch time daddy came to pick me up which was strange and I wasn't happy as I was supposed to go with Abdullah to his nannies after nursery so we could play, but nursery said it was something to do with the ants in my hair. The rest of the day was fairly chilled and daddy put some more stuff and combed my hair again, but that was about it for the day.

Neo - "I don't like these ants, they stop me from going to Abdullah's nannies house"


    

Fun on Yas

I got carried away today and by the time I remembered it was time for bed. We had a good day spending most of the day at one of the hotels on Yas island, so I spent most of the time swimming, and mummy and daddy got to chill out in the sun (well mummy kept running between the two as she said it was 'too hot'.

Just after waking up to mummy and daddy
Neo - "Why do I miss you when I don't see you?"

Tiny ant eggs ...

Early start today for no reason other than to annoy mummy and daddy and to watch 3 movies one after the other, once they finally got up. We got dressed and started to get ready to go out but when mummy was brushing my hair she said she found little eggs - I don't understand as I haven't seen any ducks or chickens, she said that they were like tiny ant eggs (sometimes I think mummy talks a load of rubbish), we were going to the shops and the park but all of a sudden mummy decided that before we went anywhere that we had to sort out the washing and even my teddies (including stitch) all put into the washing machine. Finally we got out but no where exciting just to the shops, whilst we were there mummy was looking for a comb - I'm not sure why I already have two at home - but she couldn't find the kind that she was looking for. When we got back home mummy put some STINKY stuff on my hair, covered it with a silly green hat and but at least she washed it off after about 20 minutes - she said that it was to get rid of the tiny ant eggs. 

So overall today has been a VERY lazy not doing much day.

I was not ready to go to bed today so I kept getting back up, when ever I do this mummy and daddy always take it in turns to put me back into bed it's almost like a tag team.

Neo - "It's mummies turn to put me to bed" (this was about the 6th time - 3rd time for mummy)
Mummy - "Come on ... get into bed ... night I love you"
Neo - "Mummy .... are you getting fed up with me?"
Mummy - "I'm not fed up but I do wish you would got to sleep and then we can have fun tomorrow"
Neo - "O ok, night then love you"

Fitness day ...

Ahhhh ... I had a chilled out morning just playing about with daddy, until it was time for us to go swimming, where I had a great time and did loads of proper swimming I think this was good in daddy's eyes and I think I need to do more as well because when we go back to England I want to show off to my friends and instructor from my old swimming class. I wasn't happy thou as Andrew wasn't there but I had fun anyway as daddy let me do some silly swimming after all my hard work with the proper stuff. After all that hard work daddy EVEN let me have a day sleep, which was good as I needed it, I think he tires me out just so I do have a sleep sometimes. After my sleep me and daddy had races with my toy cars and I did some of my best dancing but then we had to stop and go to mummy's school as daddy was playing football, I think he's going a bit crazy does he not know its 45 degree's outside? Well we left him to get sweaty and went back home. Then my friend Shain came round and she bought me two new books, she always moans that mummy and daddy don't read me the classic fairy tales, but until now I didn't have them; so now mummy and daddy won't have any excuses, Thank you Shain - I love Shain's books she always picks good books. Once daddy came home, mummy and Shain went out.

Neo - "Where have Shain and mummy gone?"
Daddy - "To the gym"
Neo - "Why?"
Daddy - "They're trying to get fit for Shain's wedding"
Neo - "So mummy will be fit like you Daddy"

Hot Hot Hot ...

This morning I was on best behaviour as daddy said we could go to the hotel if I was good, so I did my best, I didn't argue or make any fuss over breakfast, while daddy sorted out our bag. When it was time to go we went down stairs to Nicky and Amelia's as they were coming with us, which would be good as it can be a bit boring with only daddy especially as there are not very many children to play with there (anymore as most of the holiday makers have gone home to escape the heat). It was very hot today (45c) - SO hot we had to stay in the water or shade all day long, I liked staying in the water but not so keen on the shade bit (especially as I had my t-shirt on all day anyway), it was OK for when we had lunch but that's it. We had loads of fun in the swimming pool's and I kept trying to teach Amelia to swim, but she didn't really like that. Me and daddy went to the beach so I could swim in the sea, as the hotel is in a little bay you don't get any waves - so I don't get sea water splashed in my face, which makes it a good place to practice sea swimming. After spending most of the day there it was time to go home, I could have stayed longer but daddy was going on about getting a ticket on the car, don't know what he was on about he got one from the machine when we got there. When we got home it was back to my trains and reading books until mummy came home and we had dinner one of my favorites SHARK. 

Daddy - "Tomorrow shall we go proper swimming?"
Neo - "With my friends?"
Daddy - "Your swimming friend might be there" (The lifeguard)
Mummy - "ahh that will be nice"
Neo - "Yeah, I think he should go to nursery"
Daddy - "He can't ..."
Neo - "I just figured it out he's too big for my nursery"

A park at the airport?

Pony club day - So I knew it would be a good good day, woke up early to say goodbye to mummy, had breakfast got dressed and had my hair done (which trust me when I say that can take forever mummy says its because of the rat tails but I don't know why there are rat tails in my hair, they should all be on the rats - I'm not a rat!), with time to spare = a good day so far. I took my scooter this week so I could get from the car park to the ponies quicker, and when I arrived Pepper was ready and waiting for me so I made sure I was on him straight away, I had a really long ride as it wasn't very busy today, after I had rode Pepper, I went on Candy and Century. When the club was over I put one of the other ponies back into his (air conditioned) stable I can't remember his name, but he was very nice until I opened the door to his stable when he pushed past me before it was open properly and squashed me, I wasn't very happy about this as daddy says its rude when I do it and I don't like rude pony's. Not all my friends were there today but there were enough of us to still cause as much trouble as ever. For the rest of the day we didn't really do very much as it is getting too hot out here (to be outside), we just stayed in and played with my trains and read some books. When mummy came home we all went to a new park at the airport, this is a nice big park and I don't think anyone knows its there as we didn't see anybody the whole time we were there and it didn't look like it gets many visitors, I think we will come here more often now and we might have to bring a picnic next time.

On the way home from pony club.
Neo - "Can I have a day sleep?"
Daddy - "Yes"
Two minutes later 
Neo - "No music daddy it wakes me up, and I'm getting fed up with it"

Pirate faces ...

I got up late this morning, when I say that I actually mean daddy got me up late, I told him I wanted to have a long lay in just to see what its like, mummy and daddy seem to like them so thought it was about time to give it a go (I quite liked it and can see why mummy and daddy don't like me waking them up) so I might even let them have one at the weekend - but please can you remind them that I've only said 'might' let them. It was good that we were running late as just as I was getting dressed Abdullah's mummy came to the door with him and asked if we could take him to nursery with us as the man who normally takes him on Mondays was taking his brother (Musa) to his nanny's house. I had another good day at nursery; we made a farmer, as we are learning all about farms this month. After nursery it was too hot to play outside so Amelia and her mummy came to ours and we played with my trains and started watching Gnomeo and Juliet, until they had to go and get Grace from school. Then me and daddy went to the garden for a bit, but I was hungry so we went back to make dinner and then mummy came home so I played with her and she gave me a long bath, before book and bed.

Neo - "Mummy take a photo of me looking like a pirate ....
I can be a happy one, a cute cheeky one, a sad one and an evil one"

(Neo pours water over his head) Mummy - "Is that a pirate too?"

Neo - "Yes, he is one who has just washed his hair"

Measurements ...

Back to my normal today Sunday, daddy had to wake me up as I was very tired after all my fun over the weekend with Abdullah, and we ended up being late for the drive to nursery, not as late as Abdullah thou when we knocked on his door to take him he was still asleep. His mummy did take him to nursery  a bit later thou. I wasn't to happy with daddy today as on a Sunday my class has just started 'splash play sundays' and he didn't bring me anything to wear so I had to stay in the playground bit. (When he picked me up he said something about not knowing, I don't believe him thou I just think he is jealous as he doesn't have any splash days). Apart from that, I had a good day at nursery. Once daddy had drove me home we played with some of my puzzles and I got my wooden train set out; until mummy came home as it was SO hot today and I didn't want to go into the garden, as no-one else was there and it's not so much fun on my own. When mummy did get home she said I had to have loads areas of me measured (She measured boring parts like my arms and legs, when she was measuring my arm I asked her "Do you need to measure my willy?" she laughed and said that Aunty Chell didn't need that) for aunty Chell's wedding, when she had finished, we all went out to the garden as loads of my friends were out

Whilst daddy was putting me to bed.
Neo - "Make sure you put Stitch in as well, he's my best friend"

Sleep over . . .

No post yesterday, I had a sleep over at my friend Abdullah nannies house and didn't have a chance to blog to you all. Well Friday morning started with me winding up mummy and daddy, I was just SO excited to be going to Abdullah's and wanted mummy and daddy to just hurry up and get ready so I could go. When we finally got there, Abdullah's family were getting ready to go to the mosque, and once I'd put my bag away, off we went (Shain - I have now been to a mosque for a service, are you proud of me?). After the mosque we went to marina mall for some lunch and lots of fun in the play area, after we were finished we went back to Abdullah's nannies house, where we played some more before T&3B', when we went to bed me and Abdullah were trying to have a proper sleep over with a lot of chat and not much sleep when we finally decided to go to sleep we heard a loud scream so we both got up to investigate, which is when Abdullah's mummy told us that Abdullah's cousin had stood on a cat, neither me nor Abdullah believed this, we both said "She stood on a cat???", who stands on a cat - anyway we were both tired so we went back to bed and slept.

Saturday - this morning I woke up at Abdullah's nannies house and had weetabix for breakfast, after breakfast me and Abdullah went into the garden and picked some tomatoes for Abdullah's nanny. Then after a morning of play and lunch we went over to Abdullah's friend Lauren house, she was really nice and I especially liked playing with her 'Thomas the tank' engine trains and swimming in her pool. After this we went and got some tea, me and abdullah were so tired after our busy weekend.

Me and Abdullah picking tomatoes

So I came home to see MY mummy and daddy, they were really happy to see me, I was happy to see them too BUT I did ask if I could go back to Abdullah's nannies house after only about 10 minutes of being with mummy and daddy, hehe, I really like Abdullah and his family, mummy and daddy said that I am allowed to have a sleep over at my house, so I am going to ask Abdullah's mummy if Abdullah can came and stay here with me.

Domino effect ...

Daddy wasn't awake when I got up this morning (only mummy), and mummy went to school soon after I got up - so I just had to go and get daddy out of bed, I started by shouting 'mummy mummy' even thou I knew she'd gone then when I got bored of that I just went in to mummy and daddy's bedroom and got on the bed and jumped up and down, poked daddy, tickled daddy, and shouted at him until he FINALLY got the message. After some more annoying him I decided I'd better be nice as I wanted to go swimming, and if I just annoy him he might not let me go. So off we went to the swimming pool where my friend Andrew works, he was swimming already when we arrived so I just got on with it and used my new float to do loads of proper swimming, I even did a load on my back, which daddy says I don't do enough of (but I did loads of it today to make up for it), even Andrew was impressed. A bit later Andrew was having a lesson on how to jump in from the blocks, he should have asked me as he knows I jump in from everywhere, he was doing some funny way where you go in hands first, doesn't he know your meant to go in feet first? After swimming daddy had to get a hair cut and I just had lunch and chatted with the men in the barber shop, one of them was a bit silly and kept saying we were in Dubai not Abu Dhabi (I know we where we live so I was trying to tell him, silly man). Well I had a day sleep in the car and daddy let me sleep a bit when we got home too. When daddy woke me up, we had fun running around the flat and me hiding daddy's not very good at finding me so this game can last ages. Then we went to the garden and mummy came home I hardly even got a go on the swing and we had to go out to a strange shop - there was loads of material all wrapped around tubes they were all stacked up like domino's so I decided to see if they worked the same so I tried and they did, I pushed one over and they all started to fall down - whilst I did this mummy bought herself two sari's for Shain's wedding.

When daddy was trying to take me to bed
Daddy - "Come on lets get you to bed"
Neo - "No, you go I'll stay here"

Holes in me :( ...

Today was quite good for me, it started with the usual winding up of daddy by not eating my breakfast, I say not eating but I did actually eat it but made sure I took as long as possible over it I think one and a half hours for a slice of toast isn't too bad. When I was finished with that and got dressed we got the kitten out of the maids room and took him down to Nicky - as she was taking him to the cat rescue centre, so they can make him all big and strong, though he kept escaping from the box and trying to play and run, I like him as he's cheeky like me. After we gave him to Nicky, we went to see a doctor as daddy says I need some special medicine, the doctor was very nice but said we have to go back for more medicine for Shain's wedding, BUT I've never needed medicine for any of the other weddings I've been to, so I'm not sure what the doctor means maybe she just wants to see me again. When we got around to the medicine bit I wasn't so happy as the medicine isn't the stuff I normally get at home, as it was an injection. I know I'm a big boy but it did hurt just a little bit, I didn't cry I just said 'ouch' and took my sticker. After all that I decided I was going to give daddy a nasty afternoon as he said the doctor wouldn't hurt, it didn't hurt much but I'm not going to let daddy know that. So when he made lunch I decided that I would eat it REALLLLLY slowly, it took me over three hours to eat a sandwich (which is a new record for me). After my 3 hour lunch, we went down to the garden to end the day on a good note, If daddy's good I might be good for him tomorrow.

Neo - "That doctor put a hole in me, I don't like holes in me"

lost kitten ...

Pony club, this morning I decided that I'd been to easy on mummy and daddy so (my split personality)  VERY naughty Neo came out of my bedroom and just ignored everything they said or asked me to do. Mummy got off easy as she went to school, so I gave daddy a double dose, not sure he liked it but he's not seen that side of me for a while and its good to keep him on his toes. Once we arrived at Pony club I reverted back to good 'butter would not melt' Neo just to make daddy think he had gone mad, I think this is funny not sure he does thou. I had a good time with my friends as usual, and even got a photo of my new friend Quinn and me playing on one of the toy pony's that are in the playground there. After we were finished me and daddy gave Max, his sister, and mummy a lift to the mall, as we had to take mummy's camera back because the man still hasn't fixed it properly, they need to otherwise mummy will be very cross, I think the man at the shop is very lucky that it is daddy that has been dropping it off and collecting it otherwise he would have to deal with mummy in a bad mood, and trust me when I tell you all she is scary when she is in a mood. After we got home and had lunch me and daddy went to the garden to play, and I found a little kitten who has lost his mummy, he was very small and very hungry, so I made daddy take him up to ours and give him some milk and chicken, I'm not sure daddy would have if I wasn't there so its a good job I was, once the kitten was fed daddy said he had to go back down to the garden, I wanted to keep him but daddy says we are not allowed cats so we took him outside, we carried on playing and keeping an eye on the kitten. When mummy came home she saw the kitten and decided we had to take him to the cat rescue but they were shut so now we are looking after him until the morning.

Mummy "Daddy is the bestest daddy isn't he?"
Neo " No, you are"
Mummy "But I'm a mummy"
Neo "But your so good I don't need daddy"
Mummy "But daddy is the best daddy?"
Neo "No Martin is..."

Happy Anniversary Mummy and Daddy

Weeeeeeeeee ...

Me and Abdullah on the river ride (and yes this is actually in a shopping mall)

Not a very exciting start to the day mummy had already gone to school before I got up, so I got ready and went to nursery, nursery was fine and daddy came to get me at the end of the day, then we went home and I played cars with daddy for a bit, but then his phone started ringing and he just left me playing on my own, which I thought was quite rude. But then he came back and asked if I wanted to go out to a playarea with Abdullah , I said "yes am I going without you?" I hoped so as it would make up for him been rude to me, he could stay here and clean and I'll go and play. So off me, Abdullah and Amoona (Abdullah's mummy) went - off to Delma mall - to the play area to go on all the rides like the river ride, and play some games, I think we wore Amoona out as it was getting late when we left for T&3B's. When we got home dinner was ready and I really liked it, daddy said it was something called 'fajitas' they're good as you put all different things in a bread thing then wrap it up and eat it they are lovely and I don't know why daddy hasn't cooked them before, but I want them again soon.

On the way home from nursery daddy was asking me about my day:

Daddy - "Did you have a story today?"
Neo - "Yes it was one of Miss Jo's new ones"
Daddy - " Do you know what it was?"
Neo - "I don't know"
Daddy - "What happened in it?"
Neo - "I don't know"
Daddy - "Oh"
Neo - "It's a dictionary"
Daddy - "Really?"
Neo - "A dictionary, is a really thick book"

Reproduction lesson starts here ...

The weekend is over (so back to nursery), I still can't get my head into this going to nursery on a Sunday, but as its the same for everyone in Abu Dhabi its not to strange. Today started well I had a great nights sleep and woke up ready for a good day, after breakfast me and daddy went to get Abdullah so we could all go to nursery. When we got there Miss Jo was back from England YEAHHHH, she said she had a good time but that the weather wasn't as nice as it is here. After nursery we went home and played in the garden until Abdullah's mummy got home from work, then we all went to his house for some tea and an afternoon of playing until it cooled down a bit outside, then we went out to join Grace and Amelia.

Whilst Neo was having poached egg on toast.

Neo - "Mummy, How do a mummy and daddy ducks get an egg with a baby duck in it?"
Mummy - "Well the mummy duck and daddy duck make a nest, then the mummy duck seats on it then she has an egg, which has a baby duck in it."
Neo - "No but mummy how do they get the baby duck egg?"
Mummy - "They get one because they love each other"
Neo - "But HOW do they get the egg?"

Good news or bad news?

I was really good this morning, mummy and daddy said I should not get them up till late, so for a change I didn't I just played in my room and the front room until almost 9:00am, now that's a real lay in for them - so I hope there happy about it, they should be. More bad news mummy has to go in to school again (but at least today was only for a hour), I think I'm going to go and tell them that she has to be with me at weekends so no more school at a weekend PLEASE. After mummy went to school me and daddy went to the Abu Dhabi Mums table top sale, and I got a load of new cars so that made up for no mummy, and when we got home mummy was there that made me very very very happy. I showed her all my cars and we had some fun with them, after lunch we had to go and do some boring shopping but I had fun and kept running off and hiding, I like this as it makes mummy and daddy all worried, their funny like that. When we got home Abdullah was in the garden, so I went to play with him until it was time for T&3B's.

Early on this morning mummy used the saying 'Do you want the good news or the bad news' to let me know she was going to school, from then on I've been using it ALL day.

Neo - "Do you want the good news or the bad news?"
Mummy - "The good news"
Neo - "I've only got bad news"

Neo - "What news do you want?"
Mummy - "What is there?"
Neo - "Good news, bad news, rudey nudey news or wiggley news?"
Mummy - "What is rudey nudey news? or wiggley news?"
Neo - "Rudey nudey news is that I took all my pajamas off this morning when I woke up, so I was rudey nudey all morning"
Mummy - "And the wiggley news?"
Neo -  "That's because my bum goes ..." (I say as I wiggle my bum)

Its not fair ...

This morning I got up early - as it's the weekend and I couldn't wait to spend it with mummy as she has had to be at school all week (so I don't get to see her as much as I should), Mummy and Daddy were not so happy to see me and told me to go back to my room and stay there until it was day time, I was awake so as far as I'm concerned it was day time, but they kept saying it's not day until the sun comes out, what do they know. I did what they asked for a bit as they'd only get funny if I don't, but I got bored and bugged mummy until she put a DVD on for me (Timmy Time) to entertain me until they bothered to get up. While waiting I got a bit hungry so helped myself to mummy's yoghurt, she would only let me have a little bit if she was up so thought I'd take advantage while I could and ate most of it (it WAS one of those big ones). When eventually they got up and came to give my some bad news, mummy was going in to school today. I am not happy about this as it means I've got to spend another day with daddy. But guess I'll just have to get on with it. There was some good news too as daddy said me, him, Grace, Amelia and their daddy (Martin) would be going to the family park, so once we were ready we all got in our car to drop mummy at school and drove to the park. When we got there I went straight to the splash park my favorite part of the park, Grace and Amelia haven't been here before and I think they both liked it to but Amelia was suppose to stay dry (hehe) so she got in to trouble but she got over that, but her daddy took her and Grace to a different part of the park so she didn't get in any more trouble, I stayed in the splash park for a bit longer playing with some other children until me and daddy decided to find Martin and the girls and have some lunch, after lunch we all played in the park for a bit but it was very hot so we didn't stay for long. When we got home I went for a little day sleep, I'm not sure what daddy did but I did notice that the flat was bit cleaner, when I was finished sleeping me and daddy went to the garden as mummy still wasn't home and we stayed there until she did, and then I finally got to spend some time with her.

Neo (to mummy) -  "Why do school want you again? it's my turn to be with my mummy?"

Wrinkly me ...

So I let mummy and daddy lay in for a bit, but it was boring so I kept bugging them until mummy got up (at 6.30pm) and let daddy have some more sleep. I got to watch a new DVD with mummy I really liked it, its got dragons in it (called Dragon Hunters), mummy says its a bit strange, but I like it. When daddy got up I got him to make me some breakfast as I decided the toast mummy made wasn't very nice, I had changed my mind and now wanted porridge. After the breakfast and getting dressed stuff, I took some coke and eggs down to Nicky as she wasn't feeling very well. After dropping the eggs and coke me, mummy, and daddy want off to Yas island to one of the hotels so I could spend the day swimming in the nice pool, I had a great time and I think mummy and daddy did too. I went all wrinkly by the time I went home, mummy said it was because I was in the pool for 5 hours.

Quote happened when I had a towel wrapped around his hair and one wrapped around while getting dry after swimming.
Neo - "I look like Abdullah's mummy, because she has one of these"

Nudey rudey ...

Today - Daddy said I could go to the hotel, so I was really good for daddy just in case he changed his mind, we got ready really quickly to make sure we got as much time there as possible, as daddy said he had to get back to school to play football when mummy's school finished. When we got there it wasn't like when my 'pretties' were there as we were the only people, more people did come later on and I even got to play with some other children when I got bored of daddy. But before that we had a great time, we did loads of swimming, I even swam in the sea which I don't normally (as I don't like the salt in the water). We found lots of crabs, but daddy made me let them go, I wanted to take them home to show mummy.  I think we should go there more often as it's really good.

Neo - "If you go in the sun rudey nudey, then you will get a sun burnt willy"
Mummy - "But your not allowed to go sun bathing rudey nudey in Abu Dhabi"
Neo - "Well, If there's sun in the toilet I'd get a sun burnt willy, and would need to put cream on it"

FACTion ...

I didn't want to do anything today, well that's not really true I wanted to go to the hotel where the pretties stayed but daddy said no, so daddy says I've been sulking for the whole day, but I have had loads of fun. after breakfast we went shopping to get me some paint brushes and some paper, so when we got home I could do some paintings for mummy, I also did lots of reading with daddy and had a long time out in the garden playing with everyone. Then to finish the day I made my own pizza for dinner with sausages, chips and olives all over it was really yummy.

Neo - "Is this book fiction?"
Daddy - "Yes, that's a big word where did you learn it?"
Neo - "Miss Jo taught me, and did you know if a books is not fiction it's FACTion?"

Eva comes to pony club ...

Pony club - I decided I've had enough lay ins this week, so got up with mummy and daddy, although daddy can't work out how we are always late when I am suppose to get up early, but when I get up late I'm ready to go in record time (No-one tell him but I just think it's fun winding him up and see him get stressed about silly things sometimes). We got there OK, so I don't know what all the fuss was about, I had a good time all the gang were there today, but I took 'Eva' bunny as well so she could have a go on the pony's, all the mummy's loved Eva and some of my friends did to.As usual we were the last to leave. After pony club me and daddy went to a mall to get mummy's camera, I don't understand why the shop has it as mummy bought it ages ago she should keep it - she always tells me off for leaving my things in shops - the man in the shop had it apparently to do something to it. We went to the playarea after and I won 2 races on the motorbike game. Then we went and got lunch and as usual I got loads of attention and even got kisses from all the school girls, daddy never gets kisses from the girls hahaha. On the way home we went to a park and I banged my head daddy made it all better with a cuddle but also said it didn't count as there was no blood, there wasn't any blood but it did really hurt - mummy says I have a big black lump.

Neo - "Daddy, if it doesn't count if there's no blood,, why is it naughty to hit people, that doesn't get blood out?"

No Scooby Doo :(

After another night of waking up alot, daddy has decided I won't be able to watch some of my favourite TV programs (Scooby Doo, my new film 'Dragon Hunters'), something about me waking up because my dreams have been all about the baddies, not sure I agree but I'll go along with it for a while. So after a night of waking I didn't want to get up this morning, daddy had to wake me so we could get to nursery on time. I had a good time again today and when daddy came to get me I was playing in the soft play room and kept hiding so he couldn't find me let alone get me, I was having loads of fun and didn't want to go home. When we got home me and daddy had a nice time vegging and I did a drawing of daddy (it must be good as even mummy liked it, and she's not like normal mummies who stick everything up on the fridge I have to do a really good piece otherwise she just files it in some big black file- which I've never seen???) and showed him how well my writing is coming along. When I got bored of being inside, we went down to the garden and played with Abdullah, Amelia and Grace (when mummy came home she said it looked like it was going to rain, I don't know how she knew but it started almost straight away, it only lasted for a couple of minutes), we continued to play until it was time to go in and have T&3Bs, Tea was one of my favourites smoked salmon risotto.

Neo - "I'm not like you daddy, I'm clever like mummy"

Miss Jo is away ...

Sunday - So the weekend is over and its back to nursery. Although I decided last night that daddy has had too much sleep in the last few days so I kept waking up just to keep him on his toes, and he did alright getting me back to sleep quickly each time. Nursery was good even though Miss Jo isn't in this week as she is back in England for a wedding, me and my friends all had a good day and were nice to our temporary teachers. Because it is Sunday me and daddy get to take and pick up Abdullah so after a very long drive home, Daddy says the road works are causing chaos, we went straight into the garden with Amelia and all had a fun few hours playing until Mummy came home and then it was time, for T and 3B's (tea, bath, book bed), and now I decided Mummy and Daddy have had it easy for a while now so I got out my horrible naughty side and ignored everything they said until it was time to say good night.

Daddy to Mummy - "Do you have any plans for the weekend?"
Neo  - before mummy had a chance to answer "Yes, I'm going to England to clean it as its dirty"

Service's Day

Baby bird

I got back really late last night and went straight to bed, so I never had time to blog yesterday. Today I decided me and daddy should go swimming, as we've not been for a few weeks, so after a lot of faffing about by daddy we went back to the big pool, I think the men who work there have missed me as they looked very happy to see me (and they liked my Arsenal top), I did lots of proper swimming as daddy calls it - he says I've been doing to much silly swimming with all my grandparents - its not as much fun as silly swimming, but daddy did let me do some silly stuff after lots of the proper swimming. After lunch I had a day sleep (as swimming is sooo tiring), then it was time to go and get mummy and for daddy to go to play football, he says he plays football but he doesn't look anything like the footballers on TV. While he was off running around chasing a football me and mummy went to the garden to play with all my friends.

Neo -"Look ..." (I showed daddy a baby birds feather)
Neo - "I think ..."
Neo - "Well when a baby bird flew up to his mummy this fell down and he flew down and looked for it but he shouldn't find it in the grass ... But we came down here and found it hiding."
Neo - "Did you know that?"

1st Nose bleed ...

Today is Friday so its the weekend, but unfortunately as there are some people coming to look at mummies school in 2 weeks time she had to go into school today, which I didn't like because I like spending the weekends with her (daddy gets a bit boring - I have to be with him all the time). But I made the most of today anyway, first I let mummy have her weekend lay in as I'm nice like that, then when she was ready to go into work I walked her there, as I don't get to do that during the week and it makes her feel better about going in. After lunch me, daddy, Nicky, Grace and Amelia, went to the beach - where we had loads of fun until there was an accident, I got banged on the nose and got my first ever nose bleed, everyone looked worried apart from daddy, who just took me to the little police station, the ladies in there cleaned me up and made it stop bleeding, so I could carry on playing as normal. After lots of the usual fun and games, it was time to go home and see mummy, I missed her today.

Neo - After lots of rambling nonsense "that can be my quote"

Dubai

Today was an exciting one as me and daddy went to Dubai to meet up with daddy's friends Rich and Chloe and their baby Anwyn, who we've never seen as she is only just over a year old (Rich and Chloe have been living in New Zealand for the last 3 years). Me and daddy had a nice easy drive to Dubai, but then had to find the hotel that wasn't easy as daddy says the roads in Dubai are mad (to many fly overs and not enough signs) and as I was doing my usual chatter chatter chatter we kept missing the roads we needed, but after a few attempts we finally arrived at the hotel - I don't know why daddy said it was my fault he was the one driving and missing all the turnings. Once we were there we went up to the apartment and met daddy's friends I remember Rich from when I was a very little as he's really funny, Chloe was really good too. We had lots of races around the old souk's, Anwyn was really nice and I like her a lot - I hope we can meet up when we go back to England. After playing in the apartment for a while, we all went out to get some lunch. we got a taxi up to the place with the Dhow (boat) taxis and got on one to go down the creek until we landed near the restaurants, then we went for a little walk and I chased some pigeons, then we had a nice lunch watching the boats going up and down the creek. After lunch we went for a walk (or should that be run) around the souk's where me and Chloe had loads of races, I won all of them because I am the fastest. When we were all done at the souk, we went back to their apartment to play until at was time for Anwyn to have her 3B's (bath, book and bed) then us boys (me, daddy and Rich) went to Dubai Marina for dinner which was really cool as we sat outside looking at the twisted building, also I got to have pizza and chips just like the song mummy found me on the computer (check out the video and song but beware it gets in your head - http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/pizza-and-chips), but this was no normal pizza & chips this pizza had chips ON it, daddy said its a bit strange but i liked it, and the man serving us was really funny and said I was the king and he kept coming back to serve me. I didn't get to say goodbye to Rich as I fell asleep on the way back so I'll say it now bye Rich.

After I was trying to stroke some cats
Neo - "Daddy that cat made a noise"
Daddy - "What kind of noise?"
Neo (rolling his eyes back) - "A cat noise" 

New friend ...

So pony club again, I got up early - I don't think mummy and daddy wanted to get up at all today, but I got them up eventually well mummy got up daddy stayed in bed till mummy had gone to work, we got to pony club OK but things were a bit different today as due to the strong winds a few nights ago the big sun canopy over the area where we ride was broken. There were some fixer men fixing it, so we had pony club on a big grass area near the cafe, it was really nice to go somewhere different. Today I rode Candy and Pepper again and when we were finished I took Pepper back to his stable and helped feed the other pony's, then Peppers handler took me to see the biggest pony they have and said he'd see if I could ride him next week, I hope I can he's almost as big as a horse. All my friends were back this week so I had loads of fun in the park area when we'd finished with the pony's, and there was a new boy there this week, Quinn who joined the gang as if he had been part of it for ever, so it will be really good to see him next week. Later in the afternoon I went to play down stairs in the garden with all the other kids  and had a great 3-4 hours till mummy came home.

In the car on the way to pony club
Neo - "Someone has to sit in the back with me"
Daddy - "I cant because I'm driving"
Neo - "I will be sad on my own" (big fat lip)

Lets build a rocket ....

There was no snoring Friday granddad in my room I would take advantage by having a good long sleep, so long that daddy even had to wake me up so I could get to nursery on time, and we couldn't be late as Abdullah comes with me today. This week at nursery it is reading week,so we are allowed to bring in a book for all of the class, so I decided to take in 'Edward built a rocket ship', which is one of my favourite books, and one of my best friends at nursery is called Edward, and I think me and Edward should build a rocket ship and steal the moon (using a shrink ray), mummy keeps saying Shain could help me with this but I don't need her help, although it would be good to see my silly friend - as I've not seen her for ages think mummy has got to sort that out. After nursery I had a fun afternoon in the garden with all my friends, until mummy and daddy said I had to go in and have some dinner, after dinner I had a good chat with my 'pretties' and that was it for today, night night all.

I have been watching 'Despicable Me' a lot in the last week
Neo - "Daddy, when you go shopping can you get me a rocket?"
Daddy - "Why do you need a rocket?"
Neo - "To steal the moon. Can you get a shrink ray as well, as I need one of them too"
Daddy - "I'm not sure they have them in lulu's"
Neo - "Ok we'll get it when we go back to England, and I need a space suit, and a spare one. One pink one and one green one."

This is what I want to do ......

Miss Jo read my book ...

I've not been up to much today - had another lay in, and been to nursery (and Miss Jo read me and all of my friends my book - Edward built a rocket ship), and then after nursery I played in the garden for about 2 hours and thats about it, for today.

Neo - "At the weekend you have to take me back to England so I can stay at pretty nannies house, so you and mummy can do all the boring shopping"

Goodbye to my 'fridays'

After a goodnights sleep, I decided to bug mummy and daddy until daddy finailly got out of bed to play with me and put on the film I wanted to watch 'Madagascar 2', for some reason daddy wasnt in such a fun mood this morning, later mummy said it was something about me making daddy get up early for the last few days, but I just think he's in a mood because sometimes he just is. When granddad finally got up(nanny got up with me I think it's something all nannys do), me and my 'fridays' went to play in the garden as they had to go home in a bit, and when we got down stairs we saw that it had really rained last night, so much so that there was huge puddles, bits of trees and fences all over the place. After not long enough it was time to go back up and take the fridays to the airport, as it is their time to go back to England. I was sad to see them go but i'll see them soon when we go back to England in July and that will be good. After they had gone through customs, I looked for their aeroplane and when we had seen it - we went home for lunch and a day sleep for me when I woke up, we went to old airport park; I had lots fo fun playing on loads of the climbing frames and swings, until it was time to go home.

Neo - "Daddy, Are you sad now your mummy and daddy have gone back to England?"
Daddy - "Yeah, are you?"
Neo - "Yeah, why did nanny have to go home. She doesn't have work?"

Hilton with my 'Fridays'

Today was a great day, me, daddy and my 'Fridays' spent all day at the Hilton beach club which basically means I spent all day swimming, jumping, building sand castles, flying down the slides and just having loads of fun and getting wet - it was such a wet day it even started raining (mummy would have loved it, but she has to work). Although the day started all strange with a big sand storm,we were driving to the Hilton, daddy said it was like driving through fog, I just thought it was funny that it was daytime but we couldn't see anything. When we got to the Hilton it had all cleared up which was good, but there was no where to park our beast - so daddy left me and my 'fridays' while he went off to park the car, when he eventually joined us me and granddad were already in the pool so I think daddy just went to sleep (he was laying on a bed thing with his eyes closed). After a while we went down to the beach to build sand castles, I think nanny must have got bored of daddy sleeping, so she decided to come down to the beach and we made another sand monster and granddad went for a rest (I'm not sure he can keep up with me, daddy said its something to do with his age). When we were done on the beach it was time for some lunch so we went to wake up daddy. After lunch I took daddy to the slides and we left my 'fridays' to rest while me and daddy played for ages, well until it was time to go home, and that was the bad bit as I was very very tired and daddy said it was to late for a day sleep, so they all bugged me to keep me awake all the way home - I didnt like this but when I got home mummy was there to make it all ok with her massive squeezy cuddles and kisses.

Daddy - "No kicking" (as I kick the back of the driving seat)
Neo - "I'm not kicking, I was just letting my feet dance"

Friday Brunch with the Fridays

Last night I decided that as mummy had made things better yesterday I'd see how far I could go so I woke up calling for daddy in the middle of the night and didn't settle until he came into mine and 'Fridays' bedroom, which was my master plan was to end up in mummy's bed so then I went with daddy to the sofa and waited until mummy came in and asked if  wanted to sleep with her in the big bed, so I told daddy that he could keep my blanket and stay on the sofa - I went into mummy's bed with her for the rest of the night. In the morning I went to see how daddy was and watched a film with him, I'm not sure he was too keen on this - I think he wanted to do more sleeping , but it was morning time. We watched cars 2, by the end nanny was up as well, after breakfast I did some painting and then me & nanny baked some cakes and decorated them with the special icing which pretty nanny bought and left for me. They look really good and taste even better. By the time we finished granddad decided to wake up, so we had to get ready to go out for brunch, when we got to the brunch place the man kept walking us around and around but we never got to a table then mummy and daddy had a chat with him (I know that he wasn't going to be happy as mummy put on her teacher voice and I know that is bad news) as I guessed he wasn't happy but he walked us around some more until mummy finally said OK and we were sat down in a restaurant, which we had all to ourselves, then he went away and we got our food I had the best ever fish fingers (with sweet potato chunks) and ate them all up even though mummy said something about there been enough for 3 of me. After we all finished eating the man took us for another tour but this time a very short one, where we ended up at the pool and me & mummy spent the rest of the day in the pool.

Neo - "Its morning wake up"
Daddy - "I am awake"
Neo - "No your not your eyes are shut"
Daddy - "But I'm talking to you, so I am awake"
Neo - "No you could be sleep talking"

Zoo again ...

Today was a good day - to start off I took friday granddad down to the garden, where Amelia was with her mummy (Nicky), so I asked them if they wanted to come to the zoo as me, daddy and my 'fridays' were going there a bit later, they said yes, so when we had finished playing in the park we all went to the zoo, Amelia and Nicky went in there car because they wanted to go shoping afterwards, where as I wanted to show my 'fridays' the special cars (which drive themselves) at Masdar city. The zoo was good, they have now opened some new bits with snakes and pink funny birds with long skinny legs and some had hair that looked like dandylions (with a loud noise), they made me laugh. Lots of the animals seemed a bit sleepy today maybe it's getting a bit hot for them, they all had strange hose pipes making nice cool mist around there pens.
After we said goodbye to Amelia and Nicky, we went off to 'Masdar' so we could go in the self driving cars and show my 'fridays' all the good things they are doing there to make Abu Dhabi green, I thing it already is as there is trees and grass everywhere, bur daddy says its something to do with something called carbon footprint - I don't really know who that is, but I like doing painted footprints so maybe I can do some more with green paint to help.
When we got home we waited for mummy then we went to the revolving restaurant in marina mall, but daddy forgot to warn nanny about the glass lift (and the height) that goes all the way up through the roof and outside of the building (mummy always thinks its like being in the glass lift in something called 'Charlie and the chocolate factory'),  I thought this was funny as she had to stay as close to the door as possible, so that she wasn't scared, when we got up there she was fine and we had a nice afternoon tea.
quote
Neo''I'm bored''
Daddy'' Why are you bored?''
Neo'' I'm bored of you telling me what to do''

Back to nursery

Back to nursery again today, I've missed all my friends there, even though I've been having lots of fun with all my grandparents I still miss my friends, today we were reading the story of the gingerbread man and then we made our own gingerbread men, but they weren't like the ones I made with pretty nanny as we are not allowed to eat them. I got to take home the fire engine - I made last term, mummy really liked it (Miss Jo will be happy). After we got home, I went out to play in the park with nanny while granddad had a day sleep, I don't know why he gets to have a day sleep, because whenever I ask for one everyone says its too late, I'm not sure I agree with this (as he's always having a day sleep).

After a long conversation with lots of WHY's
Nanny - "You'll have to ask your father''
Neo - "I dont have a farther'' long pause "Or a sister or a baby, I only have a mummy and a daddy"

Splash park fun

Mummy went back to work, - me, daddy and my 'fridays' went to my favourite park, the family park, I had loads of fun running around all the different play areas, and got nanny and granddad climbing on the big pirate ship, I thought this was really funny especially, when I made them all go down the slide. After some lunch we went to the splash park there where I as normal got soaking wet.

Neo - ''Daddy do you have some more clothes if I get wet?''
Daddy - ''Maybe''
Neo - ''I dont want to go to the splash park then''
Daddy - ''I've got these clothes spare''
Neo - ''I can get wet then?''
Daddy  - ''Yes''
Neo runs off to the splash park as fast as possible

Pony club with fridays

Those of you who follow this blog should know its pony club day, today was good, I got to take my 'fridays', and I got to ride my favourite 'Pepper' but someone else was on him, so I went on Candy first, I've not been on her before as all the girls normaly like her, she's only a small pony but she did go really fast for me, I think from now on she will be my second choice because she is so fast, I even overtook all the other ponys, when I was finished on her I had a break then I got to go on pepper and the man who looks after him even let me put him back in his stable, and I helped put all his kit away.
Unfortunatly not all of my little gang were there today, but it was great to see Noah, Liam and their mummy again, as I've not seen them for a few weeks as they have been on holiday to England. Well after pony club we went to the beach for the rest of the day - I did lots of running around and building sand castles, we even made some sand monsters (one had loads of teeth and it kept trying to eat daddies feet). After spending most of the day at the beach, we went back home to see mummy and go out for some dinner we went to the 'Noodle house', I like as all the staff there as they are really funny and the food tastes good too.

Neo - ''Daddy, pretty nanny and granddad and friday nanny and granddad have been to see me at pony club, so when we go back to England in the summer can I ask my old nursery teachers if all my friends can come. You dont have to ask I will. So can I ask?''

Baby talk

Today we had a chilled out day, we all went to the plant market as mummy needed to buy some plants for school, then mummy dropped me, daddy and my 'fridays' at the 'Heritage centre' where we saw some men making pots and glasses.
Neo - non stop talking for about 10 minutes straight - "...and when I was a baby I didn't know how to say all of that"

Tanned Daddy

Today we were very busy, we got up and all got into the car and went for a drive to Dubai, once we were there mummy did a driving tourist tour for my 'fridays' we saw 'The Palm', 'Atlantis', 'Burj Khalifa', 'Burj al Arab', 'Dubai Creek', sections of the souqs, but the best part was the 'Dolphinarium' - where I saw dophins and seals doing tricks, catching balls, jumping out of the water. They were amazing.
Neo - "Daddy your the colour of Abdullah"

Beach with Abdullah

Today we had a lazy day on the beach, it was really good as Abdullah and his mummy were there too - so I had loads of fun. It was a nice temperature today, but nanny and granddad were complaining how hot it is, 'but this is not hot nanny'.
Neo - "Daddy, will nanny still be here in the morning?"
Daddy - "Yes, Neo she will"
Neo - "Thats ok then"
Daddy - "Yeah"
Neo - "Is it Friday tomorrow? "
Daddy - "Yeah"
Neo - "Thats why Friday nanny is called Friday nanny"

Change T-shirt

Today was another lazy day, me and mummy went into school – she worked, I drew and painted then daddy came and got me we went off to the shops and a play area. That was it apart from a lot of house tidying – I think I heard that my ‘Fridays’ (Friday nanny and granddad) are coming over, but they are trying to keep it a secret I guess they don’t want a ‘hyper Neo’ again, but once I work out when their coming I am saving up aload of hyperness.

Mummy - "Neo, if you want to paint lets change your t-shirt"

Neo - "No, I don't want to"

Mummy - "Stand up and I'll change it"

I kind of straighten up, mummy starts tugging at my t-shirt

Neo -"Give me a chance, I can do it"

Mummy - "Sorry"

Neo - "You didn't even let me try to do it, I can do it"

Film

So today was a sleepy day with ponies. I went to pony club (mummy went to work) and then when I got home from the ponies I fell asleep – daddy kept trying to wake me, but I was having none of it, I slept for almost 3 hours which is very long - normally I have 20 minutes that if I even have a sleep.
Neo (6am) - "Daddy, can you put a film on....that way you won't have to wake up"
Daddy - "uhhh"
Neo - "Come on"
Daddy - "Which film do you want?" daddy picks one
Neo - "No, not that one" daddy picks another one
Neo - "No not that one"
Daddy - "What film do you want?"
Neo - "You pick"

Bye bye to the 'pretties'

I slept back home last night so nanny and granddad could pack everything up as they are going back to England tonight. I let daddy sleep in till 7:30am, this morning and then we watched a film while mummy slept in longer, though she didn’t stay in bed to long as we had to go and spend the last day at the hotel beach, when we got there we couldn’t find my pretties anywhere, so we went to the pool so I could start my day of fun – I was even the first one in the pool. Even thou the weather today wasn’t very good today - it even rained, mummy was soooo happy as it was the first time she had seen and felt rain she’s seen since we’ve been in Abu Dhabi - daddy just kept saying it’s cold it was 27c. After a long day catching crabs, swimming, playing on the slides, and generally just having fun at the pool and beach, we all got dressed and said goodbye to the hotel, and the funny lifeguards who kept trying to tell me off – for doing spins and roly polies down the slide. Then it was off for dinner and back home to say my MASSIVE goodbye’s to the pretties before bed. I hate goodbye’s – I hate saying it on the phone and even more in person, I stick to ‘see you later alligator’.
Nanny - "Have you brushed your teeth this morning"
Neo - "No, I couldn't you have my toothbrush here"

Neo drinking blackcurrent and apple cordial
Neo - "I'm drinking dragon blood"

Gnome

Granddad - "Look Neo, there is a gnome like Gnomeo"
Neo - "No, Granddad he's not a blue"

Pool day

I spent the night with my 'pretties' again, but decided to have a bit of a lay in and waited until 8:30am to wake up, I think that was very good of me as they were looking tired yesterday.  I decided to kick off the day with a nice big breakfast of 2 egg's and 3 pieces of toast, but couldn't wait for the man to finish cooking the eggs so had a quick warm up muffin to keep me going, after all that food I needed to work some of it off - so we went down to the pool again for loads of fun with Lola and granddad. After a while daddy and mummy came along so granddad could have a rest and it was daddy's turn to get wet and half drowned by us. We had lots of fun sending daddy down the slide and jumping over him, after a while we decided it was mummy's turn, so daddy went to have a break. When she was finished, I decided, I needed to have a day sleep as I've not really had enough sleep since my 'pretties' have been here and was verry tired, I'm not sure what they all got up to whilst I slept but I felt much better when I woke up. Then it was time to get dressed and go out for dinner, we went to mummy's bank first but they wouldn't let us in (it is a strange place to go for dinner) but as they didn't let us in we went to a proper place for food - I had pizza and after we had eatten we went to the playarea, before dropping my 'pretties' at their hotel and me, mummy and dadddy went back home.

I know that I am missing a day but unfortunatley once again we have lost that net thing AGAIN - mummy and daddy are getting so annoyed with the company now, but the problem is that there is really only one company here which does broadband unlike in England where at least you can say thet you are going to change companys here you can't so they know that you just have to put up with RUBBISH service in both senses of the word.