I'm strong ...

I don't know what was going on this morning, but I woke up late and mummy and daddy were still asleep they normally come and wake me up if I sleep in this late. I guess they got all muddled up and thought it was the weekend or something, daddy got me ready for nursery and took me but mummy was still in bed, strangely I thought nothing of this until I started to write this, but it's a bit odd as she wasn't ill but didn't go to school, I hope she doesn't get in trouble with Quinn's mummy. Nursery was good and we did cooking as it's Thursday and today we made bread, I  helped out the girls with the kneading bit as they don't have big muscles like me, and our bread was lovely, not that I expected anything else as everything we cook is lovely. When it was time to go home daddy got me, but mummy was there as well I (had a massive smile on my face). On the way home we had to do some shopping as mummy wanted some paint and we needed some dinner, the man in the paint shop very was nice and gave mummy some money off just because he liked me. When we got home I played with mummy, until I was bored of her then went down into the garden getting Grace and Amelia on the way, so I had someone to play with, it was very hot outside and we didn't stay out for long, but it was getting late anyway and I had to get home for T3B's.   

At nursery - when we were making the bread.

Miss Jo - "Can we have the boys on one table and the girls on another"
Neo - "I'm going with the girls"
Miss Jo - "But your a boy"

While holding arms in muscle man pose

Neo - "I know but I have muscles, to punch the bread"
Miss Jo - "Ok then"

Old mummy's back

This morning I got up nice and early, as mummy went out last night before I went to bed and I wanted to check she got home, she did and its a good thing I checked as she didn't look like she was going to get up for school, but when she did get up she must have thought we were back in England because when she was ready to go to school she looked like she did in England (sticky hair, loads of earrings, tattoo's showing) and I like it she should look like that more. After old mummy went to school me and daddy mucked about and read loads of my books, before we went to the big swimming pool where I did loads of good swimming, daddy said its my best swimming so far. When we got home me and daddy read loads of my books and watched Gnomeo & Juliet, one of my favorite films. Not long after that mummy came home still looking great, and we went back to her class room as she had some nice cake for us that she forgotten to bring home. We then went back home and mummy read me a new book, then she had to get ready to go out AGAIN, she is making a habit of this and its going to have to stop. After she went daddy helped me make my pizza for dinner.

After mummy went to work

Neo - "Daddy do you like mummy when she looks like that? I do she looks like old mummy"
Daddy - "I do that's what mummy always looked like"
Neo - "No, her hair was blue and I liked that too"

Last pony club :(

Me, Dr Pepper, and his Groom

I was sad today as its the last pony club, as the pony's are all going on holiday to a place that's a bit colder as Abu Dhabi is too hot for them now, I hope they have a good time as I really like them and they deserve a nice holiday after all their hard work - giving us all rides every week. I had a good time there and had a last ride on my favorite pony 'Dr Pepper', he was good and even went fast for me, I'll miss him as I won't be able to come to pony club when they get back after the summer, as I'll be at school. Daddy says I might be able to come to the stables on Saturdays to do the long rides (round the grounds), hopefully all my friends will come to, I'll let daddy sort that out. It was hot today and I think everyone just wanted to stay indoors, when we finished on the pony's, but I wanted to play so I dragged daddy outside to play with me. Eventually Max came out to play (but Noah and Reis were not there today) so it was just us, we had fun but had to go home after a while, Max went in his car today as his mummy is clever and passed her driving test. I wanted to go with them, but daddy said I had to go with him. On the way home we quickly went into some shops to get mummy's camera, the man STILL didn't have it and I think daddy wanted to be very naughty, he had that look on his face (if it was mummy she would have, I still think she might yet). Daddy let me go to the play area for a bit then we went home, I had a little day sleep, and when I woke up there was a crane at the university I wanted to go see it, so daddy and me went for a nice walk and watched the men making the new bridge, after our walk we came back home and I went to play with grace and Amelia, until mummy came home then it was time for T3B's.

Mummy was telling me that someone had upset my good friend Shain

Neo - "Lets kick them or punch them"
Mummy - "We can't do that, it's naughty"
Neo - "OK then slam the door on them ........... or tip rubbish on them and they will get it in there mouth"

I want my own way!

There was nothing much to tell you today, it was a nursery day and I had a good day - we played outside and I learnt some Arabic, then at the end I got a lift home with Abdullah. I had a chilled out afternoon with daddy reading my books and playing with my cars, after a while I was getting tired and wanted daddy to know so decided bad Neo should finish the day, I spent the rest of the day winding him up, not that I want him to know but dinner was lovely and he can do that one again.

During my winding up daddy

Daddy - "You have a choice, you can sit over there and eat you dinner so you can watch your film, or sit at the table"
Neo - "I don't want a choice, I want my own way"

Bugsy ...

I woke up early today just to make sure mummy got up (I don't think she wanted to), she kept turning her alarm off and trying to go back to sleep, and I wasn't going to let her - it's school day for her and nursery day for me. After she went to school I decided to take as long as possible getting ready for nursery just to wind daddy up a bit, hehe. I took sooo long that when we got to the lift (on our way down) when the doors opened Abdullah and his mummy were inside coming up to get us, they had come up as we were sooo late (which is unusual as normal we are ready and Abdullah is not). Nursery was good as usual, I had splash play and I got my class photo which looks great (I have asked mummy to scan it in so hopefully you will all be able to see it tomorrow). I got a lift home from Abdullah's mummy and we went into mummy's school to watch the final dress rehearsal for the play that mummies kiddies are doing are doing (Bugsy). I liked it, apparently I didn't even notice mummy walking through, I was so busy watching the play I didn't see her. 

Mummy - "Don't stretch your t-shirt"
Neo - "But I like it, so if I stretch it it will still fit me when I get bigger"

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?"