Paddington

Duxford is my bear. Mummy and Daddy got him for me for Christmas. He sleeps with me every night. Mummy says that he fights away bad dreams while I am sleeping. Before I go to sleep every night, I tell him all about my day and when I wake up, I tell him about the dreams I had. He is a great listener and the best bear in the world.

Today, Duxford got to go to London with me! While we were there, we had to stop at Paddington Station to change trains. That's when Mummy and Daddy surprised me.

Duxford brought my old coat and a red hat just like Paddington Bear wears! He was all dressed up just like Paddington in the stories. Mummy and Daddy took lots of pictures of us. I was so happy to see Duxford and his costume made me laugh.

This is right after I saw him all dressed up. So cool!!

I was feeling really tired...

 When we got inside Paddington Station and were waiting for our train, Mummy started telling me the story of Paddington Bear.

 When she got to the part when Paddington was left all alone in the train station, it made me so sad, I had to cry. It would be so scary to be left all alone in a train station!!

 But then Mummy told me about two people, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, that read Paddington's tag (Please look after this bear. Thank you.) and decided to take him home with them. Then I was so happy! And I was even happier because I knew that Duxford was just pretending to be Paddington and that he would be coming home with me!

Duxford makes a pretty good Paddington bear, doesn't he?

p.s. Mummy told me later that there is a statue of Paddington Bear in the station! I was too tired to go see it today, so maybe next time!

Punting Today

We all went punting again today. The sun was shining and it wasn't very cold outside, so Mum and Daddy decided we'd better go before it rains again this weekend. Since we have an annual pass, I agreed it was a good idea.

Today, Mum brought some bread and we fed the ducks! They swam really close to the punt, which I really liked but it made Mummy nervous: sometimes I like to hold on to the side of the punt when we go down the river and she thought that was a bit close to the ducks beaks. I thought it was fine.

When we go punting, I usually get to play with toys or with the blue mat that Mum and I sit on. Mum likes to keep me in between her legs where I can't get in to too much trouble. Sometimes I get frustrated because she holds on to the back of my coat so I can't grab the wooden slats on the bottom of the boat.

Daddy, of course, stands up on the end of the punt and gets us up and down the river. Today, we went all the way from Scudamore's past Magdalene College! That's as far as you can go on the Backs.

Mummy said today was especially nice because of all the beautiful colors of leaves. She says it's called "Fall" in the United States, but everyone here says it's "Autumn."

New Blocks

Mum bought me some new blocks! They all  bright colors and different shapes. So far, I like the ones shaped like an arch the best.

I like to help Mummy hold the camera. :)