Little Monsters Blog

Congratulations...

2006-05-16T12:46:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONSTER XXX

I'm barred....

2006-05-07T12:21:00.000-07:00

We went to Goathland yesterday, that's the Goathland that's used in the Heartbeat series. The fact that Granda was the driver, navigator and open wallet, meant he had the choice for the first stop of the day. You guessed it, a pub for lunch. I did find the play area at the side though...

We visited all the places they use on the series....

......The garage

.....The station

.....I was even told to leave the pub bar. NO KIDS...huh, they don't know what they're missing

Yesterday was diesel day at the railway, so no steam engines. But we still had a train ride down to Pickering. A long way, a little boring, but plenty of time to run around the train and watch Granda try to keep up. He was kind enough though, to find me a tin of paint to stand on and look out of the door window.

Another long day, but a nice day.....I wonder where we end up next time ???

Morning monster...

2006-04-30T23:43:00.000-07:00

Hi monster.
Haven't got your walking video onto the blog yet. But here's the song you were singing yesterday coming home from 'Raspberry' topping.

Just click the circle in the middle of the picture.

Oh I forgot to say, you can feed tiger with tuna now. Just click on the box where his ball is,
catch you later.. XXX

...and the other one is here

A day with Dracula

2006-04-16T10:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Granda took us to Whitby, he told me about it being where Dracula landed when he came to England. I think he thought he was frightening me, but no chance...well, I got a little shock when we saw Dracula in the doorway of his museum.

The day started with me waking Granda up early, he'd been out to the mucky pub the night before, and Grandma said if he didn't have a headache he might take me out. I was in luck, he wasn't as grumpy as expected.
We parked the car at the top of the cliffs, next to a big old church. I think Grandma said it was an abbey.

Granda wanted to walk around the graveyard, he seems to like being near those spooky coffins. I enjoyed reading the names and ages of the people who had died, one child I saw died by drowning in the Tees river, she was only 3.
But I got told off for climbing on top of one stone...Granda said it wasn't safe.

To get down to the town we had to go down the steps, there are 199 steps, but I lost count on the way down. I think I was thinking too hard about the candyfloss Granda promised me.
There was a big ship in the harbour called the Grand Turk. We went aboard to have a look around. I even tried to sail her, but I think they had the anchor down, just in case.

Down in the bottom of the ship I met a real pirate, he looked scary at first, but he was a nice pirate really, and even made me a necklace out of thin rope. He showed me how they made rope for the ship, even let me turn the machine to twist the rope. But he said if I didn't turn fast enough he would cut my nose off. I think Granda would have flattened the pirates nose first. He also told me they had to eat rats when they got hungry. The fat rats were the best.

We then went along to have a sail out to sea on another ship, it was freezing but we had to wave at everyone we saw on land, and we had to sing songs, or the lady said we'd be dropped in the water.

The Fish Of The Sea:

Come all you young sailormen, listen to me
I'll sing you a song of the fish in the sea,

CHORUS

and it's...
Windy weather boys, stormy weather, boys
When the wind blows we're all together, boys

Blow ye winds westerly, blow ye winds, blow
Jolly sou'wester, boys, steady she goes.
Up jumps the eel with his slippery tail,
Climbs up aloft and reefs the topsail,

and it's... CHORUS

Then up jumps the shark with his nine rows of teeth
Saying, 'You eat the dough boys, and I'll eat the beef!'

and it's... CHORUS

Up jumps the lobster with his heavy claws,
Bites the main boom right off by the jaws!

and it's... CHORUS

Up jumps the halibut, lies flat on the deck
He says, 'Mister Captain, don't step on my neck'

and it's... CHORUS

Up jumps the herring, the king of the sea,
Saying, 'All other fishes, now you follow me!'

and it's... CHORUS

Up jumps the codfish with his chuckle-head,
He runs out up forward and throws out the lead!

and it's... CHORUS

Up jumps the whale... the largest of all,
'If you want any wind, well, I'll blow ye a squall!'

and it's... CHORUS TWICE TO END IT

I wanted a bucket and spade to build a sandcastle, I got one, but the tide came in and covered most of the beach. We found another small beach, and Granda helped me build a sandcastle.

So I got candyfloss, a bucket and spade, fish 'n' chips and two trips on ships....Grandma got fish 'n' chips, two trips on ships and cold hands....and Granda got fish 'n' chips, two trips on ships and an empty wallet. He did buy a packet of Whitby fudge

............ but me and Grandma ate most of it.

2006-04-04T12:32:00.000-07:00

ER, EXCUSE ME MONSTER..........GET TO BED

Sweet Dreams, and don't let the bed bugs bite

I'm behind you...

2006-03-29T13:10:00.000-08:00

BEWARE THE MONSTER - LITTLE MAYBE. BUT SCARY, YES

Granda put me one of those FlickR boxes on the blog. It's up on the right, and shows some more photos. Most of them have me on so they must be good.

Washington Wildfowl Centre

2006-03-19T11:32:00.000-08:00

We had another day out today. Grandma phoned this morning to say Granda and her would take me to Washington Wildfowl centre if I wanted to go. I thought she was joking at first, because Granda likes his lazy lie in on a Sunday.
I said I wanted to go, as I knew the flamingos were there. Granda and Grandma said that there might not be flamingos, but when we arrived the first thing we saw was a great big bunch of pink birds, standing on one leg. I knew they had flamingos, and when I told Granda, he just said "You win".

The lady gave us a ticket and a map to show us where to go. Granda kept the map, because I think he likes telling us where to go. We never get lost though, well not much.
The first thing we saw was a great big bunch of hungry ducks, I was a bit nervous of them pecking my fingers at first, but I soon got used to them eating the grain out of my hand.

As we walked around we came upon a great big swan, she was as big as a pony, but didn't look very friendly. She seemed better when we got the food out.

Granda found a little friend, he said he would be nice with 'black bean sauce' I don't know what he meant but his little friend followed him all over.

We kept finding these funny little buildings, I think they were called hides. Everyone was nice and quiet inside, until I went in. All the windows were closed so I tried to open them, Granda wasn't too pleased, I don't know why.

Newcastle football club were playing at home, and Granda said he saw a few of the fans in the lake. I think he meant they were black and white.

The best bit for me was the playground, it had a screw machine, that when you turned it brought up water.

At the end, Grandma and Granda wanted a cup of tea. I hid down a pipe until Granda promised to buy me a chocolate cake with my tea...........

............He soon said yes.

Mary Ann Cotton

2006-03-07T13:27:00.000-08:00

This is the rhyme I tried to think of about Mary Ann Cotton, a nasty woman who poisoned her husbands and children years ago. Dad showed me the house a few weeks ago, and Granda told me the story again when we came passed her house on Saturday night, after our walk.

Mary Ann Cotton
She’s dead and she’s rotten
She lies in her bed
With eyes wide open.
Sing, sing, oh, what can I sing,
Mary Ann Cotton is tied up with string.
Where, where? Up in the air
Sellin’ black puddens a penny a pair.
Mary Ann Cotton
She’s dead and forgotten,
She lies in a grave with her bones all-rotten;
Sing, sing, oh, what can we sing,
Mary Ann Cotton is tied up with string.

The cave.

2006-03-06T13:58:00.000-08:00

On Saturday Granda took us on another walk in the Lake District. This time he said that we would find a big cave, as big as a house. When we set off we watched a farmer feeding his sheep with his sheepdog 'Molly'.

When we set off walking again I think Granda wanted to go a little faster than I did, but I just kept on plodding away to keep him happy. We came to a campsite with big wooden chairs, and I just had to try them out. Oh, I could've stayed there all day.

When we reached the Lake, it was frozen over with ice. I wanted to walk on it but Granda said no. I did eventually stand at the edge, with Grandma watching me.

When we got to the first cave we had our lunch, and I found Grandas 'Wonka Bar' hidden in the lunch box. Freddie sent him it over in a box of pressies from Canada. He gave me half, but I think his half was bigger than mine....... He said it wasn't.

I wanted my picture taken inside the cave, because Granda said my new coat Grandma bought me had reflective strips.....and it did.

We had to walk back down the hill after the cave, and came across a little puppy who seemed to be running away from it's owner.
When we got back to the lake, we stopped to feed the birds. I think while we gave the swans our sandwiches, Granda ate his.....'greedy grumps'.

I looked everywhere for a pub, just so Granda could have a mucky beer...

On the way home we called at the stone circle near Keswick, I think it's where witches and goblins meet for a party. I never saw any witches, but I did see a big monster..... called 'Granda'.

....Bye bye

Sunflower Competition

2006-02-22T11:01:00.000-08:00

At the weekend I put some sunflower seeds into a jar, with tissue and water to make them grow. Last year I had a competition with Granda to see who could grow the tallest one.
I won the competition, but he said I kept picking the tallest one as mine whenever I went round to see them. I didn't cheat, it's just Granda doesn't like losing.

Big Baby.

I've noticed that some of the seeds are sprouting in the jar, so it looks like I might be getting mine planted before Granda. I don't think he knows I planted them for the competition.

So all I have to do now is to decide what prize I'm going to ask for.

Todays walk....

2006-02-04T12:30:00.000-08:00

Today I walked around Derwent Water in the Lake District. Well to be honest we caught the Keswick launch to the Lodore hotel and walked the rest of the way around the lake to Keswick.
Granda likes his grub, so the first port of call was the coffee house for drinks and a lovely bacon bun.
After the bacon bun we had to go to the launch jetty. But on the way I fed the ducks for a little longer than Granda wanted, and so we ended up at the back of the queue.

On the way round I enjoys watching the waves the boat made, and Granda took some pictures.

knew it was going to be a long day, so while onboard, I took the time to relax.

When we arrived at Lodore we went to look at the Lodore waterfall behind the hotel.

Half way through the walk Granda wanted to skim stones across the lake, so I had to join in........................just to keep him happy.

When we got around the back of the lake we came across more ducks, and because Granda went down to the waters edge to take a picture, the ducks came to see us. I think if we didn't have lots of food for them, they would've been fighting for it.

Granda took a photo of a little island, an island he said was haunted.

We continued around the lake and came across a picnic table. I was hungry and I think Granda was dying of starvation, so we had a picnic near another jetty. After we ate, the ferry came up to the jetty, but we were going to finish the walk and not get a lift.

Granda took my picture with Grandma, I think she thought she was a supermodel, as she leaned against the tree.

I was getting tired near the end, but we came across a piece of wood carving, and I just had to have a picture of myself on top of it.

I told Granda I needed energy, and the large piece of chocolate cake in the cafe looked just the kind of energy I needed.

Just at the Northern tip of Derwent, we came across the creature of the lake. Granda told me it was 'Desmond of Derwent' a wee little beastie, but rather cute I thought.

Well, after a long day of walking, we finally got back to Keswick just before dusk. I was very tired and seemed to get slower and slower, until Granda picked me up by my rucksack and made me fly to the end. He said I looked like a bat flying through the air. I thought more of a beautiful butterfly.

..........The end of a good day.

Tooth Fairy.....The Return of

2006-01-29T13:04:00.000-08:00

Seems the Tooth Fairy has felt the need to return. As you can see below, even without the front two teeth, I can still look cute and drop dead gorgeous.
Oh and the ice cream was a tooth friendly one.

Granda Chunky's on a diet....

2006-01-28T16:52:00.000-08:00

Granda Chunky seems to be taking this diet thingy too far.

The Tooth Fairy....

2006-01-22T09:42:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time there was a little girl called Lauren. One Saturday morning Lauren woke early, and as usual was full of the joys of life. Mam was off shopping later, a trip Lauren found a little boring. "Now then," she thought, "how can I get out of the trip ?." "I know, I'll phone Granda. It's only early and he can be a big lazy lump, but I'm sure he wont mind an early call."

So off Lauren went to find the 'Little Monster' phone. At 9 o'clock sharp Grandas house phone rang nice and loud, the problem being he'd left it downstairs. Grandma said she would rush down and get the phone before it stopped ringing, so off she popped with her big fluffy slippers flopping down the stairs. Even Lucy the pussycat ran away from the slippers, she must have thought they were two big furry monsters running downstairs.

Upstairs Granda thought the phone call must be from Lauren, only she would dare wake him from his much needed beauty sleep. So quickly Granda using his 'grumpy' phone, called Lauren up just in-case Grandma didn't get to the house phone in time, after all she couldn't run fast in those floppy slippers.

"Hi Granda" Lauren shouted down the phone, "What you doing ?" "Can I come over ?" "Can we paint ?". Questions, questions questions, poor grumpy Granda couldn't think straight, he always had a fuzzy head early in the day, and sometimes later in the day as well.

"Yes, you know you can come round" said Granda, and after a time was agreed, Lauren put the phone down.

Arriving at Grandmas, Lauren asked where Granda was. "Upstairs on the computer" she said, "he won't be long". But Lauren couldn't wait, and she ran as fast as she could upstairs to tell Granda the news she had."Look Granda, my tooth is all slack," and sticking her finger in her mouth, she wiggled the tooth back and forth to prove how slack it was.

The day was spent painting, watching CBeebies and drawing pictures on the computer. At the end of the day, a very tired Lauren went home to bed.

The next day Lauren was going to Metro Centre in Gateshead, to look for a bridesmaid dress. Mam was going, Grandma was going, and auntie Jo too. The day went well, and because Lauren was a good girl, Mam took her into the Metroland fairground.

The roller coaster was great, and Lauren remembered the last time she took Granda on it, he kept saying his backside was lifting off the seat. It was such a busy day that Lauren forgot about the wobbly tooth, but on the way home Grandma remembered it, and asked for a look. "Ok Grandma" said Lauren, "that's the one", pointing at the tooth. Grandma said "Oh yes" and put her finger in Laurens mouth, wiggling the wobbly tooth. Just at that Mam hit a bump in the road, Grandmas finger slipped and the wobbly tooth flew across the back seat of the car. Lauren looked at Grandma in shock, stuck her finger in the gap where the tooth should be, and then broke out in a fit of giggles. Within seconds the whole car was filled with the sound of laughter. Seems the tooth fairy's going to be busy tonight...

'Little Monster', that's me.

2006-01-21T11:46:00.000-08:00

Next Year Everest...

Back at school

We're the ghosts of Beamish

Aren't I cute

My 10 Targets...

2006-01-21T08:54:00.000-08:00

1. To be good

2. To not get my brother into trouble

3. To sleep in my own bed

4. To not talk in class 5

5. Not to be naughty for my Grandad

6. To be good for my mam and dad

7. Not to eat Grandmas sausages with Chunky

8. To tidy my room up

9. To go to bed when I am told

10. To spoil my Grandad Chunky

Monster Art

2006-01-21T07:59:00.000-08:00