My friend Helen is coming home today and she has been away for most of the weeks o I am very pleased about that. She has been visiting her friend Jacqui who is my friend too in a place that is called Bristol because Jacqui's mummy is not well at all and is in hospital so she is very sad at the moment. I am glad that my friend Helen will be back soon I have been missing her very much but she says that she has been seeing rabbits everywhere while she has been there and that it is probably my way of keeping a Bun-eye on her - well I am not going to say anything about that and whether it is true or not because that is my secret! She reckons that when they went to visit her friend Jacqui's dad's grave which is where he lives now since he died that nobody can put flowers on the graves any more because the rabbits come and they do eat them so I said that they should think of it like a special honour and instead of flowers they should take carrots and lettuce and stuff because some rabbits do like lettuce and that would be a nice treat and better for them than flowers which might give them indigestion.
Anyway I am looking forward to her coming home and so I will say that I hope that she will drive very carefully and not like my friend Nick who thinks he is a racing driver.
So the other day I went out with my friend Helen and my friend Nick because we had booked some tickets a long time ago to go and see the dinosaurs and I helped to pay for them with my own money as well! I decided to wear my leather waistcoat which is normally for cowboys but is also for hunting fossils and also I put on my necklace that is made of teeth and is for prehistoric stuff but I did not wear a hat in case it got blowed away on the river....
...yes, for an extra treat and because my friend Helen said it would be easier to get there we went on the train half way and then we went down to where there was a big river which is called The Thames and we were going to go on a boat the rest of the way. Now although I am very keen on pirates I do not like the idea of water very much and so I was a bit worried but anyway I was looking forward to it and I was very excited too but we was a bit early when we got to the wharf which I thought was a bloke from Star Trek but it turns out that it is what it is called where a boat does stop as well so anyway because we was early we had a walk along and looked at all the people who was painted silver and doing standing still as well as some bands playing music and dancers and other things which I really liked although my friend Helen said it reminded her of Hamsterdam from The Wire which we have been watching on the telly.
So then it got time to go on the boat at last and my friend Nick held onto me very tight so there was no danger of me falling in the water and I was grateful for that and I held onto Mister Carrot very tight too so he was not in danger. Here is some pictures from the trip first from where we started which is next to the London Eye that is like a big slow wheel thing
then we went under a bridge where the trains go over
We was very lucky because it was lovely and sunny and perfect weather for a boat trip and it was not going up and down too much but of course I am a very good sailor anyway and did not mind the rocking about.
There was lots to see as we went along with all the buildings and things and also birds that like to sit on the water and other boats going past and then later on we went near where I visited before and is called The Tower Of London and we tried to take another picture but it was hid by trees but also there is this big battleship there as well which my friend Nick says is called "HMS Belfast" and HMS stands for "Her Majesty's Ship" which means it does belong to The Queen although I do not think that she uses it any more. Then there was another bridge right next to it which is called Tower Bridge and it can go up and down to let the boats under but we was only short so we did not need that.
Later on we went past this boat which looks like it is from a cowboy film!
and also this place that looks like a palace and my friend Helen says is called Greenwich but it is said like Grennich for some reason but anyway it looked very nice and I said we might visit there on another day and she said yes.
After that the boat got a lot faster and we raced along and it was not very much longer before we saw where we was going and it is called The Dome although it looked like a big tent to me
but as we got off the boat and went nearer it was certainly very very big! When we got inside we went up some stairs with lots and lots of other people all going the same way and inside there was so many seats but we found our ones and me and Mister Carrot had a really good view
but after this I have not got any pictures because they said we was going back millions of years to before cameras was invented and so they was not allowed although other people did look like they was doing pictures anyway. All of the lights go off and although there was lots of children talking and playing with silly lighty things it did not matter because it is so exciting when first of all just a man comes out and then some huge big dinosaurs come out next to him and run around and roar and everything! There was some rocks in the middle that moved around on their own and the man said that was called continental drift and then there was some plants that come up as well all by themselves and then the dinosaurs had some fights and some had armour and some had long long necks and other ones had horns and also there was a flying one and finally a great big one that was a Tyrannosaurus Rex and it was so great I was really really pleased we did come!
My friend Nick has found some videos that someone else has done to show what it was like and it was just like this so I must warn you do not watch it if you do not want to see because you might go and see the show for yourself or it might spoil it but you can see that it was BRILLIANT! You can see how big the dinosaurs was because of how small the little man is next to it and these was not the best ones but that will keep the best bits for a surprise if you go and see them I reckon.
After it was finished we went to where we got back on the boat to go home but by the time we did set off the nice sun had gone in and it was starting to rain. Luckily my friend Helen had brought her little umbrella with her for us to stay under but I was still a bit worried I might get some wet on me so my friend Helen found a special waterproof bag that she had brought with her as well and my friend Nick helped make it into a rain cape for me and it was so good that my friend Helen says she is going to make me a proper one just like it later on although I still prefer staying indoors when it is rainy :¬)
So that was my day out and I had a lovely time and if you can go and see the dinosaurs I would say it is well worth it and also I think I will try to have another boat trip soon because that was so much fun as well!
Yes after all the miserableness the other day when we thought that the mothrapillers was dying it turned out they was not after all and it is very funny because my friend Nick and my friend Helen was so sure that two of them had died they put them in the bin and lucky for them there was not too much stuff on top because this morning my friend Nick looked at the others and found they was still alright so he rummaged in the bin again and found both the ones that was supposed to be dead was happy eating their leaves and they have changed their colours and things a bit is all! Apparently in the instructions it did say that you are supposed to keep everything very clean and wash all their food and that in stinky disinfection stuff but it turns out that you can throw them in the bin with rotten food and they are just as happy :¬D
So anyway they is all rescued now and eating fresh food again and this is what they look like now
and you can see they have got much more colours now and black stripes on their faces and some black dots up the side too.
Hmmm now my friend Helen and my friend Nick are making lots of comments about "oh that rabbit does not seem to be moving very much any more so maybe we should throw him in the bin" and laughing but I do not think that is very funny just because I like a lie-in!
It was a really great day yesterday but my report must be a bit delayed unfortunately because my friend Helen's caterpillers are all in trouble again and so everyone is very upset because it looks like they will all die like the last lot did. I will try and get my friend Nick to help me do it tomorrow instead and it might cheer him up a bit then.
Hurrah! Today I am going out to see the dinosaurs and we are going on a boat too but I am a little worried about that part still I will enjoy it I think and I will say more about it when I have come back home again and even the sun is shining at the moment as well so hurrah again :¬)
There is a lot of adverts on the telly at the moment that I have noticed which say "If you have got any unwanted gold lying around then you can send it to us".
Unwanted? Gold?Unwanted gold?
Just in case though if anyone has got any unwanted gold please can they save it up and give it to me and not to the people on the telly and also any unwanted silver or diamonds or any other kinds of jewels or even any cash that you are bored of I am happy to help with that as well.
Here is a picture of what some of the mothrapillers look like now and they are about an inch long already
and this picture was just taken as the biggest one had decided to bother the other one for a bit because he was busy shedding his skin so he kept poking him and making him flinch.
I have been promising to do a poem for quite a long time now and I have not been able to get one to come out but I have had a good think and here is a quick one which does not have any rhyming though.
Bed is my most happiest place
But I must share
So one small thing
I had to mention it
My friends are leaving crumbs again
Some are bread and
Some are toast which
Is like bread but sharper
There is also crisps which dig in
And Chocolate
Which is sticky
And pretends to be poo
So please, please no more snacks in bed
It is boring
And remember I do not leave carrots
