Small Horse or Large Lucy?

Lucy has come to the Shetland Pony Club in Surrey for Holly's 5th Birthday Party. Lucy is introduced to Toffee.

To get the kids used to the ponies when they arrive they are given the chance to groom them. This is Honeybee

Lucy is loving the little fella.

As more kids arrive, Lucy takes charge. Honeybee is going to be better groomed than cousin Jonny going for a job interview.

Lucy is introduced to her pony for the day, Toby.

Toby checks Lucy out.

Lucy checks Toby out.

Toby grabs a quick snack before their long trek.

Lucy rides Toby like a professional

Mummy takes over leading Toby and Lucy on their trek. Toby requires a little bit on encouragement.

Toby relaxes a bit and they have a lovely stroll around the Surrey Meadows.

Toby stops for another quick snack.

Birthday girl Holly is also having an excellent time

Small horses, big fun

Subtle Makeup

Possibly a bit more practice required before Lucy starts her beautician business

Chips

Lucy loves an occasional visit to Tanya's Fish Bar on her way home from Rashadee's house. She is clearly not attracted by their modern and sophisticated web site. Rather it is their enticing "Bag of chips with ketchup" which keeps her coming back.

Cousin Jonathan

Cousin Jonathan is very interested in Lucy's condiment selection at Ask Pizza.

Jonathan uses his Jedi mind tricks to try and persuade Lucy to share her condiments

The Jedi mind tricks fail so Jonathan takes a more confrontational approach. Lucy's response is pretty clear.

Aunty Pink can read

Looking like story time. Aunty Pink is in the driving seat tonight.

Zog is quite an intense story about a little dragons education. Lucy is all ears...

Fank you Aunty Pink, I learned loads about dragons and I really love you...

Now, about this Catnapping Cat ...

Ersatz Spagetti

Lucy loves slurppy spaghetti. Spag bol is one of her favorite meals. She has also watched "Lady and the Tramp" many times so knows how romantic it can be.

Daddy made the stupid mistake of thinking Heinz Spaghetti in a can can possibly compete with the real thing. Lucy was under no illusions. Yuck.

Michelangelo

Rashadee took Lucy and Milly to the National Portrait Gallery. These places sometimes have a sniffy air and appear elitist, but actually they have great activities for kids. On the day Lucy and Milly went they had a sculpture workshop specifically for little dudes. This is a photo of the sculpture Lucy created. Whilst it isn't the most accurate likeness of Lucy I have ever seen I think it is astonishing that they showed her how to create something so good (and I have seen the photos Rashadee took on her phone - this was all Lucy's own work). It's just a shame that the left hand eyeball keeps falling out. Must remember to glue it in again.

Down South

I think any competent bus spotter would be able to identify that Lucy was down by the South Coast. She was on a trip with Mummy to see Grandad Ray and Great Nanny.

Lucy: "Grandad, Knock Knock" Grandad: "Who's there?" Lucy: "Doctor" Grandad: "Doctor Who?" ....

Lucy: "That's Daddy's favorite TV program"

That really is Lucy's favorite joke. Look - she's still laughing (admittedly Nanny and Grandad aren't).

Train

Lucy is on the Whitton Express train on the way to see Pink and Stewby. She has brought her own first class seating using the booster seat that we will use for the taxi home.

She delivers a royal wave to the citizens of Richmond who may have lined the track to celebrate her passage.

In The Night Garden Live

Rashadee took her daughter Milly and the Donk to see In The Night Garden Live. To an adult it must seem like when the Grateful Dead used to give away LSD at their concerts. However, kids seems to take the baffling chaos in their stride. The three of them posed for a photo with Upsy Daisy on their way out of the madness.

Bike

Has Mummy got some new panniers for her bike? There seems to be something protruding from the aft side of her bike?

Not at all! It is Lucy attached using a Trail-Gator. In years to come this may be how Mummy takes Lucy to school. They might need a bit of practice first though. You can't use it with stabilisers (as this would prevent you cornering) and neither Mummy or Lucy are famed for their sense of balance.

On the Cricket Pitch

Lucy has taken two dolls, Tinkabell and some troll like thing, for a walk on the cricket pitch on Barnes Common.

Silly mid off

Panda

Lucy loves Panda

Pink's new Garden

Everyone is impressed by Aunty Pink's new garden. Apparently Pink did all the hard things like moving a few pots while Uncle Stewby did the superficial stuff like moving sheds, building fences and laying concrete slabs.

Lucy is certainly enjoying having a story read to her in the new Whitton sun trap.

Lucy awards Pink a flower headdress for her efforts.

Snail

Lucy is at one of her favorite places. Climbers and Creepers in Kew Gardens.

She is also employing one of her favorite pastimes, which is chewing her hair. Mummy is not a fan of this pastime as she alleges that it leaves Lucy's hair "tatty".

Lucy appears unconcerned by these allegations. "You seen my Tattoos man? You know you're messing with the Donk?"

"If I wanna chew my hair, I chew my hair."

Longleat 2011

School Photo

Lucy's friend Milly is the daughter of Rashadee, her child minder. Lucy went to Milly's school on the day they were taking school photographs. No surprises that Lucy managed to blag her way into a picture with Milly.

Nannamoo-a-nory

What a treat. Nana Moo is reading Lucy her in chair books after helping with her bath.

Looks like they are taking this story quite seriously.

But they laugh like drains when they start reading about Lettice the flying rabbit.

Big Slide!

Lucy asks Mummy if she will go down the Helter Skelter with her? Mummy is still feeling a bit shaky from going up there last year so declines. Lucy turns to Aunty Pink, would she go with her? Aunty Pink turns pale and casts around for salvation. Fortune is smiling on the cowardly girls because gallant Jim steps forward and offers to escort Lucy on the ride. Good work Jim.

Paint Face

Lucy insists on having her face painted. Rather than the more traditional Lion or Tiger, Lucy opts for a Butterfly.

It's quite boring having makeup applied

Now - where is Aunty Pink. She will love this.

Horsey Wheel

Jim takes Lucy on the Ferris wheel Carousel at Barnes Fair. Or Horsey Wheel as Lucy calls it. Jim looks a bit nervous.

Under Lucy's guidance Jim is soon getting into the spirit.

Yay! Lucy and Jim are both loving it!

Punch and Judy

Lucy is at Barnes Fair. The Wetland Centre was doing a session on ecology and how we shouldn't ruin the planet. Lucy managed to blag her way onto center stage pretending to be a duck.

Then she went to watch the Punch and Judy show.

"What an outrageous display of misogyny and unprovoked violence" opines Lucy. However, she was quite impressed by the crocodile and the string of sausages.

Goggles

Lucy has got some new swimming goggles

She might think that they have some weird magnification capability that make her feet look big. But actually they are just big.

Ben Ten

Amazingly the reason for Lucy's extreme enthusiasm is not because she has just watched 101 Dalmatians on the computer, it is because she has got a Ben 10 Alien Force shower gell for her bath.