Happy birthday to me! (And Bamburgh)

Today is my birthday. I am six. Which is actually quite grown up if you realise that's dragon years. My brother Bamburgh has his birthday today as well, and he is six too. Even though he wasn't born until September.
We both share because today is Midsummer's Day and it is fun to have a summer birthday.

The photo of me was taken the day that Mummy adopted me. Wasn't I young and fluffy?

Ruthie's here!

Do you remember that I said Ruthie was coming to stay with us?  Well she arrived last night, but Mummy had to go to work today and so we went to the office with her and took Ruthie along so that she wouldn't be at home on her own all day.

The first thing we had to do was sort out a coat for Ruthie because it has been raining really really hard here and Mummy said she might go soggy if she got wet and so we made her a rain poncho to help keep dry. We let Bamburgh do the styling because he's the one who's good at fashion and stuff (even though Dexter used to be a model in a shop, Bamburgh's the one with the design talent). We think that Ruthie looks good in her new coat, what do you think?

Well we got to the office and there wasn't much for us to do so we showed Ruthie round and I didn't know that Mummy has all these pictures of us next to her desk but she does. She says it makes the day go faster if she can look at us sometimes. I wondered where all my Moo cards went and now I know but  I don't mind because if it helps Mummy that's a good thing.

We were going to take Ruthie into town at dinner time to see Robin Hood but it was raining really really hard and even the coat that Bamburgh made wouldn't have kept her dry and so we stayed in and looked at the view but the car park isn't very interesting. There are students living in the house on the other side of the car park and their yard is really really messy so we tried not to get that in the photo. Maybe we should have because at least that's interesting.

There are lots of animals where mummy works because that's what she does, all about animals that get used in science labs and why they shouldn't be and we agree. We think it's horrid that people do nasty things to animals even if it's to make new drugs and things because animals aren't like people and so the tests are probably all wrong anyway.  So the office has lots of plush (which is why we like going there because there's always loads of people to talk to) and we introduced Ruthie to them and I think she liked meeting them because she had a big smile.

To use up some more time we played with the stuff on Mummy's desk and we got all tangled up in the paper clips and made long strings out of them and Mummy was a bit upset because she said she would have to undo them all again but we liked it because there were pretty coloured ones and stripy ones as well and Ruthie was good fun because she helped us to make the strings.

And we learned something today as well called ee-vole-oo-shun and it's all to do with where we come from and there was a big chart on the wall but it didn't have any dragons on it so I don't think it's quite right but Mummy says an important man called Darwin sorted it all out and he was good at it so it was right except he didn't know about dragons and so he just left us out.

Mummy says tomorrow is a day off so we can take Ruthie somewhere interesting but I quite enjoyed going to the office and I hope she didn't mind that it was raining and stuff.

Have you heard of Flat Ruthie?

We found out about a cardboard person who is travelling the world and visiting people and we invited her to stay with us and she has agreed to come and see us. Isn't that great?

Her name is Flat Ruthie and she is Merican and she has been to 10 countries and 23 states, which is more than we have.  I don't know when she will get here. I just know that she is on her way, but I don't know how far she has to travel. She has recently been to San Diego. That's in Merica.

We shall take her to see some places round here. If she arrives when we go on holiday we shall take her to Wales, but otherwise we might have to show her bits of England. I hope she'll enjoy it.

We have been to Yorkshire

It was Unclcleclecle Kevin's birthday this weekend and Mummy decided to take him to Yorkshire as a treat and of course we all got to go with them. We stayed in a nice pub that had a really good view. There were lots of books to read about places roundabout too. And they had good pictures in them but it was best looking out from the pub and looking at the scenery.

The weather was properly hot and me and Bamburgh had to stay in Mummy's handbag a lot of the time because we are both red and we fade easily but when it was shady we could get out.

We went for a ride on a boat on a canal and it was OK for all of us to get out because there was a shady shelf to sit on. We could look out of the windows a bit too because we went along the canal and back again so the sun was on the other side of the boat sometimes.

It was good fun because we hve never been on a canal boat before. We have been on boats because we took a water bus when we went to Cardiff to see if we could find Dr Who but canal boats are different. They are long and narrow and we were lucky because we got to sit right at the front for this trip.

After we went on the boat we had fish and chips and ice cream and we stayed in the pub and then the next day we went to another town where they make beer and we went to see the brewery. They have a special place where they make barrels to put the beer in and the lady who showed us round said that Master Cooper worked there but it was his day off so we just looked at his workshop.

Then we got the best bit because they give beer away at the brewery and they had special plush-sized glasses for us to drink out of. Mummy said we could have a taste because we are all big plush but the little guys had to do without because they are so small and it wouldn't be good for them.

Dragonfest at the seaside

Today we went to the seaside and had Dragonfest there. There was a big castle at the top of a hill in a place called Cricked Neck or something like that. It was very windy and cold and it rained a bit but not as much as it did yesterday.
We went to see RNLI while we were there. We always look after the RNLI people and make donations because they rescue people at sea and that is very important.
Afterwards we went to the nice Cadwalader place for a cup of tea and an ice cream. They have their own biscuits to put in the ice cream and they have a picture on like this.

Scales

Some people say that dragons are scaly and they mean our skin but me and Bamburgh were scaly this weekend in a different way. We went to a really cool museum and we found these old fashioned weighing scales!


The museum was about how they make tiles and there was a pretend butcher's shop with pictures of cows on the tiles at the back but we were more interested in the food. It looked like we were in for a nice breakfast untill we found out it was all made of wax and plaster and stuff.

In the end we got croissants and cake so we didn't mind too much!

Five questions

My friend @blindmaximus posted some questions on his blog and asked people to answer them. It's part of a game that @kolo-martin is playing and you're supposed to answer the questions then set five of your own that five other people have to answer. But I like Maximus's way of doing it so I'm just going to post mine here and let people do it if they want to.

The five I have to answer:

1) How did you get your name?
Don't know. It's just my name. It means sort of secret and hidden and it's a bit magical and I'm a dragon so it suits me.

2) How do you feel about baths?
I don't like them much but sometimes I have to have one because my muzzle gets mucky.

3) What is your favorite food?
Well pizza's good. and hot dogs. And we like nunnion rings and really anything that we can get from our favourite diner though we like picnics and barbecue and stuff when we're camping too. And ice cream.

4) If you could have any animal sibling, what would you pick?
Well I've got cow cousins and they're pretty cool.

5) On a scale of 1-10, 1 being "roses" and 10 being "kill you dead" how bad do your farts stink?

I'm a dragon! 15!! LOL

And five more:
1) How old are you (in human years)?

2) If you could go anywhere in the world that you've never been where would you go?

3) What's your favourite thing on TV?

4) Food or sleep?

5) Do you have any lucky charms, and if so, what are they?

We've been camping

We've been camping. Mummy said she wanted to try out the tent to make sure that everything still worked properly so we went away but not very far. It was a lovely place and it was REALLY close to our favourite diner.


So we got to go camping and to have brilliant food. We went to see Trish and Chef Jeff and we had burgers then we were allowed to have a choice from the milkshake menu.


We chose a special one made with Reese's peanut butter cups. They are really yummy.


While we were waiting for the milkshake Trish brought us some special chocolate that we could share. Then we had the shake. It was HUGE. It was so big that I had to sit on top of the napkin dispenser to drink it. It took Bamburgh ages to climb up but I left him some milkshake.

Here is the Moos

Hello everyone. I'm not sure whether I have introduced you to the Moos. They are my cousins. That means that Unclcleclecle Kevin is their daddy.


This is MooMoo. He sometimes gets called Mister Moo, or even just Moo. He was already there when Mummy first adopted me and he made me feel really welcome. Of course he came to stay when Unclclecle Kevin did so we all live together now.


Soon after I went to live with Mummy we found my brother Bamburgh and soon after that Morris turned up.

He's MooMoo's little brother. He's a really good kid and he doesn't make a fuss about much. But we think his eyesight might be a bit off because he always sits at the front when we watch the TV.

I only have one brother but MooMoo has to be special and go and have more. So one day when we were out he found another little brother.

That's Bill. He's a real sweetie and it's great fun showing him the world because he thinks everything is wonderful. Just look at that expression when he saw his first ever bee.

So now you know who I mean if I talk about Moo and his brothers.