Four years eight months

Hello world!

My mummy and I grew a pumpkin in our garden.  I helped water it sometimes.  We grew another one, but we cooked it already.  We're going to make pumpkin pie.

I like to practise riding my bike;  I push with my feet and glide.  I can put on my helmet and pads by myself.  One time I rode my scooter to school, but usually my mummy and I just walk.  It's really muddy in the field, so we walk on the path which is only a little muddy.  I wear wellies.

We had a bonfire and I helped put wood on it.  My mummy had a big stick to poke the bonfire.  I also had my own stick for poking;  then I found another stick.  My stick said to my mummy's: "look, mummy stick:  I have a sister;  she has two legs!"  Then I showed my mummy how the sister stick could walk.  The brother stick could only hop.

I still like to sneak into my mummy and daddy's bed at night, but I sleep most of the night in my own bed.  I'm going to get a new room soon, that used to be my daddy's room.  He's making a new room in the attic and I'm helping.  Then I'll get his old room, and I'll get to play in the attic too.  I said that I want my new room to be painted purple or black.  I like black the best.

Love,

Franklin

Four years seven months

Hello world!

We got four new chickens and I named them all.  There's Red, Brown, Blue, and Moldy.  We also got lots of fish for our pond.  I told the fish all about my holiday to Belgium, and also what I did at school.  I feed them fish food, too.  I helped my daddy and mummy dig the pond, and I like to do pretend fishing with a stick.

Today I said to my mummy, "I want to garden.  What can I plant?"  So together we planted some lettuce and other salad.  I sat down on my gardening gloves.  I still like to eat carrots and peas from our garden.  And I like to eat mint, too. 

I'm learning letters at school.  Then I'll be able to read.  I can read and type some words already, like mum, dad, bus, car, and Franklin.  I also like to spell words with the magnets on the fridge.  I have a little sign for my cars that says KEEP OUT, and I found all the right magnets and spelled it by myself.

I told my mummy:  "You are Lois and I'm Clark Kent.  Lois?"
My mummy said, "Yes Clark Kent?"
"Did you know," and I unzipped my hoodie and showed her my shirt, "I'm Superman!"

Love,

Franklin

Four years six months

 Hello world!

 

Now that I'm four, I go to school all day.  I have a uniform and I put it on myself, but my dad tied my tie.  Every day I walk to school with my mummy, change out of my boots and into my shoes, hang up my things on my peg, and go to my class.  Most of my friends from nursery school are in my class, and I get to see my old nursery teachers a lot because they're just next door to my new class.  

I really like playing outside at school, and eating lunch in the hall.  My teacher calls it school dinner, though.  I have my own lunchbox with a blue kitten on it, and I eat things like ham, cucumber, olives, cheese, and grapes.  

When school is over, my mummy comes to the class door and then we walk back home.  I hang up my things at home--I have my own peg at home too--and I change out of my uniform into my normal clothes. 

I really like Superman and Batman.  I have a lego man of both of them, and I sometimes wear my Halloween costume cape to be them;  it has a red side for Superman and a black side for Batman. 

Love,

Franklin

Four years five months

Hello world!

We have a conker tree.  I like to open the conkers by stepping on them, or smashing them with a brick.  I also like to smash snails, but not always.  Sometimes I watch them crawl and touch them gently with a stick to make their eyes move.  I only smash snails in our garden though, not anywhere else.

I like to stroke our chickens, but they only like it a little bit.  Guinea lets me stroke her a couple times, and so does Scary, but then they walk away.  I told my mummy, "the chicken said, 'thank you, no more strokes please!'"  Scary really likes my shoes.  She always comes to me and looks at them.  She's not allowed to peck them, though.  I also like to turn over stones and boards for chickens, so they can eat the bugs and slugs underneath.  There was a really big slug on one board, and I told my mummy, "chickens only have small mouths, so they can't eat it."

On our walk there are lots of blackberries now.  I eat lots, even if they're sour.  There's also other things I like but aren't ready yet:  apples, plums, nuts.  Also sloes, that I liked when I was little;  I'll have to try them again this year to see if I still like them. 

I can write my whole name, first and last, and also type it.  I can spell it out loud too.  I really like to do colouring books with my mummy.  We have two good ones and we both colour.  I also love to cut out shapes with scissors, and make crafts.  My friend Angela from London gave me some finger puppet kits and badge kits, and I made them all by myself, with only a little help.

Love,

Franklin

Four years four months

Hello world!

My dad takes me to the cinema to see a movie sometimes.  I call it the "similar".  I saw Frozen, and I have the CD.  When we drive in the car, I like to listen to Frozen.  I tell my mummy and daddy which part to sing, but I always sing Elsa's songs.

I ate the cherries on our cherry tree.  They were  kind of sour, but I really like them anyway.  I helped my mummy pick them for our freezer too.  I also like to eat them frozen.

I finished my school now, and I get to go to big school in six weeks.  I met my new teachers and saw my new classroom;  it's right next door to my old classroom, and most of my friends will be in my class.  I will go to school for a whole day, not just mornings.  It's so exciting!

I can play "Twinkle twinkle" and "ABCD" on the piano all by myself, and sing along too.  My dad got me two kazoos and we can play them together.  I'm very good at playing kazoo.  Sometimes my mummy plays my favourite piece on the piano, "Pictures at an Exhibition," and I will play my drum with her.

My favourite toy to play with is lego and duplo;  I like to build things and play with the little people.  I make them talk to each other and play games.  I built a car shop and the people all bought cars and went racing.

Love,

Franklin

Four years three months

Hello world!

I went to Belgium with my mummy and daddy and my gramma and grandpa.  We stayed at a lady's house named Katrine.  The two things I remember the best:  the street sweeper and the rubbish trucks.  I also went to the beach and played in the sea and built a sandcastle, and I ate ice cream. 

 I like Belgium a lot.  We drove our car onto the train and went through a long tunnel and listened to the Hobbit on a CD.  When we drove home though, I puked all over:  I puked on me, on the car, and on my daddy's jammies.  It was so yucky.  My dad had to stop driving so I could get new clothes on.

There were lots of good parks to play in Belgium, too.  One had some strawberries growing.  At Katrine's house there was a big cherry tree and I ate lots of cherries.  My cherry tree at my house has cherries now, too.  There are cherry trees at our park on my walk to school;  they're kind of sour but I still like them.  Sometimes I swallow the seed. 

I said to my mummy in a deep growly voice:  "I'm a man!" and then I told her in my normal voice: "I'm Franklin again."

Love,

Franklin

Four years two months

Hello world!

We have a big green frog in our frog pond.  I showed it to my friend Kostek, who's three.  I showed him our chickens too.  I like to help my mummy get the eggs from our chickens, and I eat them.  I eat eggs every day for breakfast.

I got my hair cut;  I saw myself in the mirror after, and I had a good long look.  I told my mummy:  "I'm not Franklin any more.  I'm a different boy!"

I went to the children's centre on Thursday.  I asked my mummy every day if it was Thursday yet, and then finally it was!  I played with all the toys and did all the activities and saw all the kids.  Madeline from my school was there, too, but most of the kids were just babies.  After playing we had snacks:  my favourite.  Then when we went home, I said to mummy:  "I'm going to read my book and have a rest."  I read my book then laid down on the couch and had a nice refreshing sleep.  I don't usually have a sleep during the day, unless it was a super fun day.

Sometimes I make my animals talk to each other, or my cars.  I made my egg talk to my daddy.  It said, "I think Franklin wants to eat me now."


Love,

Franklin

Four years, one month

Hello world!

I know about a lot of things.  If I don't know a word, I ask what it is.  I know most words, though.  I count past twenty, and I can sing "ABCD" all the way through.  I write some of my name, and I can recognise it written down.  I really like rhymes.  I told my mummy: "Chloe rhymes with clothing."

My mummy planted a pea shrub out back;  it's such a funny word, whenever I see it I yell:  "pea shrub! pea shrub! pea shrub!"  I love gardening.  I pick daffodils for people, and I really want to open up the tulips to see what's inside.  I pick my own broccoli and eat it, too;  it's delicious.

I'm also good at chores;  I always turn on the washing machine, and I like to help turn on the microwave.  I put my own clothes in the laundry basket, and I help my mummy hang them up.  I take my own plate to the sink, and I'm very good at setting the table. 

I ask my mummy when my daddy is coming home every day.  I say:  "is daddy coming through the door today?"  If he is, then I tell my mummy:  "when he comes, he'll say Hello Franklin!"  Sometimes he doesn't come till I'm in bed.  But sometimes he comes and he puts me to bed.  Before, we read Winnie the Pooh at bedtime.  Now we've finished and we're reading The Hobbit.  Bilbo forgot his handkerchief, and then Gandalf was missing.  My dad does all the funny voices, and my mummy does them too.

Our chicken Speckles was feeling very bad, and then she died.  We buried her in a hole.  Other chickens are buried there, too.  I like to look at the stones.  Our dog Beauty died, too.  I still remember.  My mummy was feeling bad, and I asked, "mummy, are you feeling yucky like the chicken?" 

Love,

Franklin

Four years old

Hello world!

I'm four.  I go to nursery school every day for 3 hours;  my teacher is Mrs Thornton and I call her Mrs Yornton.  My best friend at school is named Corey and I also play with Savannah.  At home I play with the kids on the street:  Kyle, Chloe, Daniel, Jack;  they're all older than me.  I ride my scooter with them, and on Sunday we drew chalk pictures on the pavement.  Sometimes I go over to Kostek's house to play;  he's almost 3 and his mummy makes really good snacks.  I also go to Eileen's house for good snacks.  She's 85 and goes to the shop to buy me breadsticks.

My favourite thing to play is cars, but I also love board games and books.  I also like playing with blocks and legos.  My favourite colour is still black, and my favourite movie is Mary Poppins but I like lots of other movies too.  I love to listen to CDs and sing songs.  I know a lot of songs from school, and from CDs and from movies.

My daddy goes to work a lot and I miss him when he's gone.  I ask my mummy when he's coming back and what day he has off.  Sometimes my dad has a day off and he takes me to school.  I usually see him in bed, though;  I like to wake up in the night and sneak into my mummy and daddy's bed.  It's cozy in there.

I had a birthday and I got to open lots of presents and eat cheesecake with plums and cream.  Then the next week I went to my friend Ignacy's birthday party at a playground inside a big building and I climbed and slid and ran and ate cake there.  It was so great.  I ask my mummy whose birthday it is next;  birthdays are so much fun.

Love,

Franklin