Brookdale's adventure so far...(2004827)

 

 Here we are in Lancashire where my cousins live.  We went to Guys Thatched Hamlet and walked along the canal and saw the ducks and swans.  It was a lovely sunny day.

 

 Here we are at the canal stood next to a barge called "Tor".  We had a lovely day and enjoyed spending time with my cousins, Nathan and Harry.

 

 Here we are outside one of the shops in Guy's Thatched Hamlet.

 

 Me and Brookdale went to see my cousins who live in Lancashire.  We went to Guy's Thatched Hamlet and walked along the canal.  We saw barges on the canal and swans and ducks.  It was a lovely sunny day.  After that, we went into the village of Garstang and had a picnic and played in the park.

 

Wednesday 24th February 2010

Had a great nights sleep in my own 'bear sized bed' with another ted called Ashley. I slept next to William and was woken upin the morning by a black and white cat!

In the morning, I spent time at Will's mums work - a beautiful hotel surrounded by a park. I looked out of the windows and saw a big stretch of water and some land beyond that - 'What a view!'

The corridors were dark wood and the doors were creaky. I tried out a four poster bed, sat at a table in a fine resturant and helped show the receptionist how to improve her work! The ride home in a rucksack was a bit bumpy, Will's mum was rushing on her bike and didn't slow down for the bumps!

 

Emily got a pink TV for her birthday, she was kind enough to let me watch it. We watched Aliens in the Attic, together. Then i met another bear called Ellie, who lives with Emily.

 

After all the party games, Emily and her friends took me to Brownies. I met Brown Owl and a fireman came and told us all about fire safety.

 

After all the food we ate for our birthday tea, we did a bit of exercise and played musical bumps, it was great fun, but i didn't win.

 

I had to help Emily blow out her candle as she didn't have enough puff.

 

Here I am spending time at Mrs Jones house with Emily, Lucy, Molly and Charlotte on Emily's birthday

 

Brookdale had a wonderful time playing in the snow with Jamie and his family.

 

 Brookdale Bear is wise to get an early night before the start of his next adventure

 

 Brookdale Bear has been skiing with me in Sagnalonga in Italy, where we had great fun in the snow.

 

Despite the cold weather in England Brookdale has been told he might be going somewhere even colder on his next holiday.  Everyone in Year 2 hopes he will wrap up warm.

 

Just before Christmas Brookdale went to Portugal with Morgan.  He got to meet some of Morgan's family and seemed to enjoy a bit of warmth on his fur before settling down for a cold winter back in England.

 

I was having fun at PE but I got a bit tired.  I liked the jumping best and managed 24 jumps in 30 seconds.  Everybody said I was cheating when I balanced because my bottom was resting on the floor - but I can't help having a big bottom!!

 

Look at me playing "Doubles Splat"  It was SO fun.  I nearly beat the class champion Keiron, we drew on a few rounds but eventually he was just too quick for me.  I really must keep practising my doubles so that if I get a chance to play again I can  be crowned the "doubles master"!!!

 

Assembly was a little bit scary today.  There were loads of children all looking at me, luckily Nathan was there to look after me and tell me how to behave.  We had to sit very quiet and not talk.  Miss Cotterill told us a story and we sang a song.  I actually quite enjoyed it in the end.  I am learning a lot about year two by spending the week with Nathan, they certainly do work hard!   

 

Here I am eating my lunch with the boys.  We are having beans, potato and sausages.  It was very yummy.  The dinner ladies thought I was going to make a mess but actually I tried hard to use my knife and fork and I didn't make too much mess.  Playing out after lunch was really good.  Nathan can run really fast, I was puffed out trying to keep up with him.

 

Our job today was to use different coins to make a value.  It was quite tricky but Nathan was very good at it, so he helped me a lot.  I am having great fun spending time in year 2.

 

It's been a long day and we are both tired..

James read me a story and we then I went to sleep (to dream of being a spaceman, or bear!!)

Goodnight

 

 

Wow...!

 
James and me infront of the main dish

 

 

Went went to Jodrell Bank today, where there is a huge space telescope.....

 

We walked around it and I felt very small. A man called a scientist said "we could look at stars and planets thousands of miles away" when I grow up I want to be the first bear in space.

 

 

It's Saturday morning and James and I have gone to football training at Pensby school. I met Iain (the football coach) who said I need alittle more practice before I can join James' team!! maybe I could go on a Wednesday, to ball skills in school?!

 

 

Today we went to the cinema (James' sister is 9 today). James, Ellen and their Mummy & Daddy took me to see Avatar in 3D, we all had to wear funny glasses. It was a long film but I only had to go to the toilet once!

 

 

After playing with James I met some other bears - they were cool!

One was an army bear called Panzo and he had an army tent! The other belonged to Ellen (James' sister) and she was dressed to impress! I tried the skate board out and the others let me use a helmet - we all had a good laugh..

 

Today I went to James Lloyd's house and he let me play on his Wii (this was great fun!!), James told me he had an older sister who also went to Brookdale called Ellen and that it was her Birthday tomorrow - she was going to be 9 years old!

 

Its the start of a brand new day...today I am with Amelia, we have had plenty of rest before our busy day.

I am going to Liverpool with Amelia & her daddy.

But before for that , a little bird has told me we have a suprise waiting for us ?  ?

 

I do love a picnic....today I am with Amelia at her daddy's house . Before our busy day we are all having a special treat for me being Amelia's special guest for the weekend.

 

Today I went to the Liver Building with Amelia & her Daddy, It is on the waterfront next to the river mersey.

If you look at the very top of the building above the clock , you can see one of the liver birds.

 

Me and Amelia are at The Albert Dock on the waterfront by the river mersey.

It is a very busy place and it has lots of shops and a museum. it has lots of visitors each year

I am sitting on a post box,and if you ever visit the Albert Dock and send a post card to your friends,this is were you will post it.

 

 

This is a very big building...It is very near Amelia's daddy's house and she see's it every time she plays out there.......it is built on a hill and is the highest point in Liverpool.

It can be seen for miles & miles around.

It has 13 huge bells and the biggest one weighs15 tons and is called "Great George" and they are all very very loud.

 

Me & Amelia went to visit china town in Liverpool, it has a huge gate at the entrance.

It is was put up to celebrate Liverpool's chinese people, it is the oldest chinese community in the UK.

And the china gate is the biggest gate in europe and out side of China.

 

Next we went to see one of Liverpool's biggest animals The Superlambanana, it has been in Liverpool for many years It has moved around the city many times and it has changed colour many times.

It is half lamb & half Banana,You may remember seeing all of his little mini-lambanana friends all over the city last summer.

 

Today I visited Liverpool with Amelia and her Daddy. we went to the Liver Buildings in front of the river mersey. If you look at the top you can see one of the liver birds above the clock.

 

Next we had a game of hide and seek at the Ark play area.  I found a brilliant hiding place in a hollow tree stump.  It was warm and comfortable in there and I didn't want to come out!  But it was nearly time to go home so I had to.  I have had a lovely time staying with Ethan and his family for two weeks over the Christmas holidays.  On Monday I will be a bit sad to say goodbye to Ethan and go back to school as we have had so much fun together, but I am looking forward to my next visit with somebody else from year 2.  I wonder who that will be?

 

Ethan let me test the pond to see if the water was frozen solid.  I got a very cold bottom, and Ethan was very sensible and stayed off the ice.  But we did have fun smashing it!

 

We had a good view of all the animals because the zoo was not busy.  We sat on a baby elephant, but it was only a model.

 

On the very first day of 2010 we went for a day out at Chester Zoo.  We had to wrap up warm because it was really cold out, but the sun was shining and we enjoyed the fresh air.  I went on a little train ride with Ethan and Abi.

 

Ethan's other cousin, Adam, had a tiny new kitten called Gladys.  It was sooooo cute and soft.

 

Cousin Jake's gorgeous new puppy, Marley, was very playful and kept trying to nibble my ear.

 

We had a game of pool.

 

On boxing day we drove to Yorkshire to visit Ethan's mum's family.  We had a lot of fun playing with Ethan's 6 cousins from Wakefield.

 

As it was Christmas Ethan's dad let me have a sip of his beer, but I didn't like it.

 

We had Roast Turkey and Mince Pies with Ethan's dad's family in the pub.  We pulled Xmas crackers which had silly jokes and hats in them.

 

There was even some presents for me!

 

We woke up at 5.45 on Christmas morning.  Ethan and I went into Phoebe and Abi's room and we had fun looking at the nice things that Santa had left in our stockings.  A bit later we were allowed to go downstairs to check if there was anything else.  It was a big surprise when we saw a big pile of presents round the Christmas tree!

I think Ethan and his sisters must have been extremely nice this year because they got a lot of lovely presents.

 

Just before bed on Christmas Eve we left out some Bailey's and a mince pie for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph  We hung up our stockings ready for Santa to fill up with presents.  We were all really excited and went to sleep dreaming about what presents we would get in the morning....I heard Santa's sleigh bells in the distance too!

 

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

 

We all had some yummy ice-cream in the interval.

 

The panto was very funny!! We booed at Captain Hook and clapped when Tinkerbelle was poisoned so she came alive again.  Peter Pan was a girl, and the nanny was a man dressed as a woman.  They squirted water at us, and threw some sweets at the audience - Ethan caught one!!

 

The pantomime was Peter Pan, and some people off the telly were in it.

 

On Christmas Eve we went to the Liverpool Empire theatre.

 

The orchestra played loads of merry Christmas tunes and we all song along and even danced a bit!  Santa and Frosty the Snowman made a visit too

 

"We're walking in the aiiiiiiiiiii-r...."

 

I had brilliant fun singing along to lots of Christmas songs!

 

Making snowballs with Phoebe and Anita.  Later I went to the Christmas carol concert with the Beavers, and after there was a party!  This Afternoon we are going to see a music concert - Frosty the Snowman - at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

 

 

When we woke up there was snow on the ground.  So we got dressed straight away and went outside to play at snowballs and building a snowman before breakfast.

 

Ethan has been really looking forward to having me as a guest over Christmas.  He introduced me to some new friends, Froggy and Mr. Alien.  We all setled down together for cosy sleep.

 

I had a great time with Kate staying over at her Nanna's house with Emily and Alex. At first I was a bit scared of the big labradors, Poppy and Daisy, but they are really friendly. I helped take them for a walk with Grandad - it was cold.

 

 

I had a great time with Kate at Beavers. We made Christmas decorations and played ball games.

 

 

I really enjoyed sleeping in the bunk bed but it was a bit of a struggle for me to get to the top. Kate and Emily helped me up.

 

THE KITTENS

 

LIVING WITH THE CLARKE FAMILY

 
LIVING WITH THE CLARKE FAMILY

 

I took Brookdale to the shop at the end of my road when I went to buy some coke with my mum

 

I took Brookdale to jam club with me on Tuesday night where we played Rabbits Rats and Trash together

 

After our train ride we went for a walk and fed the ducks. We had to be careful not to stand too close to the edge of the water. Rachel's mum gave us some bread to give to the ducks and when we threw it into the water they all came paddling over to eat the bread. They all quacked very loudly. After we'd fed the ducks we came home for tea.

There was a new Doctor Who on tonight, so we all settled down to watch it. It was very good, although there was one bit I couldn't bear to look at. After it finished Rachel and I went to bed.

Night Night.

 

Rachel and her family took me to Royden Park today for a walk. Whilst we were there we went on a little train thats does trips in the park. It was great fun, the engine was red and we all had a great time waving to the other children and trains that were going along the track with us.

Choo Choo....!!

 

 

After Beavers I didn't want to take Rachel's woggle off so she let me keep it on. After meeting Matthew, Rachel introduced me to Scotty dog. He was relaxing on the settee after a walk with Rachel's daddy so I had a rest with him. We'd done quite alot of running round at Beavers and my little legs were tired.

 

I came home with Rachel this weekend and met her family. I went to Beavers and when I got home I had my photo taken with Rachel and Matthew. Rachel let me wear her woggle.

The beavers group wrote letters to Santa tonight, and Rachel added a note for Santa to tell him I'd like a book and some sweets. I wonder where I'll be on Christmas morning, I've been very good this year and hope Santa leaves me a present.

 

Brookdale enjoys and evening with the second Greasby Beavers

 

Brookdale enjoys his weetabix in the morning

 

Brookdale goes to Judo lessons with George and learns a new (George) version of kesa-gatame otherwise know as a scarfhold.

 

Brookdale watches George learn to swim

 

Brookdale is back at school now for a night after having a busy few weeks with Amy, Lauren and Billy.  I wonder where is adventure will take him next.

 

And here are some noisy rockets!

 

There were lots of noisy fireworks. These are some quieter candles

 

Billy took me to see a big bonfire. It's quite far away in this picture. It burned for hours.

 

Time for sleep, with Billy and his other toys.

 

Just time for a story about Sonny's Treasure Hunt before bed.

 

It's been a busy evening so I'm having some milk and biscuits with Billy before I go to bed.

 

I made a hat in Jam Club. I needed some help because my paws can't hold crayons very easily. I got a yellow smiley sticker for good behaviour. They said I was the best behaved bear they had ever had!

 

I've come to Billy's house for a few days. On Tuesdays, Billy goes to JaM club, and I've come with him. I'm excited about meeting Billy's friends and doing lots of fun activities

 

Brookdale and I have had a busy weekend. Night night.

 

Sunday evening we went to Heather and Charlotte's house for a fireworks party.  We both enjoyed watching the fireworks. We sat outside all evening, Brookdale needed a cuddle as some of the bangs were very loud.

 

Brookdale came with us to choose some new fish for our tanks.  We looked at all the fish in the shop before we agreed it took a long time.  We had a lot of fun watching the fish in the tanks. i bought one for Brookdale but as he travels around so much we thought it would be better if it lived at our house with my fish, Brookdale thought this was a good idea.

 

I took Brookdale to my Karate lesson this morning, He decided that he wanted to watch us train instead of joining in. I did try to teach him a four move cata but he kept falling over.

 

Today we all went to Adventure Land in New Brighton to Millie's birthday party. We had lots of fun, Brookdale enjoyed the big slide the most. He had lots of fun, but he fell asllep in the car on the way home.   

 

Also on Saturday morning Brookdale, Luke, Mummy and me went to pick up all the Scout post boxes, Brookdale helped me to carry a 300 sheets of scout stamps to the car. Luke carried some green bins and Mummy carried the red bins.

 

On Saturday morning Brookdale, Lauren and Luke went to the Greasby Library, first I showed Brookdale around the library. Then Brookdale told me that he liked the look of a book so he said can we have that book please and I said yes. Brookdale also liked the joke book that I choose. Brookdale thought that Luke was being a little bit silly.  Brookdale helped us both to choose our books.  Brookdale would have liked to stay longer but we couldn't.

 
Brookdale Bear came with me and Mummy to swimming. He watched me while I had a swimming lesson, He thought I was really good. He also liked when my teacher Mike cuddled him

 

On Saturday night it was halloween night so Amy and Brookdale went to Anya's party. All the girls had a lovely time and so did Brookdale when he was trickle-treating. Now it's time for Brookdale to go back to school to see all the other children and Mrs. Ritchie and plan another adventure. I hope you like my pictures with Brookdale. I can't wait to have him again. Love Amy.

 

Now Brookdale is back in England, he is having last couple of days with Amy. On Saturday he went to watch her horse-riding. Brookdale rode for a little bit on Paddy, but Brookdale thought it was quite scary.

 

This is Brookdale's last night of his holidays, tomorrow he is going back to England. Brookdale and Amy can't wait to see Amy's dad.

 

One evening Brookdale helped babi and Amy to make a lovely cake.

 

Here I am, helping deda with his work. I didn't do much work really, just played on the computer with Amy.

 

 

And here I am helping deda with his work, didn't do much work really just played on the computer with Amy.

 

The snow was very cold, I did not like touching it with my paws, but Amy had lots of fun throwing snow-balls.

 

I also went for a nice walk on a mountain I even saw some snow.

 

I had lots of fun swimming with Amy and deda, the only trouble was after the swimming  I had to sit on the radiator to dry off.

 

Every night I went to bed with Amy and I dreamt about all the other children from her class and what they are all doing.

 

Every morning I had a lovely breakfast in the hotel,which filled my belly really nicely.

 

After the swimming I saw a lovely water fountain and also had some coke in the restaurant. Yumee!!!

 

 

Today Amy took me swimming with babi. It was a lovely pool with lots of bubbles.

 

 

I met Amy's dog Pepper, she was very friendly towards me.

 

 

Today I went to the pictures with Amy and her friend Emily to watch Alliens in the Attic. I had a lovely time.

 

Today I met Amy's dog called Pepper. Pepper was very friendly towards me.

 

 

Today I spend some time with Amy's dog Pepper. Pepper was very nice to me and I enjoyed her company.

 

 

Today I went with Amy and her friend Emily to the pictures to watch Alliens in the Attic. I had a lovely time and really enjoyed the film.

 

Now I am back at school I can't wait for Amy to take me home as I have heard we are off on another holiday.  This time to a place called Czech.  I love holidays.  I am so glad I got to come and be part of Class 2R.

 
I was really excited to have Brookdale at my house. I have been looking after him well and he has been sleeping in my bed. We went bowling and Brookdale was on my team. My little sister Eloise won but we still had a good time. We shared some candyfloss in New Brighton too. Brookdale has made lots of new friends and a new girlfriend as well. At night he sometimes comes to life and has party's and picnics with all the other bears in my room. I will miss him when he go's back to school.

 

 

Keiron was very excited to have Brookdale bear to come and stay with us.  He has taken very good care of him.  Brookdale has made lots of new friends and even a new girlfriend.  Brookdale enjoyed going bowling even though both Brookdale and Keiron were beaten by Eloise.  Brookdale also enjoyed sharing some candyfloss in New Brighton. 

Keiron says Brookdale comes to life at night and runs around having teddy bear party's and picnics with all the other bears in his room, so watch out if he comes to your house as he can be a bit mischieveous. 

 

I am back at school now after being on holiday with Hannah.   All of the children and Mrs Ritchie and Mrs Jones were really pleased to see me.

 

On September 4th October I went on my holidays with Hannah to Spain, we went to a place called Salou. We had to get up really early in the morning at 4am to go to Liverpool airport. Both Hannah and I had not been on a plane before and we were both very excited. Hannah had to go through a beeping machine and I had to be x-rayed and you could see what was in my tummy. The airplane was very big and it made our tummys go funny whan the plane took off. We arrived in Spain and it was very hot.We then got the bus to our hotel. Our room at the holel was great and we had a balcony.

We did lots of things in Salou, we went to the beach, made sand castles and went swimming in the sea. I did lots of sun bathing, Hannahs mum put lots of suntan lotion on us so we would not burn. We went out in the evening and had childrens cocktails with fancy straws. We went to a theme park called PortAventura, and we got the bus to the next town to visit the local market. We went on lots of walks and ate a lot of food.

On the 9th September we had to get the plane back to Liverpool airport. I was very sad to leave Spain because I had such a good time. But I know I have more adventures to come.

I hope you like my holiday photos.

 

I have had a good time at katie's house and she has looked after me very well! I met katie's rabbit Emily and she gave me a good sniff. I had my dinner with katie's family and I ate it all. At night I slept in a cot by the side of Katie's bed but in the middle of the night I got a bit scared and I climbed into bed with Katie! I will be sad to say goodbye to katie but I am looking forward to my next adventure.

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28th September 2009

Today Mrs Ritchie has brought me back to school.  On the way to school we had to stop to get some petrol, Mrs Ritchie said if we didn't then we might break down and the children wouldn't have a teacher today.  I secretly thought that the children might think this was a good idea but I didn't tell Mrs Ritchie this.  I am so excited about meeting the children.  I hope they are all as good as Mrs Ritchie has told me they are.

 

27th September 2009

Today Mrs Ritchie took me to her friend's house.  I played with Ella.  She is two and is very cute.  We played with her toy zoo animals and her Sylvanian Family house.  Then we sat down and had our snack, we both had water and banana.  I had a great time visiting Ella.

 

26th September 2009

Mr Ritchie decided that I should have a bit of quality time with him today so he told me he would take me out for a round of golf.  He said I could only go if I promised to be quiet, but for a teddy like me that is quite tricky.  I tried my best though.  Mr Ritchie said I was very good and even helped him to find his ball a few times when he hit a less that perfect shot.  He thought I could have a career as a caddy.  I didn't fancy that much as it was far too energetic.  I think in future I'll stay home with Mrs Ritchie and the dogs.

 

25th September 2009

Today Mr and Mrs Ritchie took Grace and Olivia and me out for tea at a restaurant.  Grace was very kind and shared her fish dippers wth me.  Olivia had curry which really smelled a lot so I didn't fancy that.  I sat beautifully on the table and didn't make a fuss.  Mrs Ritchie was very proud of me.  She said I had been so good that I could share the chocolatey dessert that the girls had ordered.  My, oh my, it was the most delicious thing I had ever tasted.  I have decided that my new favourite food is most definitely chocolate.  Mrs Ritchie says I take after her!  I liked Grace and Olivia very much.  They were very good at helping to look after me and I would like to go and see them again.

 

24th September 2009

I am still having a good time at Mrs Ritchie's house.  The dogs are getting quite used to me and they even let me have a little bit of their food last night, it wans't the tastiest thing I have ever eaten but it was kind of them nevertheless.  When Mrs Ritchie came home from school today she took me out in the garden and I helped her to pick some tomatoes.  She told me just to pick the bright red ones as the green ones were not ripe yet.  When she wasn't looking I sneakily ate one, I think she guessed though because I had red juice dripping all down my snout.  Oops.  I'm looking forward to tomato soup for tea.

 

23rd September 2009

Oh dear, my good day just got a little bit worse.  Having met two calm quiet dogs I was suddenly pounced on by an orange monster.   Before I had a chance to introduce myself this orange wriggly thing opened his mouth and started barking at me.  It was like nothing I had ever heard before.  Luckily, Mrs Ritchie was there to protect me.  She told Scrumpy to be quiet and he soon stopped barking but I don't think he liked me very much.  Mrs Ritchie wanted to take a photgraph of me and him together but he didn't fancy that so he just sat on the floor in the middle of the kitchen.  I think I'll keep clear of Scrumpy he seems a little bit too crazy for my liking.

 

23rd September 2009

Aaah, I have just made another new friend.  This one is much smaller and multi-coloured.  Mrs Ritchie says his name is Simba.  Simba is five but he is not much bigger than me.  He is very calm and mellow and just wanted to lie next to me on the sofa all the time.  I like him very much.  I am having a great time at Mrs Ritchie's house with all of her dogs.

 

23rd September 2009

Shadow is Mrs Ritchie's biggest and oldest dog.  He was very nice to me, he sniffed me a bit and then sat down next to me so that we could have our photo taken.  Mrs Ritchie told me that Shadow is a very good dog who loves sleeping and eating.  I thought he sounded like just the sort of friend I needed because they are my two favourite things too.

 

23rd September 2009.

Today was a good day.  Mrs Ritchie decided that she would take me home to her house.  I had to go in her car so she put the seat belt on me to keep me safe.  It didn't take too long to get to her house and I was very excited by the time I arrived there.  She told me that there were three real furry moving things at her house who would be very pleased to see me, I thought she meant teddy bears but she said they were called "dogs".

 

16/9/2009

Today was my very first day at Brookdale School.  I arrived  at school in a big, brown cardboard box.  The first person I saw was Mrs Ritchie, she was very excited to see me and told me she had been expecting me.  She carried me into the staff room so that I could meet all of the other teachers.  It was a bit scary in there and smelled a lot of coffee!  Anyway, I am really looking forward to meeting all of the children.  Mrs Ritchie mentioned something about a teddy bear's picnic which sounded rather fun.