Fun things wot we have done so far..

We have had a day out a Norwood farm just up the road today. William is fearless when it comes to livestock. As other children around him were cajoled into feeding the animals William was straight in there with handfuls of feed, he does not understand that he has to hold it out on the palm of his hand but tries to feed a piece at a time as if he was feeding Gillie a biscuit at home.
After feeding animals it was time for lunch and then onto the static tractors (an old Fergy and David Brown for the Tractor fans out there) and it took some enticing to get William off it to go and say goodbye to the animals.
We have somewhat spoilt William over the summer since finding out that GOS plan to do the BMT sooner rather than later and as the date keeps rolling back we try to cram more in. He was pushed around the Royal Bath and West Show and it only took ten minutes before he had completed his Tractor Ted dvd collection (these are hidden away ready to go into GOS) by the end of the day he was a sleep clutching a new Hereford bull for his toy farm and dreaming of the livestock tents and sheds.
He had a trip on the watercress line in Hampshire with his cousin Hannah, Great Grandad and Granma and Pappa Curtis as well as us. He found it very funny when Pappa jumped off at a station to take our picture through window and we all laughed when the train in front of us broke down lengthening our journey time.
His first word was tractor well actually trackor (like his dad he is from Somerset and it is his mother who is teaching him there are two Ts in tractor) and he is mad about them but only when they are switched off. He has been on a number of tractor and trailer rides which end with him competing with the noise of the engine with his screams. We were not sure how he would react to a steam train, so it was a relief that the day ended with smiles.
We do not only take him to see farm animals, he has experienced the more exotic while in South Devon with Grandma and Grandpa Battam who have a very tiny zoo on their doorstep. Unfortunately William did not enjoy this as much, the monkeys just moved a little too quickly for his liking. Undeterred the next time we visited Grandma and Grandpa we went to Living Coast which he loved, as most of the penguins are just the right height to look him in the face. The weather was wet, very wet but this took none of the shine off the day as we waded around in wellies and flip-flops watching the penguins being fed around us.
Us Curtis’ are creatures of habit and if you ask family and friends where we go on holiday they will chorus back North Devon and if they are feeling specific they will say the coast between Braunton and Mortehoe. We have managed two long weekends away with William and his Godmother Tash and Jim and Godfather Ben and his family Bella and the children Tia and Luca. On our last trip B came up to for the night from Plymouth before driving off to Andover. That turned into a bit of a girls night in tents as I drag Ben off to listen to David Kennard (maker of William’s favourite videos).
William has developed a quite a taste for paddling, once in his wetsuit will stay in the water until the sheep come home (literally). He is quite happy to watch Daddy paddle out on his surfboard but becomes quite worried when Mummy leaves the shoreline. I’m not sure if I should be offended or just enjoy longer sessions than Cath.
No trip outside the front door would be complete without some livestock and in North Devon it’s Sheep. The Big Sheep was a great success with William once again charging forward when it came to feeding the lambs. From farm park to real farm it’s up to Morte Point for William to practice his baaing which is getting quite realistic (if you had watched Mist the Movie as many times as William you would be quite good too).
These are just a few of the things that we have got up to, to fill William's memory banks up for when he is stuck in London in September. And I have not even told you about putting a ride on tractor together in half an hour over lunchtime with baby, dog and wife all trying to help.
Back to today I have a cold and a cough and William seems a bit under the weather so we keep our fingers crossed that he fights it off.