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Just one of Sam's phrases that made me laugh on Saturday.... I have realised that it’s possible to judge how close me and Sam have been over the weekend by the way I feel when I take him back to mum’s house at six o’clock on Saturday night. Last night I was on the verge of tears when I left, because we had such a wonderful time. Well…actually, a little bit more than “on the verge” but don’t tell anyone…. It was all caused by Sampants. When we got in the car he said “Can we have a different nursery rhyme CD….actually.....can we have The View?” So we stuck The View on, selected Superstar Tradesman, I got my air guitar ready, and when I started playing Sam laughed so hard I thought he’d explode. And then we drove back to mummy’s. This week, me and mummy hatched a crafty plan. Sam is always sad about having to go back, so ages ago we agreed to try to lighten his mood with various ruses. This week was easy, Sarah had Sam’s advent calendar, and she sent me a close up photo, where you couldn’t really tell what it was. I showed the pic to Sam in late afternoon, and from then on he was happy to be going back. Result. You see, it’s so upsetting to have to say to him “Time to go to mummy’s” when we’ve been having a great time. He cries because he wants to stay. Tough for Sam, bloody awful for me. Last night was crap because I was meant to be going out for a few drinks and a film with a friend, but she cancelled at the last minute. Ho hum. Reinforces my crappy self-esteem! During the day me and Sam had a really good time. We had to go to town to buy Christmas cards etc, and Sam was so good. He actually chose the cards, plus some birthday cards, and we popped into Samaritans to put my name on the duty board. Because I’m working more at the moment we added another Hotwheels car transporter to the collection. What really made my day yesterday was Sam’s amazing developing personality: 1 - As we drove back to mummy’s he said “Daddy, I’m hot to trot today!” 2 - When we were in town we came out of a shop, Sam was staring to the left, and said “Wow Daddy, that’s got to hurt!” I looked round to see what he was looking at, and it was the Ann Summers shop! There’s a shop dummy in the window at the moment lying on “her” back, with legs here, there and everywhere…..I said “You don’t know the half of it Sam”…… 3 - Also while we were in town, Sam talked like an old man. It could have been MY Dad, not my 4 year old son. He said “Daddy, you know that Doctor Who? Well, remember the lady from that show?” “Billie Piper?” “Yes. Well she went away from the programme but she’s now coming back.” “Where on earth did you hear that mate?” “On the news Daddy, this week.” Later we were talking and I said to Sam that most 4-year-olds don’t watch the news, to which he replied “I do Daddy, I love it”. That’s so strange, but not a bad thing. One of my earliest memories is when we lived in Lincoln, and me complaining about the news being on our black and white telly. Now I live by news TV. 4 - Sam’s break-dancing. Since we watched Konnie trying break-dancing on Blue Peter, Sam’s been doing it. Well, this time I recorded him doing it on my phone, and it’s superb. He does some moves, then poses for the camera at the end. This is a FANTASTIC video. If you want to see it email me (trix68@hotmail.co.uk). He usually spins on his back as well, but not this time, sorry.It was a fantastic Dad & Sam day. I nearly beat Sam out of bed at half six (unheard of) and from then on we had a nice day, which went from great to perfect. We voted for Sam on TMI. We planned our own version of Wacky Races . Splatty Races will be done in the bathroom for easy cleaning. Five races where the first to the middle wins - but in the middle is something yucky - custard, jelly, etc - so when the cars collide we both get splatted.. You KNOW it’s a winner! We put up the Christmas tree - it’s December! Sam did most of the decorating which he loved. For the tinsel and lights I stood still and Sam wove his way around the tree. It was a magical moment when it got dark and Sam asked if we could look at the tree with the other lights off. Course we can son. Then we looked (and laughed) at the presents we’ve already got for some people. Next Christmas thing to do is to pick up a Spiderman advent calendar. The very last thing that Grandad gave to Sam, before he passed away, was a video all about truck racing. We watched that together yesterday, huggled on the settee, eating apples and grapes, and after that we decided to have a truck race ourselves. Sam’s not got many lorries, but never mind. We did the first race in the living room (“England”), after clearing the banger race from the track. By the way, don’t you think that the Lego tyres and wheels make the track look more authentic (see pic)! After the race the lorries, as in real life, had to move to the next country. So, now, our kitchen table is Finland. Sam has also got the charity shop bug. We went looking for a Wiggles video, but didn’t actually find one. We did end up with an Action Man video and a Camberwick Green video though. And Sam now knows that charity shops have loads of interesting stuff in them. Not always the stuff you wanted, but good buys nonetheless. This blog’s been a bit all over the place, but never mind. Summary. Fab day. Sam, I love you to bits. See you soon. Daddy x Spread the Word
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