A trip to Rome with Aunty Barbie

Rome with Aunty Barbie
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Hello everyone,

Well I was very sad to see my Noni go last week, but luckily for me my Aunty Barbie came to visit the very same day!

Mama and Aunty Barbie and I have just got back from Rome. We had a beautiful holiday and I had lots of fun, even though Mama and Aunty Barbie kept making me stop so they could drink coffee.

Spanish Steps

Spanish Steps
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This is me at the Spanish Steps. I made lots of friends in Rome, especially with all the people who called me bellissima!

Puzzle

Puzzle
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We went to the children's museum where they had everything my size! There was a mini post office and a mini tv studio (I pretended to do the weather and saw myself on tv) and a mini supermarket and lots more. I had the best fun with a big puzzle about recycling. Aunty Barbie and Mama helped a bit, but I did most of the work.

Arancini

Arancini
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Off course I loved Italian food. My zia highly recommended the stuffed fried olives and the arancini, and I reckon she knows what she's talking about. They were GOOD.

Happy New Year Everybody!

Curls
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With love from Yasmin xx

(It is almost New Year here and I am still up - hee hee)

Playdough

Playdough
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Hello again everyone,

I just wanted to show you a few more photos of me here in Bonn. Noni made me some playdough, so I've been exploring a whole new world of squishiness.

I don't like anything that gets too messy though. Then I say "messy messy" and make Mama clean everything up.

Rugged up

Rugged up
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For those of you wanting more Noni, here is a shot of us all rugged up to go out in the cold.

Pigtails

Pigtails2
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My hair goes in pigtails now. Mama cried when she saw me with them, she says I am a big girl now.

Yas in snow

Yas in snow
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Merry Christmas everyone!

I am just back from a wonderful holiday in Val Thorens in France in the snow. I went with Mama, Dada, Noni and Zio. We had so much fun and to top it all off people kept giving me presents and saying things about Christmas. It was great.

Now, I have to tell you I had my first holiday romance while I was away. We all went out to dinner on Christmas Eve and on the table next to us was a blonde boy in a high chair called Tom. I think he was Dutch. Anyway, he kept blowing me kisses and so I went over to give him a real one. When I got back to the table I told Noni, "kiss boy". He was very nice.

Father Christmas came to the dinner too. He scared the life out of me, coming up from behind, but once he was gone and had left me a little toy snow dog, I wanted him back. I kept looking for him and saying "again again".

Family in snow

Family in snow
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This is me in the snow with Mama and Dada. They tried to build me a snowman, but it looked pretty funny to me. I didn't tell them that though.

Snowboarder

Snowboarder
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By the end of the week I looked like a real cool snowboarder. I even had the moves, spreading my legs and rocking side to side and saying "Wheeee" and "Hold on"

Zio's snowman

Zio's snowman
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Zio built me a snowman on our balcony. He had cheese balls for eyes and buttons, and cucumber pieces for arms. The birds liked him a lot.

Drawing

Drawing
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There was an excellent playroom at our hotel, and Noni took me there every day. We had so much fun and I learned how to draw and rub out. There was a little backpack there that I loved wearing, I carried it everywhere.

House

House
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I had lots of fun in the house too. Noni tried to teach me domestic chores but I just liked playing peek-a-boo.

Putting shoes out

Putting shoes out
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Hi there,

Today is St Nicholas' day in Germany. All the children put their shoes out last night, and if they had been good, St Nick brought them presents. (If they were bad, they got sticks.)

Shoes outside

Shoes outside
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Presents from St Nick

Presents from St Nick
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I must have been good because there were some great presents for me when I woke up in the morning! Some new shoes, a sticker book and a big tent thing for my playroom.

Surprises

Surprises
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There were even some surprises for Mama and Dada. They said something about what nice landlords we have, I'm not sure what they meant...

Happy to have Noni

Happy to have Noni
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Oh, that is the other big news I forgot to tell you! My Noni is here!
I can't believe it, she just turned up out of nowhere. It sure is nice to have her around to play with, I can tell you.

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens
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Hello everyone,

Well I am just back from a trip to London, and boy did I have fun.

First I went to see my zio Peter in his new place in Hinckley. He has a very nice flat, with a big tree outside with squirrels. Zio was lots of fun and I was very sad to say goodbye to him, but Mama says I will see him again very soon. I'm not sure I understand what that means yet though.

I went to the Kensington Gardens and saw big swans and more squirrels and spent ages playing in the playground there. It had teepees and real diggers for the sandpit and a musical jumping thing that Mama kept hogging. She did play Old McDonald on it though.

We saw our friend Mai and we went to Harrods together. We even bumped into Mr Al-Fayed there and Mai said hello and he said hello back! Wow.

Here are some of my favourite photos.

Love,
Yasmin xx