Welcome to Rabbits' Blog!

Hello! My name is Joseph Woodrow Stevens and this is my Blog. It's called Rabbits' Blog, because that was the name Mummy and Daddy gave me when I was still in Mummy's tummy. (Apparently Daddy's sister wanted to call my Daddy Rabbits when he was born!)

Anyway, Mummy and Daddy write stuff down here about me, 'cos they seem to think it's interesting. I just like all the pictures of me, 'cos I'm gorgeous! I hope you like what Mummy and Daddy have written here. Let them know if you do. They'd like to hear from you!

Lots of love and kisses!

Joseph xxx

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Run for the hills! It's a Josephsaurus!

Last week Joseph's pre-school had its May Fayre. And lo, a Josephsaurus was born!

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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

First day at Pre-School

Yes, Joseph started pre-school today! Our little boy has begun his educational career, and, so far, he's loving it. I took him for his first day. We we told his peg number, and Joseph hung up his oat and changed into his plimsolls. Joseph is a Yellow Canary, so we went of to find his group leader, Mrs Darvill. Joseph has his name on a tag which he has to put in the pot to show he's there. He also had to put on a yellow ribbon.

After that he held my hand for a while, and Mrs Darvill asked him what he wanted to do. He then saw the wooden train and he was off, returning only to give me a kiss. It was quite strange to see him go off like that without any fuss, and quite a relief after all the child-minder problems of the past 6 months.

I went to pick Joseph up 2 hours later, and he'd been doing a lovely big splodgy red painting (possibly a flower) nad had done a paper plate face (possibly a self portrait). Joseph also has a book bag, and he'd borrowed a Spencer book (Thomas the Tank Engine).

He had a lovely time, and can't wait to go again. Must remember to give him something red to take...

Labels: School

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Joseph's Got The 'Pox!

It all started with one suspicious looking spot under his nose...

That was two days ago - and now look at him!

The poor little lads covered in chickenpox spots, but he's bearing up pretty well. He's a bit more grumpy than normal, and wants to keep going to sleep (but doesn't actually sleep..). I think the hardest part is not being able to go out anywhere as he's still infectious, so we have to try and keep ourselves entertained. He went out for a long run yesterday, so he's not feeling too bad at all. We may have to go for a drive or something later...

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Thursday, May 08, 2008

Joseph and I share everything...

... except ice-cream!

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Monday, May 05, 2008

I am a horticulturalist!

Yes, first cookies next the world! Today Joseph dug his first earth and planted his first seeds. If all goes well then in a few weeks time we should have some dwarf bean seedlings. He was a bit ham fisted with the seeds but he seemed to really enjoy it.
I have to get some of the Russian Giant sunflower seeds for him too. I think he'll really enjoy watching them grow, maybe even bigger that Grandad's 25 foot sunflower of last year!

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Look I can make cookies!

Well, this was our first attempt at baking together and we were quite proud of the results which are edible and not unsightly. Horrah! Of course he's only two so wasn't allowed to use the mixer or put them in the oven but he did help with the cutting out. Uncle bought us the cutters for Easter and ever since Joseph has gone on and on about the cookies. Hopefully this will keep him happy for a while.

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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Christmas Tree, presents!

This has been the constant call from our little man since Christmas. Every time we went past a house with a Christmas tree. I for one am gladwe've all taken the decorations down.

As you can see Joseph had a mountain of presents for Christmas. It reallly got quite silly. He was amazingly good through the whole day. He opened all of his own presents (with assistance), took an interest and played nicely while the rest of us were opening our presents. We had to take a break before he finished though as he got too tired to care. He loved al of his presents and wanted to play with each of them immediately. My poor brother spent all morning prying plastic toys out of packaging and undoing a gazillion cable ties. He certainly earnt his dinner that day!

So now that we have Christmas over it is on to his birthday. I had to go to a cake decoration shop today. A bit scary but we made it through without destroying the place. Ha!

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Our son, the artist!

In the ongoing quest to keep our little man occupied during his waking hours, we decided to try and awaken his artistic temperament (well, he already has the fits of temper and throwing things... ;-)). Em bought him a colouring book and some crayons a while ago, and while he enjoyed chewing the crayons and putting the odd line of colour, he wasn't really into it.

Later, Em decided that he might like a blank page to be creative on and so bought a cheap pad of paper. Joseph seems to enjoy this much more than his colouring book and actually asks for his pad and crayons (sounds like "kick-kick" at the moment for some reason!). The strange thing is that I never really liked colouring books when I was little and always preferred a blank pad to do my own drawings on, so maybe he takes after me in that respect, and might turn out to be a great artist, like wot I never was!

So anyway, here is Joseph's first work of art for your delectation! Commisions are available on request!

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Happy Anniversary Mummy and Daddy

Today was our 8th wedding anniversary and rather than parcelling Joseph off on the grandparents we decided to enjoy the day as a family. It was a great idea. We've had a lovely day. We went swimming this morning and Joseph went in all parts of the pool except the deep end and had a wonderful time. Then we went for lunch at Hylands House and had a walk and an ice cream (yum!). Joseph was charming for most of the day and we had a nice relaxing summers day together.

Work again tomorrow, more's the pity!

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Friday, July 13, 2007

18 months old - and walking!

Yes, Joseph hit the ripe old age of 18 months yesterday, and to celebrate his coming of age, he's really put his back into mastering the ancient and noble art of walking. In the last week, he's gone from taking the odd hesitant step before falling down on his bottom to walking the entire length of the garden.

We went for a walk to the shops today (normally about a 10 minute walk) and Joseph walked about 75% of the way there and back, only really stopping to admire the foliage on the way (taking leaves off plants and bushes and promptly putting them into his mouth)!

The last 18 months have really flown by - I can't believe it was only a year and a half ago that he was lying in his incubator, and we were so worried for him. He's now so rugged and tough it seems inconceivable that he's the same boy. He's eating proper food (apart from vegetables...), starting to talk and loving his books. I'm really so very proud of him and how well he's done.

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