It's the year of the platypus!

Steve said that in China they name each year after a different animal.
Next year, 2013, is the year of the snake!
Charlie is scared of snakes (and so am I a little bit, but ssssshh don't tell anyone!).
So we've decided (well mainly me, but it was my idea!) that this year will be the year of the Platypus! (In Cambridge anyway!)
How cooooool is that?
If Charlie is really good all year (what are the chances of that?) we might make next year the year of the Teddy Bear.
See you later all you Platty lovers
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No big sleep in!

Normally during the hollibobs Mandy lets me and Charlie stay in bed later in the mornings.
No alarm clocks, no dashing about in the mornings, plenty of playing games in our jim jams - lovely I thought........but I'd forgotten about Jessie.
Our dog Jessie needs to be taken for a walk in the morning before her breakfast.
Which means ......... yes you've guessed it!
Well we've just got back from walking Jessie. I'm covered in mud but I did get a juicy dog lick and lots of waggy tails.
Off for my second breakfast......
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Wiggo is knighted!

Steve said that Wiggo had been knighted.
How is he going to ride his bike wearing all that armour?  It's going to make it tricky!
Off to make some swords for me and Charlie so we can play knights.....
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4.2 billion presents have been delivered already!!!

How much is a billion? 

I don't know but it sounds like a lot!

Over four billion presents have been delivered already - and Santa hasn't even gotten to my house yet!

You can track Santa's progress by pressing http://www.noradsanta.org/en/track.html

Too excited for blogging - need to follow Santa!

Be good everyone!

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Santa's mobile phone number anyone?

Heeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllppppppp!
Has anyone got Santa's mobile phone number? I really, really need it!
I've thought of some extra things for my Christmas list and Steve says there isn't time to send a new list to Santa before Christmas Eve - disaster!
So I've come up with a fab rescue plan, I can text him!
How cool is that?
So if you've got Santa's number please send it to haroldtheplatypus@gmail.com as soon as you can.....
Laters
H
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Have I won sports personality of the year?

Me and Charlie have been allowed to stay up late to watch Sports Personality of the Year.
I secretly thought I might have won after my fab swimming in Harold wins Gold.
But when I didn't get invited to the show I began to doubt that I had won.
Glad I didn't tell anyone I thought I'd won now!
Who do you think is going to win?
I can't decide there are loads a really good people that could win it.
Wiggo, Mo, the Weir wolf, Ben Ainslie........
Off to bed....
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My Talking book is finally here

Steve was taking me and Charlie to a birthday party yesterday.
We climbed into the car and Steve put a CD in the player
Normally he asks us what we'd like to listen to, but not today
Oh dear, we thought, it will be some boring stuff Steve wants to listen to
We couldn't have been more wrong.
We were chatting to each other when I heard mine and Charlie's names mentioned
We stopped talking straight away and listened
It was Harold Saves Christmas being read out loud by a proper actor!
http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/cv.asp?ref=M156325&pub=1
What a really cool surprise.
It sounds really good, I feel all Christmassy now
Will have to listen to Harold on safari (the other story on the CD) tomorrow. We can't wait.
Off to read along to the CD of Harold saves Christmas (I can't get enough of that story!)
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How many sleeps is it until Santa comes?

I keep asking everyone how many sleeps it is until Christmas?
I think it's: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve!
I wonder if I go and have a few naps during the day whether they would count as sleeps??
That would bring Christmas round much quicker!
I wonder if we all have to have lots of naps or whether just me doing it is enough for everyone......
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Our Christmas tree is up!

Me and Charlie have spend all day today decorating our Christmas tree.
I think it is the best one ever!
Stanley came to turn the lights on as usual before he had to fly back to Greenland to help Santa get ready for Christmas.
Those of you that have read Harold Saves Christmas will know all about Stanley and how we, well mainly me, saved Christmas.
Off to see if I can squeeze a few more things onto my Christmas list.......
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I can smell a Christmas tree

When I woke up this morning my beak was tingling.
There was a familiar smell filling the house. But what was it?
I thought and thought and thought. No I couldn't remember.
Charlie was still fast a sleep so I decided to go downstairs and investigate.......
As I went downstairs the smell got stronger and stronger. What was it?
Then I noticed a little green pin on the floor.
Oh look there was another and another........
I followed the little green pins into the front room and there it was.....
This years Christmas tree!
How exciting.
"Can I put the star at the top of the tree please Steve? Pleeeeeeeease!"
"You ask the same thing every year. You and Charlie can do it together, like you do every year, and I think Stanley is due back later to switch the Christmas tree lights on!"
Off to get the decorations out
"Charlie keep a look out for Stanley"
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It's lucky Charlie can write his name!

On Charlie's first day at school he got a gold star for writing his name - yawn! He's still talking and talking and talking about it.

Well it's probably just as we'll he can write his name as he can make sure it's at the top of his list for Santa. It's very important that Santa knows where to deliver all of my, I mean Charlie's , lovely presents. 

I wonder if he can write Harold as well..........

Off to sharpen some pencils

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I HAVE BEEN GOOD SANTA!!!

Well its the second of  December.
Me and Charlie are well into our advent calendars (maybe a tiny bit more into them than Mandy and Steve realise - don't tell them!)
It's so exciting, I LOVE Christmas (I may have mentioned that before!)
Me and Charlie are insisting that Mandy and Steve read Harold Saves Christmas every night! We know it off by heart already!
Off to see if I can sneak another chocolate from Charlie's advent calandar! I wonder if Christmas will come quicker the more windows open on our calendars?? Something to think about.
The main thing, Justin case Santa is listening, is that we have been really, really, really, really, really good.
Laters
H
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