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This page is written from Ami’s perspective, as a small way of apologising for some poor parenting on my part. It was a day of general grumpiness for both of us, mainly caused by tiredness.
This morning I fell out of bed. Grandad came to help me before Mummy got there. Grandads are very useful.
We had croissants and pains au chocolate for breakfast. Izzy had Cheerios and toast with jam, again.
Then Mummy and Granny made some sandwiches for lunch while Daddy put suncream all over Izzy. I put suncream on myself.
Mummy took some photos of me and Izzy outside wearing our masks – look. Izzy was still wearing her jim-jams as well.
Daddy said we were all going for a ride in the car to see a big lighthouse and a big bridge, but we also had our swimming things because there might be a beach as well.
We drove all the way over a big bridge to the Île de Ré ( www.iledere.com ). Daddy complained about the cost of using the bridge, he said it must be a lot more than they need to keep the bridge open.
It’s a long way to the other end of the island. When we arrived there wasn’t anywhere to park, so we left the car in a field. We walked a long way to get to a great big lighthouse, called the Phare des Baleines.
I climbed all the way to the top on my own without a rest. It was a long way up – look at how many stairs I climbed. Mummy took the photo from the bottom. You can’t see me at the top.
Daddy followed me up and Izzy climbed up with Grandad. When I got to the top, I was tired and told Daddy I wanted to go down again. This made Daddy grumpy. So I took some photos with Mummy’s camera.
Daddy carried Izzy down and Mummy helped me.
We all met Granny at the bottom and played on the grass. I found a big log in the trees. You have to be very strong to lift up a log like this one.
We then bought some drinks to go with our picnic, but we weren’t allowed to sit at the lighthouse, so we walked through the village and found a space between the trees.
Izzy didn’t eat her jam sandwiches. She only had crisps and sweets.
I tried really hard and ate a whole cheese sandwich with my crisps.
Then we climbed through the bushes and found the sea. Daddy took a photo of Grandad and Izzy.
When we came back, Mummy threw away my juice and I got upset. This made Daddy very grumpy again. I don’t know why. I just wanted my juice.
We went back to the car and drove a bit more. Izzy fell asleep really quickly. She’s only little, so she sleeps a lot during the day. She can’t help it.
After a while we found a car park next to a big beach. This was much better than the lighthouse.
Izzy was asleep, so me, Daddy and Mummy put on our swimming things and went for a plodge in the sea. It was much warmer than the sea at Nonny’s house. It was sunnier than Nonny’s as well.
We filled Daddy’s hat with seashells we found on the beach. While Izzy was asleep, the sea went much further away than when we arrived. It was 46 of Daddy’s steps further out.
When Izzy woke up she put her swimming costume on but she didn’t want to go in the water. She just stuck to Mummy.
Later we left the beach and we found a big yellow banana boat near the car. Look, I sat on it.
Then we drove a bit closer to home, where we stopped for ice cream. We didn’t find the one I wanted so I said I would have a red one instead. When Daddy said we’d go to another shop I cried again and Daddy got really grumpy this time. He carried me out of the shop and along the street. I don’t know why, because we didn’t find another shop and I ended up having a red one from the first shop. Silly Daddy. We also got some bread so we can have pain au chocolat for breakfast again tomorrow.
Daddy took some photos of the bridge and then we drove home.
At home we went straight to the swimming pool. I made Mummy and Daddy very proud because I jumped in from the side. I must remember to shut my mouth next time. Then I took my floats off and I swam on my own for the first time ever.
We had tea sitting outside. I had some brioche with butter and jam. Brioche is like half bread and half cake. It’s yummy. Then I had some chocolate cornflake cakes. They’re also very yummy. Izzy got covered in beans and chocolate and she farted a lot. Smelly Izzy.
After tea I washed the sand off all the shells we collected in Daddy’s hat. Look, one of them tried to bite off my finger. Naughty shell!
After all this, we were so tired that we went to bed. Izzy went first and then I went afterwards.
I don’t know when the others went to bed, because I was asleep. Grandad says I fell out of bed again. I don’t remember it because I was asleep.
Then in the middle of the night there was a giraffe in my room and Mummy had to scare it away. How did that get here?