Lunar completes NT challenge #11 (goes on a really long bike ride)

A short while ago my Daddy got me a lovely 'small fry' cycling helmet but couldn't take me out cycling because my head was too small for this smallest of helmets. By October 2014, a couple of weeks on, my head now fitted snuggly into the helmet. Better yet, Daddy had got me a 'buff' (kinda like a head scarf) of my own to wear under my helmet and Mommy got me some mittens to keep my hands warm. Now there was nothing to stop daddy taking me out for a pedal!

I sat in a chair of my own behind Daddy and would tell him where to go. This was lots of fun and I liked it when daddy went over bumps. On my debut cycle we went all the way to Arrow Vale Lake. We cycled all the way around the lake and then cycled home. Aunty Kim cycled with us both and she was always out of puff.

On my first cycle we covered about 15k. I'm not sure if that was considered 'long distance', as my Daddy has cycled 100's of miles in one jaunt. However, this was a long ride for me - it's the furthest I had ever been! Daddy says I have now completed National Trust challenge #11 (go on a really long bike ride) and I'm not even 2 years old yet!

Lunar completes NT challenge #17 (sets up a snail race)

Friday 19 September 2014 was a groggy, wet day. Daddy and I took a walk and saw lots of big fat slugs on the pavement. This gave Daddy an idea. He suggested we look for snails in the back garden. It didn't take long before we had both spotted one.

Daddy disappeared for a second and then returned with some blue chalk. Moments later he had chalked out a race course. We were going to race our snails! My snail was the little one.

 My snail took an early lead. It was very exciting watching them race. Daddy's snail was fat and slow.

Whoa just look at my snail go! Zoomy! My snail was definitely going to win!

Here was the moment of truth. My snail was first to cross the line! Daddy's snail had started to shift but it wasn't even close. Daddy said I had now completed another National Trust challenge - I had completed NT challenge #17 and set up a snail race.

Lunar completes NT challenge #9 (eats an apple straight from a tree)

This year (2014) my mummy and daddy have been growing all sorts of fruit in Doo Little gardens. They grew some cherry's, pears, tomato's, marrows and apples. Daddy said I had to find a big apple to complete one of my National Trust (NT) challenges - this wasn't too difficult...

One of our apple tree's in the garden had 2 apples left on it. Daddy said 'how d'ya like them apples?' I  smiled and plucked the biggest apple straight from the tree. The apple was mostly green with a splash of red too. It looked delicious.

I'm not quite sure what variety the apple was but daddy says it wasn't a cooking apple. It looked juicy and there were no maggot holes or anything. Now to take a bite...

Mmmm. Delicious! Perhaps not a Golden Delicious though.

It was such a big apple it took me ages to eat it. Some apple was eaten outside. Some apple was eaten inside. Daddy said I now have apples inside my insides.

On 9 September 2014, I completed the National Trust challenge #9 and ate an apple straight from a tree. Daddy says this was a big achievement, especially considering I am not even 2 years old. I have now successfully completed 3 NT challenges!

Lunar completes NT challenge #22 (explores inside a tree)

On the 29 Aug 2014, Daddy took me and Nanny for a walk over the fields in Studley. It was quite a windy day and a few drops of rain landed on my head. Daddy said I looked like Red Riding Hood.

We spotted a great big tree. It had acorns attached so it must have been a great Oak. I just had to get nearer and take a closer look.

Daddy said 'you don't get any nearer than inside'. So, inside I went and I had a great explore. This adventure completed my second National Trust challenge - explore inside a tree.

Lunar completes NT challenge #21 (picking blackberries)

Daddy saw the National Trust (NT) website had a 'thing' on it called '50 things to do before you're 11 & 3/4'. Before I could say 'over the moon', he had signed me up for it. If you want to take a look at the 50 challenges, please follow this link: 50 things...

Wild blackberries growing at the top of Doo Little drive

The first challenge I completed was challenge #21 'pick blackberries growing in the wild'. Daddy walked me to the top of our drive, armed me with a little pot and instructed me to pick.

Before long, I had filled my little pot with lots of fat delicious blackberries. I wasn't allowed to eat any until the pot was full. Once the pot was full, daddy made me wash them too.

Mmmm, they really were delicious. I think I am going to enjoy my challenges that lay ahead!

She bangs the drums

When I was just 1 and a 1/2 years old, daddy made me a drum kit. Daddy said I drummed better than Keith Moon. If you wanna check me out for yourself please watch the video's below.

Lunar bangs the drums

Lunar bangs the drums #2

Over the Moon

Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Lunar and my daddy has just created this site to help capture special moments in my life. I think my daddy is creating a bucket list of things he'd like me to do before the age of 11 and 3/4 (you can blame the National Trust for that) with the hope that I'll add challenges of my own as I grow older. At the moment, I am only 1 and 1/2 years old.

Here's a quick update on my life events / challenges to date:

I was born on the 3 February 2013. I weighed 6 lbs and 6 oz. Daddy says I was born at 6:45 a.m.

I read my first book at less than a month old. Mommy and daddy think I'm a quick learner. Daddy says I'll be a rocket scientist when I grow up.

I have worn lots of different hats since my birth. The first hat I wore though was at just a month old. I don't think it would fit me now!

I wonder if I'll travel to such great sites like Stone Henge? I haven't been to a stone circle yet. However, mummy and daddy took me to Belas Knap - this was an ancient burial chamber and my first pre-historic site visit!

Belas Knap

Inside the burial chamber (Belas Knap)

It wasn't long before I went on my first holiday! Indeed, at just 3 months old, I went to the Cotswolds for a long weekend and stayed in a caravan!

I got my first taste of a real sea-side holiday when I was 4 months old. Mommy and daddy took me to Dorset. The photo below was taken on a Jurassic coast.

Despite only having a little palette, I love my food. I like sauces and flavours and both sweet and chili things. I had my first curry at just 8 months old.

My first Christmas was great. It was Christmas 2013 and I got to dress up as an elf. I think this was the first time I ever got dressed up.

In February 2014, I had my first birthday (not including the day I was actually born). Just like Christmas, I had lots of presents to open. I was very excited.

Better yet, I even had a birthday party. Can you guess how many candles were on my cake? (I had already been to a birthday party before my own).

Ice creams and the like are delicious. I just love mini-milks. I'm sure I had my first mini-milk during June 2014.

Daddy reckons this was the first time I 'properly' went into the sea. I had my toe dipped in the sea the year before but this time I paddled. I'm sure daddy will add a post when I take my first swim in the sea.

I completed my first National Trust challenge (#23) on 12 August 2014, aged 1 and 1/12 years old. Mommy and daddy took me to visit a farm. I saw lots of animals on this visit and even fed a lamb with a bottle of milk!

Daddy wants me to visit a farm again before he ticks this challenge off. He says this is because he wants all new challenges to be completed after this blog has been created. What is he like?! If you want to see how I get on with my (dad's) bucket list, challenges, adventures in life, etc - then please follow this blog and we'll keep you updated.

My daddy is 'over the moon' with all my achievements thus far.