Welcome Home Topsy and Tim

# This is out street

# It's where we live

-# We love to play together...#

-Topsy!

Quick, Tim!

# Just like you

-# Just like us...#

-Topsy, run.

-# And we'll be friends forever...#

-Go, Tim!

# We can be anything

# If we close our eyes and dream

# We can play day after day

# And the fun will never end

# This is our street

# It's where we live

# So let's all play together

# Be best friends forever. #

-Hello.

-Hello.

-BOTH: It's us!

-Topsy!

-And Tim!

THEY LAUGH

-Mummy is coming home.

-Today!

-OK, can you take those, please, Topsy?

-OK, Dad.

I can't wait to see Mummy.

'Mummy's been visiting Granny Molly, who has been ill this week.'

-Mummy's going to love these flowers.

-Yeah.

'But now Granny Molly's better, Mummy's coming home.

'We're going to pick her up from the railway station later.'

When does Mummy's train arrive, Dad?

Lunchtime, so we need to plant these. Into the kitchen. Thank you.

'We're planting hanging baskets either side of our front door...

'as a surprise for Mummy when she gets home!'

-Is there one for me, Dad?

-Yes, of course there is.

That's yours. Thank you.

'Dad and I put newspaper on our kitchen worktop.'

Unfold it. Here we go.

-Just the right size, Dad.

-Yeah, maybe one more. Thank you.

Why are we gardening in the kitchen?

It's not really gardening, it's making something.

-We're making hanging baskets.

-What's the newspaper for?

To make sure we don't get too messy.

-Are you ready to plant your very first hanging basket?

-Yes!

Yes! OK. Can you grab the basket, and put it on the surface?

-Basket.

-Basket. OK.

Now, this is very special soil, Tim.

-It's called compost.

-Compost.

Yeah. Now, watch this.

THEY GIGGLE

-It goes straight through the basket.

-Yeah, correct.

So, we need to put that green lining inside the basket. Thank you.

Straight in there.

OK. Now, you try putting some more compost in.

OK.

Compost is going inside the basket, and it's staying in here now.

Yes, well done, Tim.

You carry on filling the basket up with compost, and I'll grab Topsy.

OK.

-Topsy? Can you come and make your hanging basket, please?

-Coming!

-How we doing?

-Really well. Look!

-Very good.

'Tim shows me how to put the liner and compost in my basket.

'And then I plant my strawberries!'

-Wow!

-Look, Dad.

-I've got four strawberries on my strawberry plant.

-Great.

Your plant will grow more strawberries soon.

-Sunshine and water is all they need.

-Please can we eat one now?

-No.

-I know. Let's save them until Mummy gets home later.

-Yay!

-Mummy will love eating my strawberries.

-Topsy.

Super-wash your hands, please. Right, the hanging baskets are finished.

-All we need to do is hang them up.

-Careful, Dad!

-Oh!

-You're dropping compost all over the place.

-Yes, I'll try not to.

I know what to do.

We need to make a road.

-Great idea, Tim!

-Yeah.

DAD LAUGHS

-It's like a rocky road.

-Yes. Oh!

-Newspaper.

-Newspaper road!

-Coming through.

'Dad carefully carries our baskets outside

'to hang them up by the front door.'

-Coming down!

-Ah!

-Ah!

OK, thank you. Down you come.

'Our hanging baskets are up!

'And Mummy's going to love them.'

Here you go. Ohhh! OK.

Do we really need to water the plants?

-We've only just made them.

-Oh, yes. We need to water them every day.

-Maybe even twice a day.

-You splashed me and Daddy.

-Sorry, Tim.

-That's OK.

Plants get thirsty, especially in summer. OK, thank you. Down you pop.

There we go.

THEY LAUGH

-Can we collect Mummy now, Dad?

-No, not quite yet. We've still...

Oh, my goodness. Look at the time. We need to go now!

-Help me tidy inside and find my car keys. BOTH:

-Right!

'Dad drives us to the train station. Just in time!'

I'm going to see Mummy first.

Hold on to my hands, please!

Don't run to the platform without me. Thank you.

'But the platform is empty.

'Mummy's train hasn't arrived yet.'

-Oh, now, you see this yellow line, Topsy and Tim?

-Yes.

-You must never cross that line.

-Why, Dad?

Because the yellow line stops people getting too

close to the railway tracks.

Yeah, just like that. Very good.

Oh! Look! Dad, Tim!

-Oh!

-Hanging basket.

-Can we go watch the man?

-I think he's about to water them. Should we say hello?

-Yes.

'We find out that the man's name is Bob. He works at the station.

'We tell him we just made our own hanging baskets for Mummy.'

-I'm Brian, nice to meet you.

-Hi, Brian.

-Would you like to help me water these hanging baskets?

-Yes, please.

'We tell Bob we know all about hanging baskets.

'They need lots of compost and compost is special soil.

'We tell him that you need to water them twice a day

'when it's warm, because they get thirsty.'

Wow, this is fun.

Good boy.

My go, my go!

'We all get a little bit wet.'

-Oh!

-TOPSY LAUGHS

In the basket, Topsy.

-Lovely.

-Your go.

-Thank you.

TOPSY LAUGHS

-Oh!

-OK.

-Give it back to Bob.

-Thank you.

Thank you, Bob.

Topsy and Tim, I think there's someone here to see you. Look.

-BOTH:

-Mummy! Mummy!

Oh, I have missed you. My goodness, you're both so wet.

What on earth have you been up to?

Hello. Welcome home.

Oh... How are you all?

-I missed you so!

-I missed you so much!

OK, let's take these back to the car, shall we?

'As soon as she gets out of the car, Mummy notices our hanging baskets.'

-Oh, wow. Look at these.

-Do you like them, Mummy? Do you like them?

They are amazing.

The flowers are red. And it matches the front door.

Red is my favourite colour. It's brilliant, Tim. Thank you.

-Are those strawberries?

-Yes.

There are only four now, but you can pick them

-and eat them, Mummy.

-We can all share them. Thank you, Topsy.

That's so clever of you.

And that's when mummy said...

' "Oh, it's good to be home, I've missed you." '

-It's good to be home, I've missed you both.

-We've missed you.

-Oh, thank you.

-Welcome home, Mummy.

Let's get inside and wash these strawberries

-because I can't wait to eat them!

-Yeah!

BOTH: ' "And that," said Dad, "was that." '

-BOTH:

-Hello.

-Are you good at remembering?

Can you remember what happened to us today?

This is our Topsy and Tim memory game. Let's play.

THEY GIGGLE

Today, we made hanging baskets for Mummy.

Can you remember what Topsy planted in her hanging basket?

Was it flowers? Or was it strawberries?

The answer is behind Wiggles the rabbit.

Look, the answer is strawberries!

-Watch this.

-Wow, look at these.

-Do you like them, Mummy? Do you like them?

-They're amazing!

The flowers are red. And it matches the front door.

Red is my favourite colour. It's brilliant, Tim. Thank you.

-Are those strawberries?

-Yes.

There are only four now, but you can pick them

-and eat them, Mummy.

-We can all share them. Thank you, Topsy.

That's so clever of you.

Great game.

-That was good fun.

-See you soon.

# We can play day after day

# And the fun will never end

# So let's all play together

# Be best friends forever. #