Bristol Zoo

We had a great morning at a hot Bristol Zoo yesterday. Every summer they get the dinosaurs out to scare the wits out of the little ones (including Ben!) but after an initial scare from the T Rex he wasn't bothered by them (they were quite life like, with sounds and movement). I think one of Ben's favourite things at the zoo was running through the sprinkler they were using for the flowers! Hopefully squeeze in another visit before we get totally absorbed in preparing to move house...

Pre-school summer trip to Bowood

Ben and I had a great day at Bowood yesterday for the pre-school summer trip. Ben had lots of fun enjoying the soft play, farm and huge adventure playground and we also had perfect weather...

John Coles Park

Ben and I ventured to our favourite Chippenham park this morning and enjoyed the sunshine and a well deserved mini milk ice cream (Ben kept a keen eye on the ice cream hut and was over like a shot when it opened up). Now for a rest then a good play in the paddling pool this afternoon with Ben's friend Henry - fun times!

Cool dude..

Bowood Country Fair

We had a great day at Bowood Country Fair on Sunday. There was plenty of things to watch, participate in, rides to go on, ice creams to eat.. it was all very quintessentially English! Apart from a few mini meltdowns by Ben (he loves going on rides = difficult doing something else) it was an enjoyable day (though Justin & I strongly resemble beetroots at the moment!). Pics below include Ben in a fire engine and a JCB digger and the pic with the other kids was during the falconry display where an Owl called Peanut swooped in between them all.