Tyntasfield

We had a lovely time at Tyntasfield (national trust home and grounds nr Bristol) last Sunday. Ben (and Daddy!) enjoyed the adventure playgrounds and we loved looking at the vast amounts of growing fruit and veg and we also followed the famous Victorians trail which tied in nicely with Ben's recent school learning about the Victorians. He even got to take home a Victorian toy - the one where you have to catch the ball in the cup by flinging it up by the string - not easy! It was also good fun watching a few planes landing at Bristol airport which we could see in the distance from our picnic spot. A great day out!

Sports Day 2016!

We all had a fun morning in the sun (thankfully!) yesterday at the Kings Lodge sports day. After a great start with all the children singing a song called 'Rio' which had some excellent moves that went with it, we sat back and enjoyed the morning. Ben was in two races - three legged and a sprint. Ben did really well in the sprint by coming second (and it was a close call too). Mummy & Daddy even joined in the fun by participating in the tug o war. The morning was rounded off with a picnic with friends (in the 'green' house pics, Ben is on the left hand side with a blue cap).

Westward Ho! (yes, this town's name does actually have an exclamation mark)

We had a lovely weekend down in Westward Ho! last weekend, helping Justin celebrate his birthday and Ben celebrating a TD day ;-)

We had a fun time exploring rock pools, checking out the arcade games, playing crazy golf, go-karting, attempting to fly a broken kite, spending time with Nana & Grandad and enjoying being by the sea. Ben's highlight of the trip was the local sweet shop - it probably had every single sweet you can think of in there!

First tooth out!

Scarecrow Festival

We had a great time with the Mann family at Kington Langley scarecrow festival on Saturday afternoon, unfortunately we didn't manage to look at all 72 scarecrows as tiredness was kicking in (and that was just the grown ups!) but we did manage to look at nearly 40....the theme was 'hobbies' - can anyone out there guess what this hobby is below (the man upside one) as we never did figure it out...answers on a postcard please ;-)

Top of the Tree!

Well done Ben! Top of the Tree at school last week for great work on a 'solar system scene'

Weymouth!

We had a great weekend away in Weymouth last weekend staying in a Haven caravan park (apart from the Church bells that rang all night!). The weather was certainly on our side with lots of sun and warmth. We spent most of our time at the beach and rounded the weekend off with a trip to Durdle Door...