Pre-school Fete

Ben was very excited to go back to pre-school for their annual fete... there was even a special visit from Peppa Pig and Tigger! (although Ben wasn't fooled, he said before we left "its not going to be the real Peppa Pig, it will just be a man in a costume"... Ahh, the innocence doesn't last long..

First lunch day at School!

Its Ben's first day of having lunch at school today and he wanted to show off his new Spiderman lunchbox....unfortunately he has also got his first School cold :-(

Snake Charmer

We popped to Longleat last Saturday and (after hesitating for a while - who wouldn't though?) Ben decided to join the queue to hold a snake... he was very proud of himself after!

First Day at School!

And we're off... Ben's first day at school. Here are a few pics of him getting ready to go. Apart from a few tears here and there, he seems to be settling in well and is enjoying it. He was very pleased he got a sticker today for sitting nicely.

Our little School boy...

Only a week to go now until the big day! We tried on Ben's school uniform yesterday to make sure everything fits ok...Now, all I need to do is practice keeping composed, putting on a smile and waving goodbye (ill just keep repeating that to myself...)

Longleat

We had a great day out at Longleat last Friday (we enjoyed it so much we got an annual pass and went back again on Monday!).  We did the safari in the morning - Justin & I were in hysterics when we were feeding Deer through the car window (they were shoving their heads right into the car) - unfortunately we didn't get a photo to capture the moment as we were too busy laughing. In the afternoon we explored the rest of Longleat - one of the highlights being watching a falconry display which was excellent - they got Vultures, Kites etc to fly straight over our heads all at the same time - there was much whooping, laughing (and ducking!) from the audience. We had fun in the Postman Pat village, Rockin' Rhino ride, adventure playground with soft play, train ride and boat trips. O yes, another highlight was watching the Parrot show - a few children from the audience were asked to go to the stage (I volunteered Ben) and they all stood in a line and were each kissed by a Parrot - we have a great video of this. Looking forward to more visits and exploring Longleat House next time...

@Bristol Science Museum

We had a really good time at @Bristol - a science museum in Bristol. There was so much to do, you didn't know where to start and where to end! The ground floor was all sciencey type stuff which was all very hands on (Ben's favourite was watching a beach ball float up on a gust of strong air coming out of a tube - and putting his face on it so it blew his hair!). The first floor was all about animation where you could actually make your own animation (once you had waited... and waited... for a table to become free). We also had the added bonus of getting the train over to Bristol and getting a ferry boat from the centre of Bristol back to the train station. The only downside to the day was the heavy showers we encountered getting back to the station, but aside from that it was great. Hope to go back next year.