Wednesday this week was Daddy's birthday and we all went up to London for the day. It was ace. First, we went to the 'Marvellous Maps' exhibition at the British Library (where this photo was taken), then we went for a lovely relaxing lunch, before heading over for a coffee and a snack in St. James's Park. We all had a great day.
Last Saturday we met up with Johnny, Marie, Leo & Ava and went for a picnic in Palmer Park. The weather was scorching hot and we all had a really fun time. It was the first time we had met up for ages, so it was great to catch up. The kids had fun at the playground, then we sat in the shade for a yummy picnic and a game of footy, with plenty of fun and chat thrown in. It was a lovely day.
At the weekend it was time for the next stage of the Great Sunflower Race. The sunflowers have all grown too big for their pots now, so it was time to plant them out in the flowerbeds. Kezia (complete with new hair-do!) and Grandad did a great job!
As part of the general clean-up (while we have the skip) Grandad/Norman came round today and did a terrific job of clearing away all the weeds, brambles, stinging nettles and sundry old junk littering our back garden - we have a proper Kezia-friendly clean and tidy space to use for the summer now - thanks Grandad, it's brilliant!
At long last we got round to hiring a skip so that we could start to de-clutter. This lot is JUST from the garage!! The garage is clean and tidy again - we can play darts again! Ace! And the skip company sort & recycle up to 80% of what gets thrown out - so it's a win-win.
We'd been waiting for the weather to turn nice again so that we could play out in the Princess tent - today was lovely and warm, so we could give it a go!
Kezia made us roar with laughter with this quote today.....
Daddy (singing a silly version of a nursery rhyme): "Oh the Grand Old Duke of York, he had 10,000 sheep....."
Kezia (laughing): "10,000 sheep? That's not very sensible!"
Today we went to the Meadow Madness Children's Festival down by the River Thames. We went last year with Gran and it was great fun to go back. Last year Kezia was too small for this huge inflatable slide, but this year she could go on it, and she thought it was absolutely brilliant. It was really high!
To cheer me up when I got home after my last day at work, we decided to go to our local woods to have a look at the bluebells. We had a great time wandering round, climbing trees and playing hide and seek.
This evening, Tris went out to go to the corner shop and he called us excitedly to 'come and have a look'. When we got outside, we saw this Batmobile parked across the street! We presume it was for an end of school party for the girl and her boyfriend, although all the adults were having a go first. Needless to say, Kezia was much more interested in the girl's pink dress than the car!
Yesterday, I went to meet my Swedish friend Erik and watch Ipswich v Sheffield United. Erik has been a United fan since 1982, and he and his friend Ulf had come over from Stockholm for the match. The Blades won 3-0, so Erik was delighted!
Kezia has been really quite poorly with a tummy bug the last few days, poor little mite, so we have been doing all sorts of indoor things to cheer her up. Finger and toe painting was a big hit!
