Friday 22nd July
An early start today, decorating the house to celebrate a 5th birthday.
We all baked brownies in the morning - very busy, fun and messy, just the way the best activities are!
Yummy gooey chocolate brownies made, and off we went to the best park in the area, with a big sandpit and play equipment for children from toddlers to teens - there are so few parks that cater for all ages, and this one's fab!
Worn out children, so a birthday movie treat - we all settled to watch 'How to train your dragon'.
Free play choices today included transformer toys, lego (not a day goes by without lego!), outdoor play and train track.
Suitably refreshed, so a trip into town and another visit to a park before taking one of our gang for his swimming lesson.
2 weeks of calm now, as children are all on holiday, so back in 2 weeks.
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Thursday, 21 July 2011
1st day of the holidays
Lots of fun all round on the first day of the school holidays.
The weather could have been better, but even with the rain we managed a trip a local park. The children played football and played on the play equipment, and I joined them in a game of basketball.
The children enjoyed getting messy making hand prints with paints and also went on to paint patterns and faces on paper plates.
We planted out tomato plants (yes, I know, a bit late) and ran off some energy in the garden.
Lots of free choice play throughout the day in between our activities, with lego and the castle particular favourites today.
Finally we enjoyed a trip to the library where we chose a dozen books to take us through the holidays. When we got home I started to read 'The Wooden mile' to the very tired children!
The weather could have been better, but even with the rain we managed a trip a local park. The children played football and played on the play equipment, and I joined them in a game of basketball.
The children enjoyed getting messy making hand prints with paints and also went on to paint patterns and faces on paper plates.
We planted out tomato plants (yes, I know, a bit late) and ran off some energy in the garden.
Lots of free choice play throughout the day in between our activities, with lego and the castle particular favourites today.
Finally we enjoyed a trip to the library where we chose a dozen books to take us through the holidays. When we got home I started to read 'The Wooden mile' to the very tired children!
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Last day of the school year.
Mixed emotions about this.
My son is, of course, very excited about being on school holidays, but he has had a fabulous teacher this year and is going to miss him a lot.
And so, tis action stations tomorrow, school holiday fun!
My son is, of course, very excited about being on school holidays, but he has had a fabulous teacher this year and is going to miss him a lot.
And so, tis action stations tomorrow, school holiday fun!
Welcome
Welcome to my new blog. My first ever blog in fact!
This has been set up to document the day to day experiences we have at 'the happy house'.
Our laughs, activities, outings - and yes, sometimes frustrations.
Photos of children (other than my own) will NOT be used, and nor will identifying remarks. Confidentiality will be maintained at all times.
The content of this blog will be regularly updated and checked, but if any reader should spot any information that they feel to be inappropriate I would ask that you please contact me immediately.
This has been set up to document the day to day experiences we have at 'the happy house'.
Our laughs, activities, outings - and yes, sometimes frustrations.
Photos of children (other than my own) will NOT be used, and nor will identifying remarks. Confidentiality will be maintained at all times.
The content of this blog will be regularly updated and checked, but if any reader should spot any information that they feel to be inappropriate I would ask that you please contact me immediately.
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