We were very much still Ned free. We didn't really miss him though of course. Even if I had made a card for him......
It was our last gymnastics session before the competition at the weekend, excitng stuff.
After tea we had a trip to the park, we had so much time not having to wait for Ned to finish his meal.
Wednesday
I got picked up today, after my most awesome two nights away. Dad asked if I was ready to come home, I had to be honest and say no, I wanted to stay longer!
So, we'll go back a bit if thats okay with you and i'll fill you in on my Ufton Court trip.......
(Ufton Court Update)
So Mum drove me there, I was so excited when the building loomed into view as we made the approach up the long drive:
Our dormitory was on the right hand side top floor as you look at the picture, and although I didn't have a top bunk I had the best bed view out of the grounds, it was lovely.
Our days were packed full of cool stuff, we did brass rubbing, orienteering, stick whittling, making nice smelling posies from the herb garden, archery and tended to the animals in their vey own farm. Bubble and squeak were my favourites, the pigs!
There were plenty of fun times as well, like our bedroom fashion show and bed bouncing.
The highlight of the trip had to be the Tudor banquet though:
We had to all get dressed up, including tights for the boys of course. It was great fun, we had to serve the ladies their dinners first and then afterwards dance with them, I danced with Rebecca. We even got to drink some special mead, which was very nice indeed.
Once the Tudor business was all done we watched the England football game on telly, very un-Tudor!
Bed times were pretty late in comparison to those at home at 9pm which was well cool.
Then there was the food, being a little bit fussy I was a little worried about this, I needn't have been. We had sausages and chips, roast chicken and even fajitas. It was okay too, but even better were the plentiful supply of between meals snacks....biscuits!
You can see why I was in no hurry to come home!
So there we have it, my first trip away on my own done.
By the time we did get home I was quite excited to go and pick Ellis up it has to be said.
Yeah, we had a lovely cuddle when I came out if school, I suppose I had missed him really.
Then the later nights caught up with me......
Thursday
I was not looking forward to going back to school one little bit. It was okay in the end though, we had to write about Ufton.
We went to the park after school.
Excellent!
Our new thing is doing a 'superman' on the basket swing. This incolves holding on to it while ot is sent round it's way, then releasing one arm to hsve out in front of you like the caped crusader. I got Dad to give me a push.....trouble is he gave me too much of a push, the sort of push he gives Ellis while she's sat in it. This was way too much for a superman....I kept hold as best as I could but it was no use and I got flung accross the playground at very high speed. Several onlookers gasped in horror as I flew accross the grass and landed in a very cringe inducing splits type of manouver and then slumped to the ground in tears.....of laughter! It was awesome!
Friday
We had the sports leaders in for rugby during golden time, this proved to be the final nail in the coffin for my latest pair of trainers though....oh dear.
And I had my first week of the new swimming term, seeing the old gang og myself, Eva and Barney re-united, with the addition of Eloise from school too!
We came home and had a couple of games of Friday night monopoly and then a sneaky game of Catan, which I won yet again.
Saturday
Well we were all primed and ready for my competitive gymnastics debut....so it was a shame that Dad had actually got the wrong day. We thought the gymnastics club looked rather quiet when we arrived at lunchtime.....because the competition wasn't until tomorrow!
What a doofus. Still, we hastily made alternative arrangements and had a trip to Donnington Castle with Luca and Matice.
I seemed to get injured a lot....I'll blame the boys I think.
We acted out several battle scenarios, our favourite being trying to get to the castle without being spotted by the gaurds (Mum and Dad)
Sunday
The actual day of the gymnastics competition......
We went to Sainsbury's in the morning to buy food to donate to the food bank for my harvest festival. It was really enjoyable, even if some of my suggestions were turned down.
We had lunch and then headed down to the gym, which was much more busy than it had been yesterday. I had to sign in and then wait for my age group to start. I really wasn't at all nervous and was enjoying myself.
We were split into four groups and made our way around the different disciplines. We had a practice go at each and then we were judged.
We did the beam (did well), the trampet (faceplanted on landing), the floor (did well, personal best handstand I reckon):
the vault (did okay):
I didn't stop smiling throughout the whole thing and barely gave Mum, Dad and Ned a glance.
Yeah, it wasn't actually that boring Ellis, I did have the Ipad though....
We got to watch some of the older girls do their stuff while the scores were being totted up, they were pretty awesome!
And then it was results time. I was wishing so hard for a medal, so equal third place for my floor routine was just brilliant:
Not bad seeing as I only started going in February!
Once I was home though I wasn't bothered about it, I didn't march around the house parading my medal or anything.......
I would have done!!!!
Monday
Our last week before half term, hooray!
With it being our last dance session before halloween, it was of course thriller week. Cue zombie dancing all round, great fun.
Hope we do it on Thursday......
We've been a bit slack on the reading front at home lately, so we both had to do some with Mum after tea.....groan!!!! She's such a hard task master, Dad's a pushover.
October 21 edit from Part Time on Vimeo.
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