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Tuesday
It was animal day at dragon club, I marked the occasion by wearing my best animal print clothes and having my face painted as a pink, sparkly Leopard.  Hayley's sister Chloe was working there, here face painting is AWESOME!
I was named Super Dragon of the day for endless enthusiasm for all proposed activities.  I was rather pleased about that.
The afternoon film was The Lion King!
And we had our love of Hama beads well and truly re-kindled.  Minecraft characters a speciality!
We had to ride home on a pretty tight schedule, as I had gymnastics to go to as well.
We might have sneaked off to Sainsbury's for a sly slush Puppie while she was there, ahem.

Wednesday
Todays Dragon club theme was the circus.
I got made ringmaster for the day, I had to have a lovely moustache drawn on and got to introduce all the acts and be in charge!
I was of course one of the acrobats, in strking eye make up!  It was great fun.
We also had a game of three legged football, I teamed up with a left handed boy, so we were quite a skilful combination.  It wasn't until afterwards that I realised how much our leg tie had rubbed my leg off, causing a rather nasty blister!
The afternoon film was Frozen, how epic was that?
We stopped off on the ride home in Sainsburys on the way home for.....A Slush Puppie!!!!
It was my athletics debut this week, Team Kennet, with Abi as well, how exciting:

I looked really pro in Ned's old vest.

I think I might want it back next week though.  I realised I quite missed it and made a few enquiries about making a return......

I really loved it, all the other new recruits seemed a lot bigger than me so I got beaten a lot.  Not that I cared of course.  It was lovely having Abi there too.

Thursday
This was the one we'd all been waiting for at Dragon Club.......Water day!
Oh yes, we took the super soakers in, which was quite an achievement in itself on the bikes, along with a change of clothes each and our packed lunches.
There were water bombs, water pistols, filled squeezy bottles all of which ensured we got soaked, seriously soaked!
It was fantastic fun.

Friday
Arrrgghhh, Pirate day at Dragon club.
And because it was Friday, it was adult in the stocks day.  Tom was this weeks victim, he dragged Becky in too as she had got no real votes!
We did an exceptionally good job of riding in today, we're starting to get used to it I think.
Shame about the way home, it was all going so well until I fell off for no apparent reason by the city playground.  It was a bit of shock to be honest, but i was soon back up and rolling again.
That rounded off our whole week at Dragon club, I declared it 'awesome' I really loved going.
And we rode there and back, every day this week, which I thought was really cool.
We made a quick dash up to the hospital in Reading to collect Andy, he'd spent the day up there as he'd managed to get glass in his foot somehow.
Despite a few people trying, it was still quite firmly stuck in there!
He wasn't best pleased to be coming home with it still lodged in there, and on crutches too!
Especially with it being so close to holidays as well.
We bought him home and gave him some tea, but I hated hearing about it while he was telling Mum.....eeeewwwwww!

Saturday
With the realisation that I actually only now had three pairs of shorts it was time to go shopping.  The problem is of course that the shops have all now sold out of shorts, but are doing a good line in jumpers and other winter attire.  How helpful.
We did eventually find a couple of pairs hidden at the back of the rail in Next though thank goodness.
Just as we were about to head off home, it rained, not normal rain, mega rain!
It was so hard we hung around in the shop for ages hoping it would pass.
Even I didn't go out in it for a run around.
It didn't stop, so we decided the best course of action was to go to Sports Direct for a golf umbrella and make a mercy dash across the car park to McDonalds.
It was a good idea.  My friend Lilly had also had the same idea, her Dad was also sporting a brand new umbrella.
Once we were fed and the rain eased off we headed to Dad's work charity fun day down at Thatcham football club.
There were loads of people there, but we missed the football matches, there were plenty of old men limping about so they must have enjoyed themselves a little too much.
I settled for a go on the speed detector goal shooting:

I managed 31mph!  Dad was too chicken to even have a go.
With the help of Mum we managed to get the bouncy castle dry enough to have a bounce on again, it was seriously soaked to begin with.
I had a good kick about with Dad in goal, but he kept getting interrupted talking to people, so I had a kick about with the CEO's son instead......
We had a go at the name the teddy and the guess how many sweets were in the tub games, both of which we have previous for.  
Hopes were high.
But ultimately unrealised, we didn't win either, although Dad's number was pulled in the raffle.
He burst out of his chair with the loudest whoop of the afternoon, I don't know why, the Ipad had already been won.
He only had eyes for the extra days holiday though.  
Even though there was still a massive tin of biscuits on offer?  Despite Dad's warped priorities, I thought it was an Epic afternoon.
We had the rare luxury of tea on the sofa watching saturday night telly.

Sunday
A full day out on the cards!
Bucklebury Farm Park, haven't been for ages, Mum and Dad a little bit worried we were too old for it.
No chance, we loved it.
Indoor playground and drop slide...check.
I'll come back to it...
Outside playground, check!
Obstacle course.
Pedal go-karts.
Cutest donkeys ever.
Crazy wild boar babies pegging it around their enclosure hastling their mum.
Lovely reindeer with fluffy anlters.
Noisy pigs.
Greedy goats.
Tractor ride out into the deer enclosure.

The stags had massive antlers and certainly weren't shy:

We had a lovely chat with the driver afterwards, they had a collection of shed antlers that we got to examine and ask questions about, I lapped it up.

But the highlight had ot be the egg collecting.

Yeah, in the chicken enclosure!

I found the first one out of everybody and then worked out that the henhouse was the place to be after that:

I did some more drop slide......

...I didn't.  I sat on the top for ages and ages though.  I don't know what the problem was, i've been on bigger ones before but I just couldn't do it.
We were pretty much the last ones there at the end of the day.
We made it home in time for Catchphrase though.
There was a bloke on it who was even better than Dad!

Monday:
A day with Auntie Christine at long last.
Yeah, we've been on school holidays well over a week after all!
With Auntie Trish and Darcey on board too we were all set for a good day.
Yep, 4 Kingdoms was the venue, very agreeable!
They get more cool stuff each time we go.
Darcey and I loved wandering around the woods fairy spotting.
But my favourite was definitely the laser tag!

Thanks for another awesome day everyone!