We just about got our costumes finished in time for explorer day at school.
So here we are, Jaqies Cousteau,
And Neil Armstrong. I'm sure he wore oven gloves to the moon too.
Friday
I hoped Auntie Christine and Auntie Trish enjoyed it, they were certainly vocal enough on the sidelines!
I had a double dose of roller skating as we went to Norhtcroft in the evening.
And then it was on to the Hatchet for somethign to eat. I didn't like it, although it was quite early evening, it was still too busy and too noisy.
The hot dog and chips was very nice though.
We stopped off at Sainsbury's on the way home for some pud and bumped into Auntie Christine again, she does shop at odd times!
Sunday
After saying last August that we ought to come back on a bright, cold winters day for a ride along the prom from Southbourne to Bournemouth, we finally got round to it.
Yeah, except it wasn't a bright day and it was pretty cold to be honest. It didn't start well when I fell off and hurt my arm (there was a lot of sand blown up onto the path whcih made it slippery).
We tried to help her get over by sheltering between some beach huts for our picnic.
But it still hurt and I was quite whingey about it.....
Then when I 'apparently' cut up some bloke with a baby seat on the back of his bike, causing him to swerve several times (this was the last of several near misses i'd supposedly been involved in) Dad flipped his lid and ordered us back to the car to go home. I tried pleading with him but that was that.
So we had a nice silent journey all the way home.
Oops.
So instead of being out and about we got to do more homework, deep joy!
Hugo did appear later on though and we played the hotel game which was cool.
We had a visitor for assembly, a real life explorer that had been to the top of Everest.
And very grim it sounded too, frozen lungs, altitude sickness, falling into ravines and climbing over frozen dead bodies on the way.
Not only that but it was miles to the nearest shop as well.
So if it was supposed to inspire us to aim for the highest heights, I reckon it may have backfired a little bit. Other than that it was business as usual so we still went swimming, in costume!
I even kept my outfit on for breaktime, although it was a bit on the chilly side.
Wednesday
One of my friends Bella is leaving school. Her Mum has a job somewhere else so she's moving on. We made her a nice card as a goodbye.
We did football in PE, I scored 4 goals! So not a bad game really, I was rather pleased with myself.
Thursday
Well it was book day, but as we had already dressed up for the explorer thing there was no dressing up. I was a bit unhappy about this, i'd got a great idea togo dressed as a hamster from one of my recent bedtime stories.
I was quite happy not to have to bother, shame we still had to do the big write though.
I had rather rapidly developed a wobbly tooth, which I managed to get out in the evening after school. I gave it a good old cleanbefore putting it under my pillow for the tooth fairy.
Friday
It was film night at school, we hadn't had one of these for a while.
I suggested a few outfits thta were deemed a bit over the top for film night by Mum and Dad.
I wore my shorts and shirt combo so looked effortlessly cool.
We watched Hop, although we had seen it before we did still enjoy it.
Saturday
Saturday
It was the day of the netball tournament at long last.
It was an early start and up to Park House.
It was a lovely sunny day, even if it was a bit breezy and cold. We had plenty of supporters which was nice.
I had my roller skates and an occasionally empty tennis court so I was all set too.
The tournament itself had it's ups and downs it has to be said. But we played well and fought hard, especially in our semi-final against St Gabriels (who have won the competition for the last 300 years or something). We eventually lost 5-4 but pushed them every step of the way and kept it going until the last dying seconds of the game. They eventually went on to win the tournament, again. We finished third, best placed of all the 'peasant' schools:
I had my roller skates and an occasionally empty tennis court so I was all set too.
The tournament itself had it's ups and downs it has to be said. But we played well and fought hard, especially in our semi-final against St Gabriels (who have won the competition for the last 300 years or something). We eventually lost 5-4 but pushed them every step of the way and kept it going until the last dying seconds of the game. They eventually went on to win the tournament, again. We finished third, best placed of all the 'peasant' schools:
I had a double dose of roller skating as we went to Norhtcroft in the evening.
And then it was on to the Hatchet for somethign to eat. I didn't like it, although it was quite early evening, it was still too busy and too noisy.
The hot dog and chips was very nice though.
We stopped off at Sainsbury's on the way home for some pud and bumped into Auntie Christine again, she does shop at odd times!
Sunday
After saying last August that we ought to come back on a bright, cold winters day for a ride along the prom from Southbourne to Bournemouth, we finally got round to it.
Yeah, except it wasn't a bright day and it was pretty cold to be honest. It didn't start well when I fell off and hurt my arm (there was a lot of sand blown up onto the path whcih made it slippery).
We tried to help her get over by sheltering between some beach huts for our picnic.
But it still hurt and I was quite whingey about it.....
Then when I 'apparently' cut up some bloke with a baby seat on the back of his bike, causing him to swerve several times (this was the last of several near misses i'd supposedly been involved in) Dad flipped his lid and ordered us back to the car to go home. I tried pleading with him but that was that.
So we had a nice silent journey all the way home.
Oops.
So instead of being out and about we got to do more homework, deep joy!
Hugo did appear later on though and we played the hotel game which was cool.
Monday
Cross country club was pretty epic, especially the training where we doubled the sprint intervals each go. It ended up with me and Jess determined not to be the first to give in. I came home with a very red face.
We finally caught up with the second episode of the Bear Grylls survival programme after tea in a rare whole family sofa session. We loved the bit when they had to drink their own wee.
The retchign noises were hilarious!
Cross country club was pretty epic, especially the training where we doubled the sprint intervals each go. It ended up with me and Jess determined not to be the first to give in. I came home with a very red face.
We finally caught up with the second episode of the Bear Grylls survival programme after tea in a rare whole family sofa session. We loved the bit when they had to drink their own wee.
The retchign noises were hilarious!
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