Well, whats happened here then? Haven't had an update in weeks have we? What a disgrace, lets try and catch up a bit shall we? I dont think my memory is quite good enough to recall everything in specific detail so we'll just have to go with the highlights.
I started on my birthday crystal growing set with Mum. We were like a pair of mad scientists mixing up the chemicals. I was expecting a couple of little flakes or something so was pleasantly surprised by this monster:
A momentus day,Thursday 9th of June marked the re-opening of the trampoline after a lengthy period buried under twigs and bird poo. Mum did a great job cleaning it all up, making it look as good as new while Dad and I completed the renovation of the previously weed infested flower bed in the lower garden. We raked, levelled, dug out the worst of the roots before laying a weedproof carpet thing and sprinkling a load of heavy bags of slate pieces all over it. We had to wash them first and got into a lovely mess with all the sludge, I loved helping. Anyway, the trampoline was brilliant fun:
Friday 10th of June marked our school celebration of the Queens 90th birthday with a big old picnic on the field. We looked for Laura, Darcey and Auntie Christine without mch sucess so Mum gave them a call.....they turned out to be sat down right next to us:
Saturday 11th and Dad had to finally concede that Ned's trainers were too small and he needed a new pair (he has only had them for 18 months). We took a trip to the Nike shop but they didnt have any that quite fitted the bill. So we ended up in a nearby Sport Direct instead. Once we had sorted that out we cam home, had a quick change and headed to Mum's work party, also in aid of the Queens birthday. Anyway this one was a bit special, there was a bbq, there was a dune buggy to do laps of the field in:
There was a football match, a mechanical digger that you could knock over skittles with, a manic dog that I loved playing with.
There was also clay pigeon shooting, Dad had a go and missed. Mum was talked into giving it a go, hit her first clay and gave the gun back. 100% success rate there then Mum.
Ned had a few goes and hit one too:
We managed to fit in a bit to eat before a bit of a cricket match broke out.....which was interrupted by the highlight of the day, the water bomb fight!
All of a sudden several hundred waterbombs appeared and it went off. Everyone got involved and we all got soaked!! It was such great fun and quite a party it has to be said.
In the evening Mum and Dad went out to Tracey's 50th party (in a pub) so we got Alan and Nate for the night, what a brilliant day.
In the evening Mum and Dad went out to Tracey's 50th party (in a pub) so we got Alan and Nate for the night, what a brilliant day.
Monday
Still on the monday night gymnastics trial, still don't like the lack of structure.
Tuesday
Netball after school, we're starting to make some progress too I think, still enjoying it.
Wednesday
Team Kennet night and Dad got roped in to help, doing the raking in the long jump pit. It looked well weird him being out in the infield.
Friday 17th
It was 'Den building' day at school. I had sourced some decent supplies this year, a bumper pack of garden canes, a huge ball of twine, a couple of old duvet covers and a long length of leftover weedproof matting. It was brilliant despite the school making a bit of a mistake and scheduling it the same day as the infants sports day, meaning the prime building areas were out of bounds.
We got home, loaded up the car, collected Andy and headed to Cornwall! Brilliant.
Saturday 18th
What a glorious day, low tide during the day meant a spot of net trawling in the rock pools although we didn't catch much. A game of kingball followed then lunch and an afternoon slump:
Barbecue for tea, Ned tried to fashion a shelter:
Mum and I preferred it without (eben though I pinched Dads jumper):
Sunday and the weather had turned, it was grey, wet and drizzly. We had a game of Yeti after breakfast......but even after that things hadn't cheered up any. So, we hatched a plan to walk to Boobies Bay (hahaha) in wetsuits with the boards. It was a bit of a jaunt, right across Constantine bay but as you can see, we enjoyed ourselves when we got in the sea and I loved my new board:
We went for lunch at the Youth Hostel, but had to sit inside which was actually something of a novelty. Once that was done we packed up and headed home....great weekend.
Monday
I went to Lolas for tea straight from school and then we went to gymnastics together. It was great fun so thats a benefit of Mondays gymnastics.
When I got home, my butterflies had arrived....well, my caterpillars had anyway. I had a 'grow your own butterfly kit' for my birthday and i've been super excited about it all. Anyway, the caterpillars came in their very own pot, complete with food and whatever else they need to get going. So we placed them very carefully in an appropriate corner of the room (away from direct sunlight or extreme temperastures) and started waiting......
School sports day, Mum came for the whole morning which was brilliant.
We had all the usual stuff on offer, here I am on my way to scoring at netball:
I didn't do very well on the space hopper, but ran very well in the races I did this time around. We won the tug of war though (thats me second from left, dug well in):
Sports day 2016 from Part Time on Vimeo.
Our house came third this time, which made a pleasant change from coming last!
Saturday
Our long awaited trip to get our nails done on Mum's voucher she had for her birthday. It was fantastic, if a bit painful at times. It took ages, I didn't mind at all and lapped it all up, we looked fantastic afterwards, mine in a nice vibrant pink and mum's a rich deep purple/brown metallic. I dont theink the therapist thought my idea of going home and cleaning the car was a very good idea aftter her efforts.....
Sunday
Ned had a very brief athletics event he'd signed up for, the hurdles for team Kennet at a league match in Swindon. It was pretty much the first event, so he was straight on it, bit of a warm up then race. He hasn't done hurdles for ages so I thought he was pretty brave. His start was amazing and he got over the first and second hurdle in the lead but it all started to unravel as his stride pattern went to pieces.
We visited the cake stall which was very well stocked:
We sat really still in the hope one would land on us....
But they didn't. This cute guinea pig did though:
Monday
There was some sort of football match on today? I wasn't very interested in that to be honest but we ere having a few round for a barbecue, which I was very interested in! I helped get everything ready, swept the trampoline, helped get the tables and chairs and blankets and the gazebo up it was really exciting. It was lovely having everyone round and I had a lovely time even if the football result wasn't very good:
Just throw in a quick Caterpillars update, they are growing well and a lot more active at the moment!
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