Right, been a bit slack on the update front again, sorry.
It's been largely business as usual though, with the exception of our weekends being a lot less interesting than usual due to Ned's football commitments. Anyway, lets get stuck in to the higligts of the last couoke of weeks shall we?
October 6th friday
Film night at school.....boss baby this time, as ever, it doesn't matter what the film is does it?
What was far more exciting though was our house guest that the others had found wandering the streets of Highclere on the way home from Ned's football training:
How cute is he? No collar so we didn't know who he belonged to, all the vets were closed for the night and Mum had a long running phone debate between Berkshire and Hampshire councils as to whose responsibility he was (as we found him just over the border in Hampshire). The upshot of all this was simple, he'd have to stay the night! We set about sorting out a bed for him while Dad was sent to Tesco for some dog food and a collar so we could take him outside to do his business.
He was such a good boy, loved a cuddle and a fuss and was quite happy to snuggle up on the blanket we got for him. He wolfed his supper down when dad got home with his grub and then had a lovley game of catch with me in the lounge.....he only destroyed two tennis balls.
I went to bed as excited as I would be on christmas eve,excited to get up and make more of a fuss over our guest.
October 7th saturday
I got up nice and early to see how Kevin (as mum had taken to calling him) was......thrilled to see me was the answer.
It was still stupid early so we thought we'd take him out for a walk before taking him to the vets when it opened to see if he was chipped.
He loved it,
We took him up to Falkland vets and the lady on the counter said straight away that he'd been reported missing.....hus real name was Baxter! And he had a sister called Peaches that had already been found and bought in. I got to go out to the back room where she was to watch them get re-united.....they were so pleased to see each other it was lovely wo watch.
Just as we were leaving Baxters owner arrived, she looked like she'd had a sleepless night and said she'd been wandering around the woods until 11pm looking for him. Apparently he likes to take off and chase deer.....
She gave Mum and cuddle and thanked her and me for looking after him....she was so happy andwe all felt good that we'd made sure he got home to his family safety.
It feels silly to say it, but I really missed him once he'd gone.....
We went round Alan and Hayley's in the evening for pizza, board games, cuddles with Joel and a lot of larking about with Nate.
October 8th Sunday
Football for Ned again....yawn.
The park is still quite good fun for his home games then.
Anne and Mike saved the day though with an invite to go over for a barbecue. They had set up a gazebo and a lovely table and chairs set in the garden so we couod enjoy the autumn sunshine. We had a lovely meal and a goid old catch up and Dad was ecstatic that he'd got another barbecue in before the onset of winter.
October 10thTuesday
School photo day today, cue much preening before school!
October 13th Friday
We an open afternnon to show off what we'd done for our maths themed week.
I was especially proud of our plans for the proposed installation of a food tech kitchen for school.
We had a price list of all the kit we might like to use, measurements of the room and the items to go in it to help us devise our plans. I took the lead within our team and really went to town, putting together a mood board with a plan view, patterns for the floor and wall tiles and a cost breakdown.
October 14th Saturday
Up early for Alton Towers, in convoy woth Andy, Nick and Abi.
It was Scarefest weekend like last year, only a bit busier so we didn't get on quite as many rides as last time, especially after we waited an hour for Rita which promptly broke down.
Having said that though, we had a great time:
We had our evening meal in the splash landings hotel, pizza and pasta buffet...lovely, especially with thre self service mr whippy ice cream machine for pudding.
Suitably refreshed we hit the park again in the dark until 9 o'clock.
We can certainly add Galactica to our list of rides that are brilliant in the dark!
Sunday 15th October
Up early for breakfast in the Crooked Spoon, highlight being the conveyor toasting machine...loved it.
Then back to our room to freshen up:
Pack up and check out, along with a bit of a play out the front:
Before heasing back to the park for round two!
Straight to Rita.....closed again! Give that up as a bad lot and went for thirteen instead. Despite knowing about the 'surprise' it was still vrilliant fun.
Time to get wet in the pirate galeons next:
Such fun, even if we nearly capsized wirh Dad and Andy on board providing some extra firepower.
But the sun soon came out and dried us off nicely:
First match of the year for school football team today, away at the Willows.
I had a bit of pep talk from mum and dad before kick off, not sure of it was that or not but I was on form today and really got stuck in. This paid off with me scoring the first goal of the game! An absolute howler from the half way line (smallish pitch) swerving the defenders and finding the top corner of the goal.
My goal celebration? Total surprise actually.
We went on to win 4 - 0!
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