Tuesday 18th
Well I spent a decent portion of the week trying to catch up on sleep and indeed food acter my Rhos trip.
I did manage gymnastics okay though.
Friday 19th
Well this one was a bit of a bolt from the blue, once we'd finished tea we went to london for the Lumiere London festival of light. Basically a load of arty light themed stuff dotted about the city, Ned was overjoyed about coming along.
We parked up and go ton the underground to Leicester Square. Dad had an app on his phone that had all the locations of the pieces and this seemed like a decent place to start. It was pretty bisu but the middle of the square was lit up by giant bulrushes, rabbits, badgers and a load of other countryside stuff. It was pretty cool actually. Next up were some 'flying' flamingos in China town that moved around the streets on poles carried by people (way better than it sounds) before we headed off covering some serious mileage, via Carnaby street, Piccadilly Circus (where the building being projected onto was somewhat diminished by the rather vulgar permanent advertising screens), and then up a very traffic free Regent Street:
We parked up and go ton the underground to Leicester Square. Dad had an app on his phone that had all the locations of the pieces and this seemed like a decent place to start. It was pretty bisu but the middle of the square was lit up by giant bulrushes, rabbits, badgers and a load of other countryside stuff. It was pretty cool actually. Next up were some 'flying' flamingos in China town that moved around the streets on poles carried by people (way better than it sounds) before we headed off covering some serious mileage, via Carnaby street, Piccadilly Circus (where the building being projected onto was somewhat diminished by the rather vulgar permanent advertising screens), and then up a very traffic free Regent Street:
The light up (and sound producing) see-saws were a massive hit:
Oxford Street took on a strange, otherworldly presence:
This light up bench was also rather brilliant, even if it didn't produce any detectable heat which I think Dad was hoping for:
We finished off at Westminster Abbey:
Even the side door was lit:
The lights went off at 10:30 so we headed back for the car and home. I was glad I'd put my pelt in the back so Ned and I could share it for a nice warm snooze on the way home.
Saturday 20th:
We were supposed to be having Luca round for a good portion of the day, but that didn't pan out which was a big shame.
Mum and Dad went out for Auntie Trish's birthday in the evening so I got to hang out with Nate and Joel again!
Sunday 21st:
I needed new school shoes, new PE shoes and a new pair of shell toes (there was some dispute over whether I actually needed the shell toes or not) so we set out on a trip to Kingston upon Thames.
We had barely even got there when it was time for lunch...Greggs no less, we're proper classy.
I found some lovely PE trainers (mens, no pink bits) and eventually conceded that the forst pair of school shoes we'd seen in Bentalls even before our Greggs pitstop were pretty much unbeatable.
We rounded off our day with a browse of the toy section in Bentalls, although, maybe, just maybe I'm starting to get a little bit big for this sort of thing:
Sadly I didn't manage to get another pair of shell toes due to shoddy stock-keeping practices in one of the shops, they had one size 3.5 out on display but couldn't find the other one in the back room.
When we got home, Dad found some on the internet and we ordered those....
Monday 22nd
To make up for his Saturday no-show we had Luca round for tea. He's great fun and we all enjoyed his company at the dinner table.
Thursday 25th
My new trainers arrived today, all the way from Germany:
Friday 26th
Film night had come round again, sadly it was Despicable Me 3 which all of year 6 had already seen at Rhos. Oh well, good excuse to go and spend the evening with your friends anyway I suppose.
Saturday 27th
Nate and Joel's for the evening, for board games and pizza, and a bit of reading with Joel too who loved to try and wrestle the book out of Mum's grasp.
Sunday 29th
Ned's Football was in Andover today, and despite the weather it was the best one yet I reckon. There was a really good park on the field, a nice place for some skateboarding and a decent little shop too. I did get a rather muddy bum, but wasn't as bad as one of the chaps who retrieved the stray match ball and slipped over into some really slimey mud.....
We spent the rest of the day painting the living room. I got proper stuck in and was put in charge of painting the walls, first off with a brush around the skirting boards and door frames and then with a roller.
Monday 30th
Rushed home from school to get some more painting done, to tell the truth though I was getting a bit bored of it.....it doesn't allow the creative freedom i'm used to.
Friday 2nd February
We had our Rhos assembly today. I was happy to see Mum and Dad come along and we enjoyed giving everyone a taste of our week away. I also got to take them back to my classroom afterwards and show them some of my recent work. I'm really proud of recent efforts so it was nice to show Mum and Dad. They seemed really impressed.
A monumental day today, I went to town with Lilly, pretty much unaccompanied. We had a great time, had McDonalds for lunch, bought matching t-shirts and other cool stuff.
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