Nedster's World now featuring Ellis!

Tuesday
It was badge week at gymnastics.......I wasn't expecting to pass as usual, it's getting harder as I get older and move through the grading system.  So it was a massive surprise to finally get my Silver Floor award.  Not so great was being late out of the gym and having to queue up for my certificate and badge with a very hungry Dad (and Mum) who wanted to get home and get dinner sorted.

Wednesday
I went to Sasha's for tea after school, via the park actually.  With the lovely sunny weather its been great to get everyone out together after school.  Sasha's Mum very kindly bought a whole box load of Calippo's for us to enjoy as well.

Thursday
Another after school trip to the park today with the sun still shining...lovely.

Friday
Yet another sunny day, it's almost like summer, so much so that Friday Club had declared it water fight night.  I was certainly not going to miss this one, despite the fact that I would have be separated from my phone for a little while.  It was great fun and a great evening, I got home a little soggy to say the least.

Saturday
Our Merlin passes have almost expired and with our more diverse areas of interest as a family these days we've decided not to renew them.  Thorpe Park seemed like a good idea to get one last use out of them.  It wasn't the best day out we'd ever had, there were a lot of technical difficulties on the rides (Nemesis, Stealth, Samurai especially) which meant bigger queues for everything else.  Swarm was still brilliant though, as was Rush and Vortex as well as the rapids always being fun.  Lunch was also a bit of a strange one, we had pizza buffet instead of our more usual picnic and once the initial queues had died down it was very agreeable.  We didn't stay late as Mum and Dad were off out that night and Ned was desperate to get back on the Xbox to play Fortnite.
I spent the evening in the company of Nate and Joel which as ever, was a lot of fun

Sunday

I had a bit of lay in and then supervised Dad rolling his first attempt at making some Sushi in preparation for a picnic with Nate and Joel.

We rode down which was pretty fun as Ned decided not to continually cut me up.

The daffodils were out and it was a lovely warm day to set out your blanket.  I didn't sit on it long though, I got Dad to accompany me to the top of the hill to bomb down it on our bikes before taking a load of 'Environment' themed photos on the phone.  

The boys soon arrived with Alan and Hayley and we started the picnic.  Joel was pretty messy but very funny and cute so he can get away with it.

We stayed for ages, played on the park, played football, threw the Frisbee and then made for home, with Ned cutting me up like no ones business on the way home, no doubt to make up for not doing it earlier and it drove me mad.

Monday
More park time today after school and im getting much better at being home in time for tea too.

Homework is continuing at a relentless pace pre-sats.  Well, when I say relentless what I really mean is 'saving it all up until nearly the last minute'