Tuesday

I had a bit of a rubbish day at school, I got blamed for a few things that weren't my fault, it got me on a bit of a downer.

Then it was gymnastics, pretty much the hottest day of the year and one of the other girls swiped my bottle and drank my water.  I was not impressed at all.

It was just as well Andy came round for tea and to babysit me to cheer me up.

Yes he was, I had the school play to perform in and mum and dad were coming to watch.

Technically its the year 6's leaving play so us year 5's were there in a supporting role,to dance and to sing.  I still gave it my all though and really went for it, in fact, I really enjoyed it and the show went off really well.  It was a version of Romeo and Juliet, so pretty highbrow stuff.  The musicical numbers were a lot less traditional though (a reworded version of lets get ready to rumble and I predict a riot for example), accompanied by a number of dance routines including this line dancing number to achey breaky heart:

We were in green and members of the Montagu household.  The rousing finale was a singalong to the Bee Gees Tragedy which we delivered with real gusto.

Indeed they did, I could hear it at home in bed!

Wednesday

We'd also been busy preparing for our end of term performance of the Jungle Book.  Today was our first show and it seemed to go really well.

After school football had pretty low numbers, all the year 6's and a chunk of the year 5's cried off to save themselves for the evenings play performance.  Still it was good fun with less of us, I got to have a go in goal too.

So in the evening I was off to perform again for our last night of the show.

And I got take mum and dad to my classroom for my parents evening.  I declined the offer of joining them when they went in with my teacher Mrs Jackson though.  Maybe I should have gone in though, it sounds like she had nothing bad to say about me at all.  She even told them that I didn't have a bad bone in my entire body!

I disagree of course, as I suspect would Mum and Dad.

Mrs Jackson is leaving our school at the end of term, I suppose having to deal with Ned and then me has taken it's toll on her.  I'm sure she'll be missed by future classes , she's done a really good job on both Ned and I.

Thursday

Day two our play, Mum came along to watch and for the first time ever snagged a seat on the front row!  How awesome was that?

Here I am with all my other Vultures:

I delivered my lines loud and clear and played them for plenty of laughs.  I loved it.

We had our end of term dance production session too.  We all did well sourcing yellow t-shirts to make look like minions for a dance to happy.  Dad reckoned it was by far the best one we'd ever done.

We also did a far more artsy dance to a song called the glow, which was also well recieved:

I missed it all though, as I was at our end of term disco.  Glowsticks, crisps, squash and very pink faces.  This was my last afternoon school disco, once i'm in juniors it'll be all about the friday night ones!

We were finished tea pretty early, it was a lovely evening so Dad suggested we go over to the Craven Arms for a drink and a play on the playground.

Great idea, met with universal approval, off we went.

It went downhill pretty rapidly though, we started squabbling....

Yeah, then I managed to kick my football straight at the table with all the drinks on it.  Mum got a pint of coke over her lap and her also her phone. Whoops, not my finest hour.

We went home.

Straight away.

Friday

I had my sports day, the weather was good and Mum said Anne was coming along to watch too, how cool was that???

I did okay, but according to Mum all the other kids started on the 'steady' rather than the 'go' of ready, steady, go!

It was just cool to be outside and enjoying ourselves, especially chucking handfulls of cut grass at everyone under the class gazebo's.

After that it was the joint schools family picnic, we'd got used to the idea that no one was coming for us and were happy we would be spending our time with our teachers and our other unfortunate family-less friends.

So we were blown away when Mum turned up!

Yeah, we were, it was brilliant.

We had a lovely picnic, rounded off with a much needed ice cream on such a hot day.

Yeah, I spotted what was happening straight away and got to the front of the queue!

Mum didn't stay all afternoon so we went back to class, I did a poster about loom bands.

And we watched a few films (jungle book again) and made an awesome elephant mask.

Yeah, we were both really pleased with how it all worked out in the end, nice one Mum!

We rode down to meet mum from work as she had her bike.

We took a picnic and headed into Victoria Park with it.

It was ace, we ate, we rode the skatepark, we played on the park.

Then we rode home with Mum in tow as well.

Her bike has been a great purchase.

Saturday

We didn't really have any plans for the weekend.

So after a few ideas were considered, we started off with a bit of bowling.

We hadn't been for a while so we wrre dead keen.

My game was a bit patchy, a bit hit and miss.  I got into it in the end though and sorted my technique out.

I did very well, scoring 100. I was super pleased with that.

We had a go on the arcade, 10p falls for me.

Air hockey for me, I let Ellis play, and then she went and beat me!  

We were even allowed a candy floss from the well cool machine thst makes it while you watch:

I suggested a visit to Pets at home on the way home.  We loved watching the dogs having a haircut.

The cute rabbits an guinea pigs.

The fish and even the cats that were there for re-homing.

But despite our best, heartfelt lobbying and pleading we weren't allowed any sort of pet.

Not even a fish or two.

After lunch we headed for the library, again by bike.

We were dead keen to start the summer reading challenge.

I was even more keen when I found a section of sports theory books, I got one on mountain biking and BMX and one on netball.

I plumped for more animal based stories.

We did a little bit of shopping.

And I did a little bit of modelling:

Yeah, the entertainer for yet more loom bands!

We then rode home and all got stuck into our new books.

By tea time we'd both read two each!

We had worked up an appetite, so a trip to Pizza Hut was most welcome.

The official excuse being that it was a reward for our excellent school reports.

Sunday

Day two without a plan.

How about a trip to Aldershot Lido then?

Yeah, it was pretty cool too. A big old outdoor pool, with a couple of flume slides.

Chuck in a load of lovely trees and an expannse of plush green grass to set up camp on, a sandpit and we were loving it.

The water was actually pretty warm, of course I was first one in!

We hit the slides and played a lot of ball too.

You were even allowed to dive! 

And I got Dad to throw the ball up for me so 

I could go for some dead stylish diving headers.

There was a late afternoon fly past of the Red Arrows too.

Yeah, really low in formation right accross the middle of the pool, it was awesome.

We headed home after spending all day there for a quick barbecue for tea.

Monday

The wind down has surely kicked in at school for end of term, we bought all our work books home from this year.

I had my end of term dance performance, lets get ready to rumble and an indian inspired number.  I'm not really one for following the dance moves to the letter.  I do relish the freestyle sections though.

I came home from school and watched a documentary on the last flying Lancaster bomber.  

We watched loads of music videos after tea until it was bedtime....

Tuesday

It was the last of our 10 week swimming course with ths school.  We were all braced for a fun week like we have at out of school lessons....what we actually got was a load of relay races instead.  Fun week?  I don't think so!  Epsecially when the others down the shallow end got to play water polo.Last To continue our transition to Juniors we got to have lunch time at the Junior school.
I did such good work in the afternoon (for Mrs Wright no less) that I got picked to make a card for a visitor who was leaving, I loved doing that.

It was Evies party after school and while Ned was at netball I had Dad all to myself to paint my nails then dry them with the hairdrier.  I also sought his advice on eye shadow (he said not to use any) and he helped neaten up the edges of my lipstick.

The party was at her house, the highlight had to be the Pinata, which I smashed to smithereens scattering the contents everywhere.  It does help to be a bit heavy handed now and again!

I was also quite prepared to get involved and put myself forward to be decorated as a snowman, by being wrapped completely in toilet roll.

Wednesday

We've had a long spell of not getting ready in the mornings.
Yeah, most mornings have ended up rather tense affairs.
So today we got up really early in an attempt to sort this out.

It was a good idea, although we didn't quite achieve our aim as we just slouched about for longer!

I had a Netball match after school so had to miss football club.  I didn't mind.  We played St. Finnians school who were a bit late getting to our school due to traffic.  It didn't matter though as we had a warm up game amongst ourselves. 
I had to go and watch too, which was well boring, until Harry turned up and we went to the adventure playground.
I also got my words for our end of year school play, the jungle book.  We have to do our vulture song 'acapella' you know.

Thursday

I got up nice and early and watched the second installment of the documentary about the battle of Bannockburn on the Iplayer, it was really interesting.

Friday

As it was sports day and Mum was coming to watch, we could have a lay in!
Yay!

Sports day itself was really good, even if I did keep getting pipped to the line by Alastair in our races, still I got lots of second places.  In the house points we started off well in the lead, but it didn't last long and we had to settle for third overall by the time all the results were in.

Ali came for a sleepover Friday night.  We had a great time, even though I told Dad he liked peperroni pizza and cheesecake.  He didn't like either.  Oh dear.  We went down the park for a bit and we geeked out on Monecraft and played a bit of Xbox too. 

I helped Dad put up one of our old tents he was intending to use at the weekend.  I found it hilarious, it looked so small, I told him he'd never fit in it.

We decided a DVD was a good way to round out the evening but nothing in our home library seemed to quite fit the bill.  We took a trip to Tesco to see what they had and after much well reasoned discussion settled on Robocop.  Ali wanted action, I wanted laughs.  Dad also put a double Mr Bean DVD in the basket for me to watch another time with Ellis.
Yeah, we love Mr Bean.

I didn't quite make it to the end of the film before I nodded off.......but we were no trouble at all, very well behaved.  All Ali asked for was our Wifi code for his Ipad, he can come again!

Saturday

Dad packed his bike stuff and his funny little tent and disappeared off with Andy and Owen.

A bike trip!  I wasn't jealous though, they were only going downhilling.

I had a lovely lazy morning.

I still had Ali round of course, we played some more Xbox and ate Coco Pops.

They cleared off down the park or something so Mum and I popped into town for a bit of a girly shopping trip, it was lovely.  I made sure I took horsey along for the ride too:

We had a lovely day, and ended up just sitting in the garden enjoying the sunshine in the afternoon:

With Mum in control for tea time it was a free for all.
Mum and I had fish fingers and chips.  Deelish.
I requested a salad, yes, a salad, mum had no trouble 'cooking' that for me.

Sunday
A slow start, a chance to catch up a bit afte the sleepover and what have you.
Dad came back mid morning, he was in one piece and had enjoyed his bike riding I think.
I had Williams party at lunchtime, a Go-Kart party as well, how cool.
I was a bit jealous it has ot be said but I tried my best not to show it.  We went for lunch with Ellis which meant McDonalds was a no brainer.  Due to a mix up at the counter, I ended up with a quarter pounder rather than my usual cheeseburger.  It was massive and try as I could, I didn't quite manage it all.
The party was brilliant, we drove, we played driving games likes cops and robbers but quite how William managed to win 'best steerer' award is a bit of a mystery to me, he hit the inflatable course boundary at least three times!
I went out and about with Hugo in the afternoon.
And I snuggled up with Mum and Dad to watch Beethoven 2 on telly, how perfect!
It was the day of the world cup final, and I really wanted to watch it.  But with an 8pm kick off and the possibility of extra time and maybe even penalties it was looking like a late one.  I hit the whingometer hard, saying all my friends were watching it.  It was eventually agreed that I could watch the full 90 minutes and then go to bed.  So I was desperate that one of the teams would score within that time, they didn't.  I had to go to bed with it still 0-0.  I was not happy.

Monday

I got up dead early to watch the conclusion of the match on I-Player so at least i'd look like i'd stayed up for it at school.  The German goal was very good.

Wednesday

We finally finished the last story in my wishing chair book.  Which was brilliant, but also a bit rubbish really.  I've really enjoyed the stories and it's got me well and truly into proper chapter books.  I'm having a pirate one now that Ned got me for my birthday.

Thursday

We were all set for an Ellis free night....

Yeah, it was Amie's birthday party and then a sleepover.....or so we thought.  The party was certainly on, making pizza in Pizza Express.  But the sleepover wasn't until Friday night.  No wonder Amies mum looked puzzled when I turned up at the party with an overnight bag.

So after dance we had to still go and get her.

The party was great fun, we loved making pur pizza's and best of all eating them!!!!

Seeing as we were all together after tea, we made the best of it and had a bike ride to the city playground.

Friday

The real day of the sleepover.  I took my overnight bag to school which was all properly exciting.  We were going straight to Amie's from school, which turned out to be quite a walk!

So, what did I have lined up for an evening of Ellis free entertainment? Film night at school, but with a film Ellis would have loved, Frozen!  And not just that, a Frozen sing along!

I ended up getting a makeover from some of the girls:

They also gave me some rather lovely pink nails too.

Which started a bit of a trend with the boys........

I heard a rumour that Mum and Dad actually went out on their own while we were both otherwise engaged.

How dare they go and enjoy themselves!

Not that I was bothered, I was having a great time, we did make up and made our own hairbands before watching Gnomeo and Juliet and drifting off to sleep.

Saturday

Ellis free morning, free reign of the telly and the Ipad.

Yeah, like I ever cause him a problem with his entertainment.

I was still at Amies, I was pretty impressed with myself, I was a bit nervous in the build up it has to be said but it was great fun.

Having said that, I was still very pleased to see Mum and Ned when they came to pick me up.

In the afternoon it was time for rounders.

Yep, family and friends had been rounded up and we were meeting on the cricket field at Donnington for a picnic, with a bit of rounders thrown in too.

I had been super excited in the build up and couldn't wait to get started.  We had a batting practice session on the bank, Max certainly had his eye in.  I took a bit longer to get up to speed but was soon giving it a right old whack.

I played with Darcey in the park instead.  I got her going superfast on the roundabout which she loved.  Probably a good job auntie Christine didn't notice though......

We loosely arranged some teams and got going.  The disadvantage of suddenly being able to give the ball a bit of a whack is the possibility of getting caught out.  I fell fould of this more times than I care to remember.  I wasn't that bothered though, I enjoyed being a 'runner' for numerous members of the team that found it all to much (naming no names here).

I drifted in and out of the game, assisted by Mum, it was actually pretty fun. 

The main purpose of the day though was to have a get together and have some fun, which we certainly achieved.

Yeah, good effort everyone, same time next year then?

Sunday

After yesterdays exertions on the rounders field, we had a bit of a lazy morning.

We did, but then someone mentioned Hollycombe!

This induced unparalleled levels of excitement in the household.

Yep, genuine whoops of excitment.  We love Hollycombe.

It took a while to get there, so we had a power nap.

And as it doesn't open until lunchtime we had a lovely picnic in the grassy car park, next to the cute donkeys in their field.

Which was somewhat disturbed by a rather forceful peacock trying to help himself to my ham baugette.

It was hilarious.  He abandonned the baugette, shrieked and jumped on mum's lap (Ned, not the Peacock)

Dad shooed him off, he tried his luck at the next picnicking family.....

So, we headed straight for the Razzle Dazzle, even though it took a while for the bloke to get it wound up, it was soon spinning and tilting and squashing the adults on the outside.

At least this time I stayed on the seat!

There was no real waiting for rides of course, just hop on and have fun.

We loved the mirrors as well:

And the haunted house was great fun:

We had to go round several times.

We even got Dad on the big wheel, he claimed to enjoy it too!

We got the swingboats to go super high, despite a woman telling us we were doing it wrong....

Check the height lady, I think NOT!

The carousel was great, no seat belts, no having to sit with adults:

We drifted back to the car for a drink and a cookie.

It was lovely laying on the blanket, looking up at the clouds floating on by.

We couldn't find any amusing patterns in them though.

And then I got wrapped up in the blanket and put in the back of the car:

It was quite tricky wriggling free!

Feeling refreshed we went back in for a bit more action.

It was quite a tight fit in the little cars, but I loved them anyway:

We rounded the day off with a trip on the railway, sat right at the front so we could see what the driver was doing.

Monday

Whole school shuffle day!

This meant that the whole school bumped up a year to spend some time with their new teachers in their new class rooms!

We had to draw a picture of ourselves and list the things we liked for our new teacher Miss Stubbs.  I listed 'visiting the steam fair' as my number one.

I got to spend some time with Mrs Buxey, my new teacher, she seems great so far.

I also got my school report.  It started off like this:

Ellis is such a lively, fun and confident member of our class and it has been wonderful to watch her mature and develop this year.  She always manages to make the adults in the classroom smile.  

Before going on to the specific subjects, which were all equally encouraging. I was very pleased with it, so were Mum and Dad!

Tuesday

It was viewing week at gymnastics, obviously with netball for Ned, they didn't make it until the very last minute.

But at least we got there in time for a bit of it.

Wednesday

Strange events today, Mum picked us up from school.  Well, she picked me up anyway.

Not me, I decided to stay on and cheer on the football team who were playing against Falkland.

Which meant I got to play on the adventure playground for ages.

Thursday

We got told what part we had got in the end of year (indeed end of infants) school play of the Jungle Book.  I'm going to be one of the comedy Vultures.  We get sone great funny lines to say, i'm really pleased about it.  I wasted no time starting to learn my lines with Dad.

After school dance club has been focussing on our end of year production, which was good, especially if you like line dancing!

After tea we had a 'meet the teacher' gathering at the junior school.  My teacher next term will be Miss Stubbs!  

I went along too, even though I know all about juniors, just as well too, there were biscuits available!

We learnt a lot about whats in store for us in Junior school,and despite having a few minor concerns I am rather looking forward to it.

When we got home, quite late, we had baking to do for go-givers charity bake sale at school the next day.

Dad declared himself out of the running to help, he said it was too late and we ought to just buy some. He's also got a right bee in his bonnet about the fact that school send letters home instructing us to not have any sort of cakes or sweets in our packed lunches, only to encourage cake binges with these sort of events.

Anyway, the upshot was Mum would have to help instead.

This pleased Dad no end as she makes even more mess than we do!

The end result brownies were of course, exquisite.

Friday

It was go givers day at school so we proudly took our brownies in, to many admiring glances.

It meant we got to spend a good portion of the day with the year fives which is always fun.

I rounded the day out selling what leftover cakes we had to parents on pick uo duites with Louise, Robert and Corey.  Mrs. Tichband said I had been very enthusiastic all day, well, my two favourite things, cakes and finance!

We were under strict instructions from Mum to go and get haircuts after school.

Dad added further enticement by saying we could go by bike if we wanted?

Of course we did!

We loved riding into town and locking our bikes up.

The haircuts were swiftly done so we had ages until we had to pick mum up from work.

We decided we'd ride back home along the canal.

We carried on past our usual turn off for home until we got to a bridge and a lock.

We loved walking across the top of the lock gates.

We then noticed a path off to Speen Moors Walk.  We'd never been off that way before so decided an exploratory mission was a good idea.

It was ace, there were rivers and bridges,

Cows, cygnets and doggies on walks.

We went miles, but had to turn for home before we reached the end of the path, which we think was at Northcroft.

So thats a mission for another day.

Saturday

We had a day out with Alan and Hayley, Tankfest 2014!

They even had the pleasure of our company all the way to the tank museum at Bovington.

I wonder what Mum and Dad found to talk about all on their own?

We finally got there, with very little help from Alans sat nav, which is seemingly programmed to avoid the most direct or quickest route.

There were loads of tanks about!

There was indeed.

We made our way to the arena where there were tanks driving about and doing there thing.

The bridge builder one was pretty epic it must be said.

Alan was very excited about it all, he was like Mum in a cake shop, or Dad watching the Downhill racing.

Aside from the park, which although was busy, was brilliant, the best things were the mini tanks:

They were seriously cool, with two handles to steer and go, just like real tanks!

There were old tyres sprinkled around the place, running over them was brilliant, it made the whole thing tip up and then down again.

We kept managing to miss them, so the man running it threw some directly in our path.

We watched some more tanks in the arena, Alan maintained his high level of excitement throughout.

We strayed off for a bit, another go on the packed park and then the climbing wall which was ace:

We even skeaked out the back to the pits area:

We got to sit in a few of the armoured cars and stuff:

This one had a cool seatbelt, but I was told by Dad not to buckle myself up in case I never escaped:

We saw the only remaing operational Tiger tank (a german one) in the arena before we made our way back to the car.

I was not happy at having to miss the Mustang P51 flypast.

But as luck would have it, the plane appeared just as we were walking back along the road.

And even better than that, it did it's whole display right over our heads, swooping along the tree line before climbing up, stalling and then diving back down towards us.

Throw in a few loop the loops and barrel rolls for good measure and we were well happy.

We had a bit of a kip on the way home.

We needed to recharge our batteries, it was party night!

Yeah, Uncle Slim and Auntie Trace have been married for 25 years! 

That seems like, forever to us.

Anyway, a good excuse for a get together.

We loved it, especially starting off dancing with Darcey, and the later on with Mum and Laura in particular.

Even Dad and I got involved and threw a few shapes.

We hope they liked our messages in the guest book:

The party bags were seriously top end as well!

Sunday

Well after a late night last night, it understandably a bit of a lazy one on Sunday.

Yeah, mid morning bacon sandwiches for breakfast.

Followed by a short shopping trip to get Mum a bike helmet.

Where I had to tell Dad that there was no way on earth he needed a new bike.

But I managed to get myself some nice new cycling gloves.  It's about time really, i'm sill using a pair of Ned's old action man ones.

In the afternoon I rounded up Hugo and Ali, we went up to my room to play Fifa on the Xbox but ended up watching funny cat videos on youtube and laughing our heads off.

We rounded the day off watching catchphrase, my favourite programme.  I was allowed to stay up pretty late to see the end of it.

Monday

I had another Year 3 visit today, i'm getting well used to it all now and we still have plenty more visits scheduled.

We did Secret dancing after school, in preparation for the end of term performance.

I made good use of the quiet time at home doing my reading.  I'm currently into a new range of football books the school library has just got hold of.  I much prefer the fact based stuff to stories.

We did bike riding before tea.

Yeah, and got the ramps out.

I made it over them safely on my new bike.

And I kept pushing the landing ramp further away and further away to see if I could clear the gap.  I came in and got the tape measure to see just how big the gap was, it measured 1 metre.  A good start, but theres plenty more to come I reckon.....