Maths, engineering , British Wldlife, meals out and lots and lots of outdoor play.

I was up early with Blokey because he is back to work today..*sigh*.. We will miss him and I suspect there is lots of work awaiting him.

Owen was up a little later and I made him oatcakes and cheese for breakfast before we did some Maths together. He achieved his first certificate this morning.

Sam got up late, he said he hadn't slept well. After breakfast he worked hard on his maths because he wanted to get his next certificate...and also higher levels of Flingaball!

Next we went to see friends and did some building/engineering. The idea was to build something that could take the weight of an egg.

MR Eggie..I dropped him!

Sam did a very simple but effective structure.

A mass of structures

There was also some building with our magnetic tiles.

More maths in the morning this was Owens .

Sam stayed in bed till 11:00 because he wanted to read more of his book in bed..so we had an early lunch , then he worked on his maths.

Was really pleased to see he is getting higher scores because it means he is more confident and can do the work quicker than before.

There was much playing outside, bike and skateboard riding and then jujitsu. 

The next day we played at home in the morning, then went to meet some friends. In the late afternoon the boys played in the park by our house. One of the older children brought Owen home in tears but he couldn't talk to me about it until the next day. He's having a tough time with another child, I am not totally sure what's going on, so am keeping a closer eye on things. We worked out a strategy to avoid what happened and his older friend is helping him. When we returned to the park the next day she came over and wanted to talk about it to me. She explained that he hadn't done anything but the other child was calling him names and generally giving him a hard time. Between Sam, myself , Blokey and his other friends we are keeping an eye on the situation. The next day Owen went back out with some new strategies under his belt and along with Sam they played out most of the day without any problems.

The next day Blokey had his rota day off and determined not to be put off by the terrible weather , we headed out to the British Wildlife Rescue at Amerton Farm. We were the only people there and despite getting soaked through , we really enjoyed our visit.

Owen loved feeding the birds.

A very miserable looking Gannet, who refused all attempts from Owen to feed him....felt like we should have complained under the trade descriptions act.

Trying to keep the children quiet enough so we could see a fox wasn't easy but we managed it.

Sam wasn't sure about one of the chickens that kept following him.

They were so interested in the animals, they didn't complain about the rain all the time we were in there.

The chipmunks were a huge success and we had to visit them more than once. One of the volunteers let Sam and Owen feed them...totally adorable.

They even had two albino ones.

We had a great time, then decided to go across to Stafford and have lunch at Pizza Express...thankfully we had vouchers and the children enjoyed having free rein to order whatever they liked.

Playing whilst he wanted for his main course.

PIZZA!

A huge dessert he enjoyed but couldn't finish.

If there is chocolate fudge cake, Sam's is very happy.

More maths too.

 

We are thinking of getting a motorhome /camper. We had a small 2 berth and awning tent in the past. The boys loved it it it was rather cramped for the 4 of us with two large dogs. Also we didn't have room to keep it on the drive when we moved, so sold it. 

As we have now sourced affordable storage we decided to check camper layouts that may suit us better. Off we went with two very, very excitable boys. 

We managed to narrow it down to 4 we liked . So now we need to look for something similar we can afford.. If possible. We shall see.

Once back home the boys went out to the park to play with their friends.

The next day we went swimming and inbetween the showers managed down chores, gardening and playing at the park.