Weekend.... what a weekend

My weekend started with a trip up to Stamford to spend the day with the boys.  With the summer finally here Rebecca and I spent the morning at Burghley's Gardens of Surprises.

Then playing in  the garden after nap time

Rebecca's neighbour Martin is part of the Red Arrows Team, and she got a call from his wife to say that they would be passing over the house at 4:47pm on their way back to base, so we made sure we we watching the sky for our own private flypast, complete with white smoke.  How cool was that?

Saturday was a day of odd jobs, cool drinks and knitting in the shade.  Here is some of what I have been working on over the past week.  See you get lots done when you have no internet connection!

Now on to Sunday.  Exciting day, not only did Andy Murray win Wimbledon (thanks Tim for the blow by blow commentary), but we went to see Michael Buble at the O2 with the girls. I can't tell you how great it was.  So I will let the smiling faces say it all. Bonus for the girls was that Bryan Adams came on for the encore....... only downer on the day was the nearly 2 hour wait to get out of the car park.

Do you think someone is excited?

Shame the light got in to this one

The girls!

O2

Merchandise stand

Thank you Peter for driving us, but I know you enjoyed it too! xx

Walk in the park

Yesterday we spent the day with Rufus.  As a terrible two he can be very trying for his parents so to give them some space (read here quiet) Peter and I took Rufus out for the day.

We walked over to Burghley House, which they are very fortunate to have on their doorstep.  Its a great place for kids to run around, acres of grass, sheep and deer.  Also there are the Garden of Surprises and the Sculpture Garden - you need to pay to go into these but Beck has a season ticket enabling them to go when they like.  Peter & I have been many times to the Park but never to the gardens so it was a treat for us too.  Rufus was our willing guide. He spent a good part of the walk to the gardens collecting sticks - its amazing how many things a stick can be, chasing squirrels, playing soldiers, by the time we got there it was time for lunch.  Luckily they have a cafe onsite and we managed to have lunch outside, even if it was a bit chilly!

Suitable clothed/shod (read Rufus not us) we headed to the Gardens, what fun, I'll let the pictures tell the story

These heads move very slowly and give you a fright the first time!!

The four elements sculptures - press a button and they all do something - amazing

Fire

Earth 

Water

Air

There was lots more to see especially in the Sculpture Gardens, but the grass was very wet and a certain little boy was getting tired, so he ended the day with ....... we had hot chocolate