Family Fun Day

It's been half term here in the UK this week, which meant I had both boys yesterday, rather than just Laurie and then the school pickup for Rufus.  What to do with them both?

Fortunately, it was a sunny day so we headed into Stamford to check out the Family Fun Day at the Arts Centre.  The theme was Space which is always a safe bet with the boys.  Lots of arts and crafts, face painting, drumming, puppets, balloons, children!!

Our first stop was the arts and crafts in the main hall where we made rockets and drew on the satellite.

We then watched the UV puppet show which was interesting, one or two I found slightly disturbing but the boys seemed ok with it, followed by cartoons, running around with their friends and generally having a fun with balloons. We queued for face painting but Laurie got bored so we abandoned that idea.

Next stop was lunch in Cafe Nero

Followed by a run around on the park, before the rain finally set in late afternoon.

All in all a good day out and free to boot, thank you Stamford Art Centre

By the way if you were wondering who made my birthday cake then Beckie now has a Facebook page - Beckie's Cake Delice, pop over and take a look at her beautiful creations and let her know what you think.

Weekend round up

We had the boys for the weekend, this is what we got up to -

Camping in the garden, it was cold!  The marshmallows were good

Lego - birthday presents

Chef Laurie - this child loves to bake, and very good he is too

and someone who said he didn't need to nap......

Family - wet day in May

Today it has rained, boy has it rained.  We had the boys overnight and they were getting a bit stir crazy so we decided just to let them out once it had eased off a bit.  Lets face it a bit of rain never hurt anyone.  Thats what washing machines and tumble dryers are for, right?

If it rains too hard our carport has a tendency to flood, due to the water butts not coping, they found this perfect for sailing their boats

Prior to going out Laurie and I did some baking.  I bought some dinosaur moulds, not sure they were a great success!!

I firstly overfilled them - they stuck a bit - but tasted ok

Love them xxx

Family - the littlies

This week I have got to spend lots of time with Jessica and all day today with the boys.  I feel truly blessed.

We've had fun today, I know more than I care too about dinosaurs, its funny how a nearly 4 year old can be so bowled over with dinosaurs.  Whilst Laurie was squashing the cat Rufus started on his lecture

We went to town for a bit of shopping and a wander round.  Rufus declined the park, saying he couldn't be bothered with the swings ?!

Just look at this cheeky face!

Making short work of frozen fruit lollies

Raw carrot!  He had just eaten a chocolate krispie and a handful of mini eggs

and then they went digging for dinosaur bones

and what about Miss Jessica.  As I say I have seen lots of her this week but only inflicted her with the camera once.  She is happy to smile.