The summer holidays continued in much the same fashion.
We went to stay with my mum and dad for a few days. We were able to meet up with my cousin and her two children who were over from Australia. During the same visit we also met up with my aunt and another cousin and her children. It was great to get all the children together and this was the first time that all six were together! During the visit we also had a picnic with my godparents, one of their sons and his wife and new baby. The boys had lots of fun playing with all the men in the park and Douglas enjoyed climbing trees!
One of the days we surprised the boys with a visit to Legoland. They had a great day despite how busy the place was. It was a very long day! We followed this up with a trip to the Lego shop in Brighton. Wow I think was the most used word in the shop as they had lots of models up!
Another day trip out was to cattle country. That was a really good day too. The boys enjoyed playing on all the climbing equipment and in the play barns. They also had a great time in the paddling pool. We were glad that we had looked on line first so that we knew to take their trunks and towels. We also had a round of crazy golf and went on a canoe! Poor Harry had a bit of an accident though when he fell over on the big slide, giving himself a black eye and getting friction burn on his cheek and both hands! A quick go on the digger (£2 later for mummy and daddy) and the day ended on a happy note.
Finally it was time to get prepared for returning to school and getting up in the morning........
I hope everyone else had a good summer too.
Monday 21 September 2015
Monday 10 August 2015
Summer holidays part 1
Well we are now about half way through the summer holidays. Yes I have survived it so far! We have been getting up to lots of things. Mainly we have been having lazy days at home although we have had a few day trips out.
The boys have done a couple of gymnastics fun days - gym from 10 - 3. They have also done a weeks intensive swimming lessons (a half hour swimming lesson everyday!). This really brought their swimming along. They seem to understand the technique now much better.
We have made a junk model ninja warrior course which the boys were really pleased with.
They have also enjoyed playing with their Lego, and we have added to it with some second hand stuff we were given. We also have a box of daddy's old Lego upstairs waiting to be sorted. The boys have now got to grips with using their imagination to make models rather than always asking us to build something from the instructions!
We have enjoyed visiting slimbridge wildfowl and wetlands centre, where the boys enjoyed joining in with all the summer holiday stuff, which this year is based on Lego, with large Lego animals around the centre and doing the pond dipping - there are some advantages to being 5 (although I do get asked how old Harry is!). We have also visited Prinknash bird and deer park with friends. I managed to leave my camera in the car!
Douglas and Harry also enjoyed playing in the children's corner at one of our local cafes.
We have also done some baking making frozen cakes. It's amazing what the local pound shop sells.
We also treated the boys to their own floats for swimming (again found in the local pound shop) and have taken them swimming. There wasn't too much swimming done as soon after we got to the swimming pool it was fun time!
Douglas and Harry have also signed up to the library summer reading challenge. They have to read 6 books over the holidays getting stickers for a listed after every two books read, some of them are scratch and sniff- I didn't really like the cheesy feet one! Two more books to read and then they get a voucher for a free swim! I wish it was for something else as the boys swim for free anyway as we lay for their swimming lessons by direct debit!
We have a few things planned for the next half of the holiday, including a big surprise for the boys, so I will update again at the end of the holidays.
Hope you are all enjoying the holidays too.
The boys have done a couple of gymnastics fun days - gym from 10 - 3. They have also done a weeks intensive swimming lessons (a half hour swimming lesson everyday!). This really brought their swimming along. They seem to understand the technique now much better.
We have made a junk model ninja warrior course which the boys were really pleased with.
They have also enjoyed playing with their Lego, and we have added to it with some second hand stuff we were given. We also have a box of daddy's old Lego upstairs waiting to be sorted. The boys have now got to grips with using their imagination to make models rather than always asking us to build something from the instructions!
We have enjoyed visiting slimbridge wildfowl and wetlands centre, where the boys enjoyed joining in with all the summer holiday stuff, which this year is based on Lego, with large Lego animals around the centre and doing the pond dipping - there are some advantages to being 5 (although I do get asked how old Harry is!). We have also visited Prinknash bird and deer park with friends. I managed to leave my camera in the car!
Douglas and Harry also enjoyed playing in the children's corner at one of our local cafes.
We have also done some baking making frozen cakes. It's amazing what the local pound shop sells.
We also treated the boys to their own floats for swimming (again found in the local pound shop) and have taken them swimming. There wasn't too much swimming done as soon after we got to the swimming pool it was fun time!
Douglas and Harry have also signed up to the library summer reading challenge. They have to read 6 books over the holidays getting stickers for a listed after every two books read, some of them are scratch and sniff- I didn't really like the cheesy feet one! Two more books to read and then they get a voucher for a free swim! I wish it was for something else as the boys swim for free anyway as we lay for their swimming lessons by direct debit!
We have a few things planned for the next half of the holiday, including a big surprise for the boys, so I will update again at the end of the holidays.
Hope you are all enjoying the holidays too.
Thursday 16 July 2015
Growing up too quickly!
Wow, where has the time gone. My babies turned 5 a couple of weeks ago and tomorrow is their last day in reception!
I can't believe how far they have come and how much they have learnt since starting school. They went into school aged just 4 years and 2 months, could write a D and H, could recognise their name and the letter s (that was their letter sound in speech therapy) and could count to 10! Now they can write at the expected level for the end of reception, with Douglas writing at beyond the expected level, they are both reading at exceeding the expected level and their maths is also at the expected level. Douglas is also exceeding the expected level for moving and handling. Harry's speech has also come on leaps and bounds, although there are still times that he is difficult to understand. He also still sees his speech therapist.
I'd also like to know what I was being taught in reception and year 1 given that I only started school after Easter, so only did a term of reception!
The boys targets are also amazing - Harry for literacy is 'confidently and consistently use capital letters and full stops' and for mathematics 'know the addition and subtraction facts to 20' and Douglas for literacy 'use connectives such as because/so/when/while' and mathematics 'solve number problems using addition and subtraction including missing numbers'. Now I'm sure I was in middle school before I had to deal with missing numbers!
I am looking forward to having all their books home from school so I can see all their work.
Out of school the boys are also doing well. They have both received their 5 meter badges for swimming and are both doing well at gym.
They will always be my babies though, even if they are now proper little boys with big attitudes! I will always treasure my letter from Harry 'dir mummy I love you bcus you gif me cisis and cudools love Harry'. I doubt I'll get them in another few years!
I can't believe how far they have come and how much they have learnt since starting school. They went into school aged just 4 years and 2 months, could write a D and H, could recognise their name and the letter s (that was their letter sound in speech therapy) and could count to 10! Now they can write at the expected level for the end of reception, with Douglas writing at beyond the expected level, they are both reading at exceeding the expected level and their maths is also at the expected level. Douglas is also exceeding the expected level for moving and handling. Harry's speech has also come on leaps and bounds, although there are still times that he is difficult to understand. He also still sees his speech therapist.
I'd also like to know what I was being taught in reception and year 1 given that I only started school after Easter, so only did a term of reception!
The boys targets are also amazing - Harry for literacy is 'confidently and consistently use capital letters and full stops' and for mathematics 'know the addition and subtraction facts to 20' and Douglas for literacy 'use connectives such as because/so/when/while' and mathematics 'solve number problems using addition and subtraction including missing numbers'. Now I'm sure I was in middle school before I had to deal with missing numbers!
I am looking forward to having all their books home from school so I can see all their work.
Out of school the boys are also doing well. They have both received their 5 meter badges for swimming and are both doing well at gym.
They will always be my babies though, even if they are now proper little boys with big attitudes! I will always treasure my letter from Harry 'dir mummy I love you bcus you gif me cisis and cudools love Harry'. I doubt I'll get them in another few years!
Friday 13 February 2015
I've knitted Harry a jumper
Having been set the challenge of learning to knit I've finally done something half way decent. Harry found a knitting pattern of a jumper that he wanted. OK I said, so both boys chose some wool that they wanted. I've just finished Harry's jumper and I am actually quite pleased with it.
Now to start on Douglas's........
Now to start on Douglas's........
Snow!
Back in January we woke up one Saturday to a small covering of snow. We told the boys that if they got dressed quickly they could go out in it before breakfast and have a quick play before it melted. Harry got dressed very quickly and had great fun throwing snowballs and making a little (tiny) snowman.
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