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.
