My eldest’s only homework this summer was to complete her summer journal. I understand in theory it's a good way to encourage memory, logical thinking, writing and drawing, but it’s also good way to make parents repeatedly nag their children to get it done. It should be a lovely book to look back on and remember the summer, from the ordinary days to the extraordinary. M's is somewhat lacking in content though so I thought I would create my own version, one which fortunately doesn’t rely on my art skills or handwriting.
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| Flying to France |
We had an extended holiday in France at my Mum's house (thanks for 3 extra days RyanAir). It was great to be out there at the same time as my nephew and sisters. The two weeks involved a lot of swimming as well as a few trips to the Supermarché for sweets, a couple of night markets, a chateau full of games, a farm and a theme park.
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| Floating Around |
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| The dogs sensibly hid the shade while everyone else played with/ in the water. |
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| Posing at the chateau |
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| Cousins |
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| Parc Jacquou is a small, quiet, decrepit but rather awesome little French theme park in Perigord. |
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| 16 weeks pregnant and sunkissed |
We had a quiet few days catching up on work etc while M was at her Dad's before she came back and chaos resumed and we decided to go camping for a few nights in Norfolk so we could visit Nana. We stayed at Bircham Windmill and had lots of fun playing their too. We squeezed in a visit to the beach as well.
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| Bedtime stories at the campsite |
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| Running around at sunset at the campsite |
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| Playing in the Miller's Cottage at Bircham Windmill |
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| Paddling in the sea, before complaining about getting wet |
Home again just in time for a day out with old friends at London Wetland Centre, Little enjoyed the ducks.
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| Quack |
The rest of the week was quiet with M away again, other than our 20 week scan and finding out we are having a boy.
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| 20 weeks pregnant |
The last week of the holidays we were at home with M and we decided to fit in as much as possible including: seeing the circus at Van Hage before having lunch with lots of wasps, a visit to Mountfitchet Castle with my Dad, a day in London to see the new Boots mini club collection and a few of the sites (including Van Gogh's sunflowers, I decided to drag the girls to see some culture while we stopped in the National Gallery to use their loos) and a day at Cammas Hall Farm fruit picking and playing in their play area.
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| Awesome aerial act at Lawson's Circus at Van Hage |
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| Training to be a knight at Mountfitchet Castle |
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| Discovering Amorino has loads of choice of (expensive) vegan sorbet |
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| Fruit picking is a very serious business |
Of course all of the above was punctuated by the girls making A LOT of mess at home, but nothing that's pretty normal in our house.
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| Standard |
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