things we've done over the last week

We found two snails in the tadpole tank, they must have been on the plants we put in they have been seperated and have their very own tanks now (a mayonaise jar)

We took out every encyclopedia yesterday to read about crocdiles and Euan mentioned that their webby bits are just like our webby bits. He is since obsessed with webby bits and checks every animal for them

we turned some of their artwork into little mosters.

rescued a blackbird out of the jaws of Rodney

found slowworms and read up on them








played dinosaurs as loud as we could

bought Euans birthday present and managed to sneak it inside without him noticing (you can see it here)

did a test to see what foods in the kitchen would pop like popcorn (only popcorn)

found out Thomas can open the big heavy drawer in the kitchen

and he likes cocoapowder

hung up a photoframe that I got as a gift last xmas


brought the spinningwheel back down in the hopes the twins will treat it gently (they have so far!!)


played lots with cars and dinosaurs


knitted tiny rabbits and teddybears


recieved a swapparcel


and opened it



watched the WB carnival parade in the rain





put money in the buckets


saw a rainbow on the way home



made a tree

played scary insect

bought a dino book

chewed gum (and swallowed some!)



played in the park



craweled backwards down a hill





I haven't finished sorting trough all the photos so I've still got to add some....

vintage-ish games and saladdays :)

J has taken a bunch of days of this month to have a bit of family time. So last weekend we hit the charity shops in search of treasures. We came home with 2 (highly addictive) games and a wooden never appeared to be used salad bowl plate and utensil set. on monday J went and picked up a game from gypsy lane santa (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.flatt/) I don't think euan has ever been as excited over a toy (not counting his guitar obviously) it is a bunch of plastic tubes and platform and 2 hand pumps with loads of little rockets that you fly trough the tubes. I'll have to make a pic.
J is in Wales for a couple of days hopefully his bike will behave as its been playing up a bit the last few weeks.
The garrden is growing, in the front I now have 6 currantbushes rhubarb, asparagus,and 3 empty beds 1 planned for artichokes one for the currants from the back to go in and one unplanned this year for E to grow stuff in. so far we have squash beans and corn going in.
The chickens are all laying eggs even tina whom we got late last year she's about 4-5 and hadn't laid an egg for a year or so. Speckel is my black/grey pekin lays huge eggs for her size and announces this very loudly
Willow is the proud owner of 2 very sharp teeth and both are growing rapidly.
I'm of to say if the batteries are charged so i can take some pictures