Some photos from Eshowe Boardwalk

Jane Chennels, a family friend, sent me pictures today of the bench and plaque I donated to the Boardwalk in Eshowe in memory of Roly, Lynne, Belinda and Chris. It got a top spot on the tower part of the walk which I am sure Roly and Lynne would have been very pleased about.

Tea out and fun in the garden

Today we were invited to a tea fund raiser for street children of Bolivia at a rather posh house. The house was enormous as was the garden which had a pool, woodland area and extra parking area at the bottom of the garden. Owen and Erin headed straight to the "woods" to find feathers, pine cones and sticks to build their house. Lynese mingled with her friends and we all enjoyed a cup of tea.

When we got home Erin had a nap and Owen and I went out to buy his birthday soccer candles and party bag soccer chocolates that I spotted when I was out on a ME shop. He loves the clock in the square so stopped to have a picture with it.

When we got home he created the lego tree by the water with a plane flying overhead.

Owen put on Douglas's Wellies and walked around the garden like a big monster, laughing constantly and concentrating really hard on not falling over.

I spotted an earthworm in the garden which Owen promptly picked up and started playing with. He has never touched one before and found it a real joy to be able to do so.

After dinner we headed back into the garden to have races, play catch, kick the ball and water the garden as each day seems to be the hottest day of the year in the UK!

Banham Zoo visit

Granny took us on a trip to Banham Zoo. We set off at 9.15am to meet our friends (Paul, James, Tom and Matthew) from Doha for a day out. The journey took around 1 hour via Thetford to a tiny place called Banham. It was a great zoo, well more like a safari park set up and zoo type enclosures. The animals were all well cared for, the zoo keepers very knowledgable and the grounds immaculate.

First we saw the penguins getting fed. There was a lot of information shared with us about these penguins that came from South Africa.

Then it was the seals from South Africa who go their turn to get fed.

Our friends arrived then we went on a train ride around the zoo.

Red Panda

Giraffe Skeleton

Meerkat

Douglas the donkey

Eagle

Falcon

My favourite picture of the day being the friendly llama that kept wanting to get close up to the camera

Owen and Erin and friends spent a bit of time playing in the play area while the adults sat in the shade. After a stop at the gift shop so the granny could by her collectors item (a fridge magnet) we head home tired, dusty and hot. I was a great day out!

More ice-cream

The granny loves to treat the cherubs to ice-cream when the ice-cream van stops outside the house!

At the library

Amongst sorting the house and admin we try to do a fun activity with Owen and Erin that gives them a change of scenery. Today we went to the library, they had a ride in the little car outside Tesco and we did a grocery shop.

A ride on the train

Today I had an appointment with the dentist so we took the train to Kings Lynn. The cherubs were very happy looking out the window and counting the level crossings on the way.

Erin found the trip exhausting so once we got home she went upstairs and collapsed on her bed.