August 24th 2015 - Summer fun

August 24th 2015 - Summer fun

I know summer isn't over yet but I have a busy few days and then need to be getting everything ready to go back to school.  So I am doing our Summer fun list now.

So far this summer we have:

*had a friend and her children come to stay
*been to a farm
*been on a trail through the woods
*been and met a Viking
*made a garden gnome and wrote about what it did
*played in the paddling pool
*been to soft play
*been to the beach and played in the sea
*been rock pooling
*been to the woods
*painted with car wheels
*painted with animal feet
*been to SJA day camp
*had some bbq's
*toasted marshmallows on open fire
*had an outdoor fire at night
*grown our own veg - peas, carrots, potatoes and sweetcorn
*been swimming (eldest son)
*played on bikes and scooters
* played various ball games
*played with the olympics bits - sacks, egg & spoon, 3 leg race, bean bags
*played on wii
*played board games
*read books
*made a solar powered rainbow
*watched dvds with snacks
*made cakes
*played with lego
*played with trains
*visited an exhibition about minecraft
*made things from recycled bits of card and paper etc
*collected shells
*built a fairy garden
*got a new kitten
*been shopping
*played with cars
*played with animals and boats in water
*guessed what would sink and float in paddling pool
*made cardboard box cars and sat in them
*played tennis with hands and balloons
*painted our own t-shirts
*played football
*made posters from pictures in argos book
*had a pj day
*played with bubbles
*made friendship bracelets
*ridden a donkey (youngest)
*gone to a friends to play (older 2)
*made a crazy golf type course using plant pots and tubs etc
*looked for shapes in the clouds
*made paint blob butterflies
*made a rock pet
*sorted all the odd socks into pairs
*been for a walk
*had ice creams
*had water fights
*had normal fights with brothers
*watched tv
*walked round a maze
*been to a birthday party (middle son)
*played with animals and dinosaurs
*helped with jobs at home
*we have been to the park

AND most of all we have had fun!

With 2weeks until the kids go back to school we still have more planned - we are going to see our family, we are going to Thomas land for the day, we are going to the room on the broom woodland trail, we hope to go to the museum and anything else we can fit in.

It may seem that we have done loads and you haven't but most of these have happened at home and not cost us any money to do.  The craft bits have happened via stuff that is saved in the craft cupboard, the beach and rock pools are both less than 2miles from home so not cost much for fuel,

August 12th 2015 - St Bees beach

August 12th 2015 - St Bees beach

As it turned out to be a hot afternoon we loaded the car and set off the 2 miles down the road to St Bees beach.  It seemed that everyone else had the same idea as it was really busy down there.

However we found a spot big enough for us to put the shelter and wind breaks up and "make camp" for few hours.  I laid sunbathing and reading and hubby sat in the shelter reading (he doesn't like the sun that much) and the boys played in the sea, the giant puddle left near the rocks on the beach and the beach.  They built castles and had fun.

A family behind us had started to build a big castle with moat and when they left the boys took it upon themselves to fill the moat with water.

July 3rd 2015 - Paddling pool

July 3rd 2015 - Paddling pool

Today is another hot day and we got the paddling pool out for the kids.  Ours is similar to this one in that it is hexagonal and has a shade not a full gazebo.

June 1st 20015 - Weather

June 1st 2015 - Weather

I have absolutely no idea what the weather is doing today.  It started off nice and dry and sunny, but was windy which made it feel cold.  It was really nice when the wind died down. 

The sun then vanished behind clouds and hasn't re-appeared, but has been replaced with strong wind, drizzle, heavy rain and hailstones!  There's not much we haven't had, well no thunder/lightning, rainbows or snow!

This picture was taken yesterday which funnily enough had a similar pattern in the weather.  I didn't manage to get 1 of todays hailstones as they went as quickly as they came. 

Its stupid, its June, we should be outside in vest tops getting a suntan NOT wearing coats and jumpers and freezing!  The weather is totally messed up!  As long as the promised heatwave comes in later in week and ideally stays for the summer I don't mind.