August 26th 2015 - Wheels!
Today we went to collect my wheels from the mobility scooter hire place on route down south. We found a company in Keswick, just under an hour from us and on route, they hired it to us for a week at a very good price.
I don't want to be on a mobility scooter at my age BUT if its the only way I can go out to places and have trips as a family then I will do, as I am still unable to walk very far.
The scooter was a small grey 4 wheel version (similar to pin but different make). The man explained all buttons and how to take to bits/put back together and off we went back to the car. We had to empty out all the bags and things in the middle of the car park, take the scooter to bits and put in first and then pack everything around it. We had to remove the parcel shelf as the boot was slightly too full for it, but we got everything in!!!
This was to be my transport along with my crutches for Thomas land at Drayton Manor at the weekend. My boys are not bothered about me being on it and have said the same if its the only way we can go out then it is.
Sunday, 30 August 2015
August 25th 2015 - packing
August 25th 2015 - packing
Not to move but too go away for a few days. Normally this isn't a problem as we take the big hold all with most things in and then 1 or 2 of the boys backpacks with the overflow stuff, plus anything else that we want to take.
Today was different though, we needed 5 peoples clothes for 4 days in as small a bag as we could because we had birthday presents, disco lights, food, sleeping bags and a mobility scooter to get in the boot of the car!
I managed to get most of the clothes in a small hold all and 1 back pack. We had a wheeled suitcase with birthday presents and disco lights in. The boot looked really full and we still had to collect the mobility scooter.
Not to move but too go away for a few days. Normally this isn't a problem as we take the big hold all with most things in and then 1 or 2 of the boys backpacks with the overflow stuff, plus anything else that we want to take.
Today was different though, we needed 5 peoples clothes for 4 days in as small a bag as we could because we had birthday presents, disco lights, food, sleeping bags and a mobility scooter to get in the boot of the car!
I managed to get most of the clothes in a small hold all and 1 back pack. We had a wheeled suitcase with birthday presents and disco lights in. The boot looked really full and we still had to collect the mobility scooter.
Monday, 24 August 2015
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,
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,
Sunday, 23 August 2015
August 23rd 2015 - Tubes
August 23rd 2015 - Tubes
A few years ago I picked up these plastic tubes in a charity shop for few pence. They each have a wide and narrow end so can be connected together. Some are straight, some are curved, some are cross and some are "T" shaped. This is so that you can make various things.
I gave them to the boys to play with and lil man absolutely loved them, he makes loads of things but moans that he needs more. Well I hunted high and low with no luck, I posted on facebook asking my friends and a few said they thought they were called ...... or ........ etc. I searched the net under the names given and still hit a blank.
After months of searching I found some from a company based in Croatia who would ship to the UK, so I ordered them. Only to be very disapointed when they arrived - yes they were the same thing as my tubes, all different shapes etc BUT (and a big but) they were about 10x bigger than the ones I had. So I was still no nearer getting lil man some more. But I did find a lot of "things to make with them" in images on google.
Then a few weeks back I happened to be on the works website and guess what I found - Yep Smart Buliders Puzzle set. Identical to what I have. So I ordered 2 boxes. When they arrived they were the same size and colours as to what we had, so they got put up for lil mans birthday. Well his birthday isn't until friday but as we are seeing his godmother thursday (who they are from) we have let him have them today. He is sooooo Happy that he has more tubes to build with.
A few years ago I picked up these plastic tubes in a charity shop for few pence. They each have a wide and narrow end so can be connected together. Some are straight, some are curved, some are cross and some are "T" shaped. This is so that you can make various things.
I gave them to the boys to play with and lil man absolutely loved them, he makes loads of things but moans that he needs more. Well I hunted high and low with no luck, I posted on facebook asking my friends and a few said they thought they were called ...... or ........ etc. I searched the net under the names given and still hit a blank.
After months of searching I found some from a company based in Croatia who would ship to the UK, so I ordered them. Only to be very disapointed when they arrived - yes they were the same thing as my tubes, all different shapes etc BUT (and a big but) they were about 10x bigger than the ones I had. So I was still no nearer getting lil man some more. But I did find a lot of "things to make with them" in images on google.
Then a few weeks back I happened to be on the works website and guess what I found - Yep Smart Buliders Puzzle set. Identical to what I have. So I ordered 2 boxes. When they arrived they were the same size and colours as to what we had, so they got put up for lil mans birthday. Well his birthday isn't until friday but as we are seeing his godmother thursday (who they are from) we have let him have them today. He is sooooo Happy that he has more tubes to build with.
Saturday, 22 August 2015
August 22nd 2015 - toilet roll owl
August 22nd 2015 - toilet roll owl
Lil man had seen this toilet roll owl on pinterest and asked if we could make 1. I agreed. Well his owl is different to the pic as he had been and collected scraps of brown and white material and googly eyes and that is what we used.
The brown material offcuts were shaped like triangles of sort but he said they were going to be the wings. So They were double sided taped to the toilet roll tube. The white pieces were originally a cover of a new pillow and were going to be used as marshmallows for day camp but I had cut too many. So the big squares were cut into 4 to use as feathers, these were double sided taped to the toilet roll overlaping each other.
He then stick his googly eyes and a triangle of orange to the front and a few small bits of brown as the tufts out of the top of the owls head. It looks really good and he said its for Nanny!
Lil man had seen this toilet roll owl on pinterest and asked if we could make 1. I agreed. Well his owl is different to the pic as he had been and collected scraps of brown and white material and googly eyes and that is what we used.
The brown material offcuts were shaped like triangles of sort but he said they were going to be the wings. So They were double sided taped to the toilet roll tube. The white pieces were originally a cover of a new pillow and were going to be used as marshmallows for day camp but I had cut too many. So the big squares were cut into 4 to use as feathers, these were double sided taped to the toilet roll overlaping each other.
He then stick his googly eyes and a triangle of orange to the front and a few small bits of brown as the tufts out of the top of the owls head. It looks really good and he said its for Nanny!
Friday, 21 August 2015
August 21st 2015 - Frozen party
August 21st 2015 - Frozen party
The local food bank had a frozen party today, complete with Olaf and Elsa. Lil man wanted to go (so we went) and he was dressed as Sven the reindeer.
He joined in the singing and dancing and playing games even though he was only boy joining in, there were 2 others there but they sat with parents. He said he really enjoyed it.
The local food bank had a frozen party today, complete with Olaf and Elsa. Lil man wanted to go (so we went) and he was dressed as Sven the reindeer.
He joined in the singing and dancing and playing games even though he was only boy joining in, there were 2 others there but they sat with parents. He said he really enjoyed it.
Thursday, 20 August 2015
August 20th 2015 - loom bands
August 20th 2015 - Loom bands
Lil man has had loom bands since christmas (because his brothers had them) but he hasn't really been interested in using them. Yesterday evening he asked me if I would help him make a loom bracelet and as it was near his bed time I said I would help today.
Well first thing we nipped to the library to change his books as part ofhis summer reading challenge - he has read 18 books so far this holiday and now has another 6 to read bless him. He wants these read before next tuesday so he can change them for more before end of summer.
When we got back we set about making a loom band. Once I showed him how to do it he went off on his own and only came back if he made a mistake, which was only once or twice and then he needed help to finish it.
Here is his bracelet:
Lil man has had loom bands since christmas (because his brothers had them) but he hasn't really been interested in using them. Yesterday evening he asked me if I would help him make a loom bracelet and as it was near his bed time I said I would help today.
Well first thing we nipped to the library to change his books as part ofhis summer reading challenge - he has read 18 books so far this holiday and now has another 6 to read bless him. He wants these read before next tuesday so he can change them for more before end of summer.
When we got back we set about making a loom band. Once I showed him how to do it he went off on his own and only came back if he made a mistake, which was only once or twice and then he needed help to finish it.
Here is his bracelet:
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