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| Our loft conversion work commenced! |
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| Kids very excited to see a huge truck delivering heavy supplies |
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| It was Ptolemy's 2nd birthday |
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| He very much enjoyed opening his presents... |
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| ...And playing with his new toys |
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| He had lots of cake for his birthday... |
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| ...Sadly this Hey Duggee cake didn't survive when he decided to sneak over and join in the decorating! |
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| He had a fun birthday party at home |
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| The kids even made the adults join in with musical chairs |
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| Ptolemy's squashed Hey Duggee cake now decorated with sweets |
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| Ptolemy had lots of fun dressing up |
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| Zachary has been building molecules |
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| Playing the fishing game |
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| Jory loves the 'tunnel of scaffolding' |
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| He wants to be a big boy |
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| Our current project is the Sumerians, thought to be linked to the Tower of Babel in the Bible |
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| We also built our own 'towers of Babel' |
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| Zachary also built his own version of a ziggurat - a Sumerian temple |
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| We had a go at writing our own cuneiform clay tablets (Cuneiform is thought to be the first ever written language, created by the Sumerians) |
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| We visited the World of Country Life and met Angus, the mascot deer |
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| Both sets of kids enjoyed running around |
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| We also visited Living Coasts and saw the penguins up close |
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| A stroll around Torquay marina |
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| Jory spots a seal at Living Coasts |
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| Making Mother's Day cards at Hedge: a home education group in Exeter |
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| Playing in the little playground at Hedge |
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| Tahlia made a giant flower |
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| Having a run around with skipping ropes outside |
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| Trying the giant xylophone on the Zog (Julia Donaldson) walk at Haldon Forest Park |
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| Beautiful views from the top of Haldon Hill |
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| They all found Zog and his friends along the trail |
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| Daddy was away at a conference in London so we enjoyed some activities related to our favourite books; here is the enormous turnip treasure hunt game - we needed to find all of our favourite characters around the house to help us pull up the enormous turnip! |
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| Here we are about to go on a bear hunt |
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| Uh oh! A forest. A deep, dark forest. We can't go over it, we can't go under it... |
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| Uh oh! A Bear! Quick! Back through the cave! |
