Still a little way back, but catching up, here's a glimpse of what late April/early May had in store for us...
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Presents out ready for the twins to open on their 4th birthday
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| Jory's new sword |
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| Tahlia has a new soft doll, knitted by Bumble |
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| Jory gets some help from big bro Zachary |
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| Jory discovered this in a cupboard a few weeks earlier and was devastated that he couldn't play with it. Finally, it was unveiled. |
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| Nearly eating those candles |
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| Tahlia loved all of her new jewellery |
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| "Happy birthday to you" - special birthday hat |
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| Jory couldn't see out quite as well |
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| Fun at Hedge group. The human body was the running theme. This week, the 5 senses: firstly, taste |
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| Making a 'telephone' to test his hearing |
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| Smelling various aromatherapy oils; Ptolemy spent about half an hour choosing different oils to smell |
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| Progress on the loft room: dormer built, roof on, windows in |
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| The twins had a fun birthday party with the classic game of pass the parcel (but someone always gets upset!) |
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| Jory's Mr Tickle cake |
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| Tahlia's treasure chest cake, with real chocolate coin treasure |
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| Cuddles with Bumble |
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| Singing happy birthday once again |
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| Jory was too exhausted to continue |
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| Cuddling up together after a long day |
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| The kids were excited at the building developments (bit of a drop to the right!) |
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| The builders had opened up the loft space so you could see all the way up |
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| A trip to the National Marine Aquarium |
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| A very entertaining octopus |
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| Jory enjoys watching the sea creatures |
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Sea quiz game
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It's Barry - the fish with fingers!
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| They especially enjoy watching the moving bridge in the marina |
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Stairs are in!
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| Our first glimpse inside the loft |
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| The new dormer |
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| Swinging at the local playground |
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| Dead to the world |
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| Tahlia had the exciting job of looking after our friend Matthew's pet African snail. She loved feeding him a variety of veggies! |
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| More human body at Hedge; this took a while to put together |
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| Skeletor! |
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| Making a model of the heart and attached veins/arteries out of biscuits and marshmallows |
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Plasterboard begins to go up
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| A trip with our friends to the World of Country Life; Tahlia and Ptolemy sit with Elijah and Athalia to watch the ferret racing |
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| Zachary finds somewhere comfy for a rest |
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| The goat hopes for something other than straw to eat |
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| Plasterboarding is complete |
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| Building a row of houses at Orange Elephant Ice Cream Parlour |
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| Tasty! |
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| We all enjoyed a visit from their Exeter uncles for Sunday lunch |
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| Uncle Julian gets a comfy seat |
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| Learning how to do CPR at Hedge group |
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| Making a picture of the bones in his hand |
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| A house man? |
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| The plasterer does his work |
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| Finding new places to store things whilst the work continues |
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| A nice easy task to keep them all quiet |
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| Making a hand picture at FAB club, Belmont Chapel |
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| A Bible story on a plate |
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| A trip out to 'A Touch of the Wild' Forest school in Grammarcombe woods |
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| Swinging in the trees |
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| A fun climbing net |
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| Climbing into the tree house |
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| A mud kitchen; Ptolemy played here for most of the time |
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| Making leaf prints |
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| Tahlia's favourite activity |
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| Toasting (then eating) marshmallows on the campfire |
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| Jory's favourite thing |
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| They couldn't resist the puddles on the way back |
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| Before we knew it, they'd already put the ladder to work |
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| Every time we shouted, they just went higher (don't tell Grandma!) |
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| Having a great time at the space themed birthday party of our friend, Bean. Above: planets hoopla |
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| Tasty party food |
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| Rocket pinata |
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Lost in Space
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| Big rocket birthday cake for Bean |
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| Enjoying playing with the space themed playdough from their party bags |
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| A trip to the library for a ride on horseback |
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| The moment he realises that bolognese doesn't make a good shampoo |
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