Here's what we did in the rest of May and June...
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| Walking the plank with Grandma Jeanette |
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| A speedy orange elephant slide |
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| Looking up into Launceston Castle |
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| Head, shoulders, knees and toes |
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| Rough knight? |
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| Who's the dirty rascal now? |
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| Who will win the race? |
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| Running along at Occombe Farm |
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| Occombe Farm tractor |
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| Donkey rides at the sanctuary |
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| Mixing colours in a light box at Torquay Museum |
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| Zachary tries to work out what the Braille says |
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| Making clay pots |
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| Funnybones |
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| Using natural dyes to paint pictures |
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| Figuring out how the horse's skeleton goes together |
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| Our back door was removed (ready for a new one) |
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| The decorator set up in the loft room |
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| The tiling began |
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| Out and about in Paignton for Torbay Air Show |
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| Boat ride |
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| Aerial runway at Paignton playground |
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| We had about 20 minutes of sand before the sea came in |
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| Ptolemy likes other people's beds |
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| Zachary did a survey of the foods people liked... |
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| Then drew a bar chart to show the results; chips and chocolate were the most popular |
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| After a talk about insects from Devon Wildlife Trust (at Hedge group), they went bug hunting |
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| Checking the net for bugs |
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| Juicing lemons to make elderflower cordial |
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| Taking a baby for a ride at Bash 'n' Bang |
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| See the little bunnies sleeping... |
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| Giant snakes and ladders |
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| The Hospiscare fete - Zachary has a go at whack the rat (he won a cuddly toy twice) |
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| Hooking the discs to see which prize you win (Jory just wanted to carry on hooking) |
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| Jory makes a leap of faith outside church |
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| A friend from playgroup had a birthday party |
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| Tahlia especially was overjoyed to see Elsa from Frozen at the party |
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| Tahlia can't take any more |
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| Tahlia overcomes her fear of peacocks (one pecked her about 2 years ago) |
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| Aeroplane wallpaper for Jory and Zachary's new room |
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| Giant snakes and ladders is popular |
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| Drawing a treasure map |
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| Jory enjoys writing numbers |
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| Singing 'Five little speckled frogs' at Bash 'n' Bang |
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| The wallpaper was pulled down in Ptolemy's room |
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| Some interesting lino under the carpet |
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| We discovered some 1960s wallpaper with headlines that you'd never see today |
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| He hasn't noticed yet! |
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| Tasty Ikea 50p hot dog |
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| Father's Day breakfast |
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| Bringing Daddy his giant Father's Day burger |
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| Feeding the deer at the World of Country Life in Exmouth |
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| Ptolemy's room was nearly there |
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| Onto decorating Tahlia's room |
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| Ptolemy bashes and bangs |
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| New ensuite shower room fitted |
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| Just needs a lit mirror cabinet |
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| Mummy and Daddy enjoyed a day off to celebrate their anniversary in Dartmouth, with a river cruise and castle visit |
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| Daddy cleaned out the car; the others helped |
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| Special Mcdonalds treat |
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| Unlikely but true...Zachary hit the jackpot! |
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| This is what 1000 tickets looks like |
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| Then we ventured onto the beach. Suddenly, they all started running away. Fast. |
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| Random stuff with no place to go |
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| Chests of drawers migrated to the corridor |
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| Our bed shifted up to make space for the decorator |
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| Steve, the decorator, with his dog Benny |
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| Furniture shoved into another corridor to allow carpets to be fitted (MASSIVE upheaval) |
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| The kids had a wonderful time at Daddy's work BBQ; here, Don plays kids songs on guitar |
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| Ron was also very popular with his magic tricks |
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| On the right is Ken, the owner of the company, who is aged 93; he was literally having running races with the kids! |
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| Our bathroom became a new storage area |
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| Our church away day at the Waie Inn, Zeal Monochorum |
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| Zachary makes electrical circuits with various different components |
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| Climbing high at the Waie Inn playground |
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| Their own game: trying to catch the goal |
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