Day Sixty Nine of LOCKDOWN!

They enjoyed a lazy TV breakfast this morning

Zachary made his own game of play your cards right with Uno cards

They all had a turn at some party games on the Wii

Heading out on another lovely sunny afternoon to Stover Country Park

Taking her twin babies for a walk

They kept needing their milk on the way around

Jory likes looking at the maps and signs

Feeding bread to some ducklings

Tahlia likes to collect the interesting things that she finds

Ptolemy threw the bread so hard that he nearly fell in!

We had some Easter eggs left, so we had an Easter egg hunt in the forest

They love playing in this part of the forest

Making their own playground from it

Although the car park is open, they've made sure it's impossible to use the toilets: not only have they covered it with tape and cones, but they've also removed the stairs!

Day Sixty Eight of LOCKDOWN!

Jory works on his 60 piece car jigsaw puzzle

We did 'PE with Zachary' this morning again, as Joe doesn't work at the weekends

Jory makes his own mosaic rainbow

We headed to Dartmoor to enjoy the sunshine. We enjoyed a walk to the Ten Commandments stones at Buckland Beacon - large stone tablets engraved with the ten commandments, similar to the ones that were given by God to Moses and his people. The kids enjoyed hearing the Bible story in greater detail on the way. Buckland Beacon has great views and it is even said that the Spanish Armada was spotted from the top.

Sitting out in the sun

Helping Jory up

Top of the rock

They loved the little door and steps over the wall

Attempting to climb to the top

Feeling pleased with herself

Great views

 Zachary also had a go at practising his photography skills...

He deserves a pat on the head for this one

 

We made it to the top

We found and read the Ten Commandment stones

Pretty big stones

Lovely view

Day Sixty Seven of LOCKDOWN!

It was fancy dress Friday for PE with Joe - this time, he was a panda

Heading outside for a stroll in the sun

They were very pleased to come across Bumble on her travels today

Playing on the cycle bars

Sitting down for a rest at Mincinglake Valley Park

Outdoor games

Playing sleeping lions

When Daddy's back was aching, he had a bit of help

Zachary made his own board game using the dart board

Doing a different activity for each letter of the alphabet

Cartwheels

Galloping like a horse

Playing with a bucketful of water

Raspberry picking

Jory likes eating the raspberries

We spent the rest of the afternoon reading lots of books

Day Sixty Six of LOCKDOWN!

Jory likes to line up his cars and stack his transporters

We enjoyed a walk out and about this morning

Enjoying a lovely sunny day once again

They love these painted concrete blocks

Checking the playground is still closed

Someone has drawn 2m social distancing lines along our road

Picking the raspberries

We had a junk modelling afternoon; looking through the junk

The challenge was to build your own robot using junk

Decorating their robot bodies

Cutting cardboard shapes

Ptolemy's robot was coming together

All done, now with a triangular head

Zachary's robot

Tahlia's robot; she is also a robot

We also made some musical instruments

Playing the new percussion instruments

We enjoyed reading a selection of books in the sunshine

Tahlia loves experimenting with taking photos

Stroking the Gruffalo and kissing him goodnight

We also did a Mystery Science lesson all about the largest trees in the world