Day Eighteen of LOCKDOWN!

It was lovely to have Daddy free to spend the day with us on Good Friday today.

Zachary enjoys a hot cross bun and fruit for his breakfast

The boys were excited to see Joe Wicks dressed as a frog today for their PE class

The kids loved Skyping their Uncle Bar in Vietnam this morning

Making cross silhouette pictures for Good Friday

Sticking it all together

Their finished pictures

Number challenges

Walking to the bottle bank

Putting it in for Daddy

Jory's favourite again

Making a cockerel for our 'Peter Denies Jesus' craft (Jesus correctly predicted that his friend Peter would say he didn't know him three times before the cock crowed)

"Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

We enjoyed a walk along the quay and fed the ducks on the way around

We didn't forget the social distancing rules!

As always, the birds were hungry

More food please!

At least half of them are looking

Leaning on a lamp

Trapped!

They were delighted to see a swan sat on its nest

Hard to resist

It's a very heavy seagull!

Showing off our pretty floral dresses today (so hot again!)

An M&M sorting activity with graph (browns won)

Jory's Friday socks!

We sang some hymns about the crucifixion (which we celebrate on Good Friday)

Tahlia's turn!

It was a piece of cloth to represent the linen cloth that Jesus' body was wrapped in after he died

We planned to get some traditional fish 'n' chips from the local takeaway, but unfortunately it took 2 hours to get them!

Massive queue; despite having to ring in advance to order, Daddy still had to wait an hour at the takeaway
(to be fair though, this isn't how the takeaway normally has to operate, and Good Friday is probably the busiest of the year)

All ready to eat at 7pm; unfortunately it was all a bit cold (except our homemade mushy peas) -better luck next year!

They all ate everything on their plates as they were very hungry!

Day Seventeen of LOCKDOWN!

It was a beautifully sunny (and hot - 20 degrees!) Maundy Thursday...

Zachary was very pleased to receive a card in the post this morning -it was an encouraging message from his Sunday School teachers

Colouring the next pages of their Holy week book

Playing with the toy cars is very popular in our house

Helping with chores: lining up the shoes

Getting the dry washing down and carrying it upstairs

On Maundy Thursday, we traditionally have a 'Passover meal', just like Jesus and his disciples did the night before he was crucified. This involves eating lamb and bread and drinking wine/grape juice, while we read some passages from the Bible.

Making the final embellishments for our passion cake

The finished cake; there are 3 crosses because two thieves were crucified either side of Jesus

Making flatbreads

Kneading the dough

Laying the table for our meal

Tasty lamb tagine

Daddy explains about the bread and wine representing Jesus' body and blood

Tasting the grape juice; Zachary was particularly fond of it

They all loved the meal, especially the flatbreads

Yummy

Ptolemy kept asking for more bread

Not very civilised

Enjoying some passion cake

Nearly half gone!

Unfortunately putting our papier mache balloon in the hot playroom was a bad idea; however, it was a good opportunity to learn about why gases expand

 

Garden games in the sun - having a race

Zachary made a solar system diagram with average temperature ranges of the planets

 

An egg and spoon race

Egg throwing competition - who can get theirs closest to the big yellow one?

Easter crafts: making a Passover meal plate and cup; Jory did a maze

His finished cup and plate

Sticking it all together

About to enjoy her bread and wine

Playing an Easter Bunny Drive game; Ptolemy has just thrown the die into the air

It was Zachary's turn to open the Resurrection egg; this time, it was a cocktail stick, to represent the spear that was put into Jesus' side after he died

Jory was upset that it wasn't his turn to open the egg