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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