Day Thirty Five of LOCKDOWN!

Jory had fun doing his puzzles this morning

Enjoying his new alphabet puzzle

Playing Tahlia's new 'Washing Machine' game

ABC puzzle complete!

Jory works on his new Toy Story 4 puzzle next

Reading some of Tahlia's new books; this is Charlie Cook's Favourite Book

Reading a funny book

Jory admires his finished puzzles

Playing sleeping lions in Ptolemy's bed

A dinosaur fight

Tahlia opened the sticker packs and coloured card she had for her birthday; a great find from Auntie Phobe and Uncle Dave!

Tahlia had 'The Little Mermaid' film for her birthday so we watched it this afternoon

The other two abandoned the film not long after it started

Jory had a croquet set from Uncle Bar and he loved trying it out today

Zachary enjoyed the competition

They played for quite a while

Tahlia and Jory both tried out their new pen sets

Tahlia loves drawing

Jory's pic (he made Mummy draw the animals)

Day Thirty Four of LOCKDOWN!

Jory opened the last few of his birthday presents today

Jory likes the look of his book about vehicles

We enjoyed a walk along the river with the dollies

Stopping to feed the babies

Feeding the swans

Jumping Jory

They enjoyed some flatbreads for their lunch

Tahlia loved colouring the picture in her Shimmer and Shine card today

We didn't finish all the party game requests yesterday, so did some more today; this is Jory's favourite: Don't eat the peep!

Playing the Vikings treasure game

Jory tries to guess the correct cup

Tahlia finds the treasure!

We also watched Toy Story 4 together

Cuddling up with her favourite character

Ptolemy's favourite

Day Thirty Three of LOCKDOWN - Double Birthday!

Happy 5th birthday to Tahlia and Jory!

We celebrated with a normal party, the only difference was that we didn't have any guests! However, they loved the day and Tahlia kept reminding us that it was her 'best birthday ever!'

They were all delighted to find the house decorated this morning

They loved playing with the balloons for quite a while

Homemade birthday doughnuts for breakfast!

Jory chooses strawberries and grapes to go with his doughnuts

Tasty!

Sat in the birthday box (where we keep the wrappings)

Reading Jory's cards

Opening a tiny gift

Tahlia's new hobby horse from Auntie Marilla

Tahlia shows Jory the card she made him

Tahlia loves her new Jessie doll from Uncle Humphrey and Auntie Amanda

Jory's turn to open...

Jory was very pleased with his new tractor toy from Uncle Bick, especially when he realised it lights up in green

A new princess dress

 

A new cushion to cuddle up with

This was her favourite card, a 3D teddy bears picnic scene from Bumble and Grandad

Whilst Jory decided to save the rest for later, Tahlia continued to unwrap...

She had a cool unicorn hoopla game from her friend Harrison

Tahlia's new dress from Bumble and Grandad, with some of her favourite colours: purple and teal

Getting ready to show off her new fairy outfit to Auntie Marilla, Grandma Jeanette and Uncle Bar on Skype

Playing musical chairs

Musical bumps

Pass the parcel

Jory's turn

And the winner is...!

After a long chase, Mummy was finally caught by Zachary in the 'stinging nettles game' (invented by Tahlia)

The postman called with some more presents!

Jory really likes the look of his new puzzle from Auntie Vickrum

Jory attempts to work out what it says

Ptolemy's choice of game was the dragon and princess game (otherwise known as the fox and eggs game)

Zachary tries to catch Jory

The pylon game

Jory is ever more daring on the wall

One giant leap

Enjoying a buffet picnic lunch in the sunshine

Jory loved his McDonalds cake

Opening their party bags

We took Tahlia out for a walk to try out her new double pram

Feeding the ducks

They all enjoyed having a push, although they had to keep stopping to feed the dollies more milk

A little traffic warden in the making

Playing with his new tractor again

This is becoming a bit of a bedtime theme!