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Sunday 31 August 2008
Saturday 23 August 2008
Adventures (not) in our Bongo, part 3
Owing to circumstances beyond our control we were unable to take the Bongo to France this summer. We are grateful to Parents Scott for the loan of their car, so we were still able to go away, and spend a fortnight under canvas instead!
A good time had by all! Esther enjoyed the laid back, outdoor way of life, and has ruined several pairs of trousers by crawling in the mud. Emilia enjoyed meeting some other little boys and girls on the campsite, and was undeterred by the fact that many of them were foreign and couldn't understand what she was saying. She also liked the swimming pool, bouncy castle and trampoline, but when we asked her what her favourite thing about the holiday was, she answered without a moment's thought or hesitation; the little trollies at the supermarkets! (Just the right size for her to push around!). We enjoyed some time to chill out, read books, visit some interesting places, like the World War 1 Historial Museum and the catherdral in Amiens. Shona was surprised to discover that a French cappucino is not the same as an English one, but is still nice.
Emilia disliked the smell of seafood stalls, the chocolate in the pain au chocolat and the cheese in a croque monsieur, but she did enjoy learning some new words in French and paying with French money.
We enjoyed varied weather, as you can see from the photos, and also varied cuisine, including one successful and one semi-successful barbecue!
Sunshine in Le Crotoy
Saturday 9 August 2008
Gardening success
In all our attempts to grow things in the garden, the things that have done best have been the sunflowers. We planted them in plastic cups at the toddler group at Church and successfully transplanted them in to the garden. One is now even bigger than me! They still haven't flowered and we hope they don't choose to do so while we are away!How annoying: on the morning we were leaving for our holiday, we looked out of the window to see the biggest sunflower had broken and fallen over! No flowers yet, but we did eat a tomato from our plant this afternoon!
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