Today my gorgeous ballerinas/tap dancers spent 6 hours rehearsing with their dance school, for their forthcoming ballet and tap&modern shows this weekend....

...while The Boy helped Nanny Mo feed her ducks and chickens...

...and brought an old nest home for our nature table.

This morning we shopped for new ballet shoes and The Boy bought himself a plastic snake with some money I gave him.  He later demonstrated to his sisters how to 'eat' it a la Bear Grylls much to their amusement.  This afternoon  he watched the plumber at work and napped a much needed nap before we had friends over for dinner.

Craft time

Watching/helping Papa gut a rainbow trout.

So far, half term has consisted of...

...playing with cousins...

...a craft session at the Forest Centre...

...story-telling...

...and a visit to the safari park.

St Valentine's Day / Jesus Love Me

Panda Girl and The Boy celebrated our week-long St Valentine's project making strawberry and banana trifles, while Ballet Girl and Monkey Girl went to a Musical Mayhem workshop.

The two babies made heart biscuits with Papa while the two eldest attended a music theory workshop.