The End of Summer

We've had a super summer holidays!  Its been long and sunny and fun-filled.  Here are the last few snaps of our time together with friends and family. 

Ballet Girl had her Cadet Enrolment Ceremony.

A pic-nic party with friends.

Origami with Papa.

Pooh Sticks

Learning the art of Calligraphy

Ballet Girl made a cool zip cushion.

And Monkey Girl made a cute fleur-de-lis cushion for French Papa.

Ironing her sister's uniform for Sea Cadets.

Pick Your Own Fruit & Vegetables? Yes, please!

Today consisted of a morning full of chores and an afternoon at a 'Pick Your Own' Farm. 

We had jacket potatoes for dinner - freshly dug up by little hands :)

Blackberry Crumble

The blackberries are out!  Although I am a summer and sun girl, the first whispers of Autumn are always so enticing. We are blessed to have a huge accessible field next door with blackberry brambles outlining the perimeter.  Monkey Girl, The Boy and I went on a blackberry hunt so we could make blackberry crumble.

While The Cat's Away...

Mummy went to the USA for a week and Papa had an obviously awesome week with the children!  Wow - who needs me?!

The two eldest went to a Sea Cadet camp, Panda Girl spent the day with her friend and Papa and and The Boy went on a bike ride.

The Boy put in an order for the ingredients for a mandarin chocolate cake.  He loves cooking, this one.

Good job!

Peppa Pig craft at the library.

 Learning about electronic circuits.

Learning about the Victorians

I love these small people!  They clearly had a whale of a time without me though!