Sunday, October 28, 2012

Brighton Rock

We've suffered a small set-back after having to return five hundred ugly terracotta floor tiles.  We now have five hundred beautiful terracotta floor tiles on our driveway, waiting for Geoff to lay them in the kitchen/ utility/shower room area later this week.  In the meantime, we have been spending our weekends painting the house, which is no small task.  The children have chosen their own paint colours and the first coat of 'Brighton Rock', Jenny's bold choice, went on today.  We were all pleasantly surprised by the result, except for Jenny, who knew all along it was going to look fabulous.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Book week

The children have been celebrating Book Week at school.  Earlier in the week, the school had a visit from a pirate who found some treasure burried in the playground.  It was exciting for most but poor Jenny was quite distressed by the presence of a real pirate in school, so it was lucky Mummy came home with a fabulous costume for her to wear today, on dress-up-as-your- favourite-book-character day, which kept the nightmares at bay.  James and Jenny made a great "Scary Bones" and "Winnie the Witch", which they were persuaded were superior alternatives to their original choices of the baby beaver from "Beaver Towers" and the owl from "The Gruffalo".  Thank goodness for halloween, and a local Asda.