Heron

This morning we were lucky enough to see a Heron on our walk to school.
They are really impressive to see in flight. The children were thrilled to see it although slightly intimidated by the huge wingspan and long beak!

Location:Hampshire

Rupert

This is our 9 month old kitten, Rupert (otherwise known as Rupee for short). He's part bengal and part pixie bob, so he has lovely wildcat markings and no tail, like a bob-cat!


Rupee is very laid back and cuddly. He follows us around the house whatever activity we are doing. Even waiting outside the bathroom on occasion!



Everyone loves Rupert!

Location:Home

Arry's easy hide

Today Lily, Alfie and I decided to get out and enjoy the morning sunshine whilst Jeremy and Rowanne played football and Gabrielle had a little lie-in.
We put our welly boots on and headed off to the woods with our handheld GPS to the closest geocache. We have searched for this one before but not found it.









After a muddy walk and a good paddle in a newly made stream (from all the recent rainfall) it wasn't too long before we were scrabbling around under holly bushes and peering under tree roots as we neared our target.



Yippee! We found it at long last. It was in a spot we had previously searched but not found it before, we believe it had been "muggled" last time we looked. This cache looked freshly replenished (thank you to the cache owner who had obviously "serviced" it recently!). There were happy faces as we were the first to sign the brand new log book and exchange prizes from the cache.

Location:Secret!

School Photo

For one year only, the three school aged children in our family are at the same school. Next year Lily will move up to secondary school.
Here is the only photo there will be of all of them wearing the same uniform at the same school.

Location:Park Gate Primary School

Bonfire Night

Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason, why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

Guy Fawkes, guy, t'was his intent
To blow up king and parliament.
Three score barrels were laid below
To prove old England's overthrow.

By God's mercy he was catch'd
With a darkened lantern and burning match.
So, holler boys, holler boys, Let the bells ring.
Holler boys, holler boys, God save the king.

And what shall we do with him?
Burn him!

Waiting for the train

Gabrielle and I are having a girly afternoon out shopping and we have left the gremlins with daddy!
We are just waiting for the train here at Swanwick station.


First we visited Aldi in town, having never been before we were delighted with the low prices and selection of produce available.
I bought a box of fireworks ready for tomorrow evening. They have some really lovely Christmas products for sale at bargainous prices too so I will be shopping there again soon I think.
The other shop we visited was TK Maxx which is another fantastic place to shop because they have a very wide choice of items for sale and everything is very much discounted. We both left with some gorgeous bargain (Merrell) boots to wear!

No shopping trip is quite complete without a little visit to McDonald's. I know a lot of people think McDonald's only sell junk food but once in a blue moon it does no harm. McDonald's is also one of the few places Gabrielle and I can rely upon to provide safe nut-free meals and drinks which have no cross contamination issues. In recent years they have been offering some more healthy options to the menu too (salads, fruit, fruit juice, milk).
If you look on their website at the nutrition calculator, select your items you can then click the allergens button and get information about which allergens are present or not in the food.
http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/content/ukhome/meal_builder.html

Location:Fareham