Happy Birthday Zeek!

The usual pile in bed morning presents and singing routine...

 We went to Pete's house for cake and singing in the evening, he forgot to get candles for the cake, so he make a plan and use this one.  Very clever...

 Still get to blow something out after the singing :)

15 Already!  I can't believe it.

Happy 13th Birthday Rachel!

This time we had three added girls, Chloe, Roxanne and Amy, so not everyone fitted in the bed...

Rachel wanted a desk that opened up for her birthday so she was super excited when she actually got one!  And there were more prezzies inside the desk. 

For her dinner she invited two of her friends over, so they got their own table, it was a lovely evening with a very happy 13 year old. 

Zeek the star athlete

Zeek was awarded 5 medals from the school's athletics competition.
Gold for discus
two Silver for 200m and 400m
and  two Bronze for javlin and 800m
He gave one of his Silver medals to his friend who participated but didn't get any medals, so I think he should have gotten another gold for kindness!

Rachel the star of the show

Rachel was cast as Baby Face in the school's rendition of Bugsy Malone.  She was also cast as 5 other characters!  She had a ball and was really good.  It was so lovely watching her shine on stage, she is a good little actress!

She needed her hair to look short (as she was playing the part of a boy) and she also needed a moustache, so here is the finished product of Baby Face Bowen:

Picnic at the Castle

Pete took the kids to Carisbrooke castle for a picnic, and Cheryn took her camera along.  It was a lovely sunny day and the food was good.  Thanks Pete, they had a good time!

Dish Stacking

When you wash the dishes, how high do you stack the dishes to avoid drying?

This is how far some in my family would go...

Year 6 Leaver's Assembly and Memories

On Friday Corbin had his last day in primary school.  They had arranged a lovely leavers assembly for the year 6's.  There was a section for fond memories and Corbin got a special mention!  Do you remember this his school project a couple of years involving Siege Equipment?

Well even if you don't they did!  One of the teachers stood up and this is what he said:  "In 1895 when the old School Building was being constructed Mr. Davis found an ancient Roman manuscript.  After many years of work, Mr. Davis has finally discovered that the text was written by a young Centurion, Corbinus Boweni and was entitled Health and Safety Regulations for the Safe Operation of Siege Equipment.

I would like to read for you the first paragraph from the manuscript, written in the ancient Latin dialect of Latin O.  If there are any budding linguistics maybe they can help Mr. Davis translate:  'Never place o your head e o in front of o catapult o. Unless o you want to uttero I can see my house o from here e o.'

If only Mrs Goodfellow could read Latin O."

He then called Corbin up and handed him this 'certificate' (It was well received and there was lots of giggling and laughing)

So it's on to High School in September!