Day tripper

Thomas recently went on a trip to the British Museum with his class at school because they'd been learning about Ancient Greece. This is what he wrote about it and some of the pictures he took.

"Yesterday we went to the British Museum at 9.00 am the coach arrived. The first building we saw was Canary Wharf. Then we saw the O2 building, a statue if Winston Churchill, Gherkin, London Eye, HMS Belfast, Embankment, River Thames, Downing Street, Pudding Lane, Changing of the guards, St. Pauls Cathedral, Monument, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey and Big Ben. Then at last about 10 minutes later we arrived at the museum. The first thing we saw was a statue of tutankhamun's head. We saw some very strange statues. We saw loads of bones some of them were very disgusting.

For lunch I had a packet of mini cheddars, a frube, peanut butter sandwich, berry biscuits, an apple, skips, a fruit shoot and that is it. I bought a wooden sword and chocolate bar, at the children's shop. Then we went home."

Paint it pink

For some time Martha had been getting a bit too tall for her little bed that was halfway between a cot size and a normal single bed. But with her having such a small room how a single bed fit in her room as well as all the other no doubt vital 'stuff' a five year old girl accumulates?
After much consideration a raised 'mid height' bed was decided upon. Trouble was, the room itself needed with a lick of paint as well as it hadn't quite been finished when the extension was done.

Funnily enough most of the possible colour combinations Martha chose were variations on a theme of pink. Here she is trying out the colours with some tester pots.



A bright pink and a sort of pinky violet were the choices - the bright pink on one wall and the violet on the three others. Thankfully it all got done before the bed arrived and the small amount extra it cost to have the lot assembled proved worth every penny. Here she is in the new bed complete with new duvet cover, pillow case etc.



We also got a new roller blind for the window, trouble is that it lets in much more light and so she's waking up a bit earlier than before.




She seems pretty happy with it and thanks to the various pockets and shelves attached to the bed she's got everything she needs to hand when she does wake up at the crack of dawn.


One final thing, you can now access this blog using the slightly more catchy web address www.bockingkellys.co.uk