(Theme) Park Life

A milestone in Thomas and Martha's development over the holidays with their first visit to an actual theme park. In the company of Jamie, Claire, Lily and Isabelle we chose the relatively sedate surroundings of Legoland where disappointingly many things are not made of Lego. This is a swizz.

We went on lots of fun rides, queued for what seemed like an age for some of them (although they thoughtfully provide Lego bricks for the children to play with while waiting) and saw a fun puppet show. We seemed to have walked miles by the time we left at 7pm (closing time) and a good time was had by all.







One tip, it costs a fair bit when paying cash for a family of four so paying with all those loyalty points the supermarkets give you is a good idea.

I would like a hut I could call my own

We've rented a beach hut at Walton on the Naze for the summer (and some of the autumn). It's great to have somewhere to make a decent cup of tea, store your stuff and chill out when the tide comes right up to the sea wall. As you can see it's very blue.
All we need now is some half decent weather.



Some children enjoying the benefits of having a beach hut:


So, if you know anyone who's selling a beach hut in a nice place on the Essex coast, tell them to get in touch.

We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo. You can come too.

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, we were offline for a bit while TalkTalk did their best to dissuade us from ever using their services again.

Rachel, Thomas and Martha went to Colchester Zoo with Fiona, Billie and Freddie where they had great fun feeding the elephants and giraffes and watching the penguins eat their lunch.

The penguins have an early lunch


They're that colour because they're moulting apparently.