Nursery Sports Day and Dan's 40th!

 It was the Nursery sports day today and the boys had fun joining in the races. There were no winners which seemed to work for this age-group.
Eden was a bit reluctant but was persuaded to join in with a running race.

Joplin had fun with the sideways 'crab' race

 The 'horsey' race

 and the 'twin' race!

 The staff had a race too

 and Dan joined in with the parents race!

Then it was back home and we played in the garden as it was a lovely day. The neighbour came over to collect some wood and the boys joined in filling up their wheelbarrow just like Daddy!

 After lunch it was birthday cake time!! I made a chocolate cake which actually turned out rather tasty! I used the recipe here although I used chocolate cream cheese icing instead as I didn't have any cream.

 Joplin took these photos!

 Then in the evening dan played with his new birthday present - a bass guitar and amp!! He's been saying for years whenever we go to a gig how he's like to play so I thought his 40th was a good excuse to start learning! He has actually been pretty keen to practice so far so we'll see how he is in a few months!

All in all I think he had a pretty fun day!

Wilderness Festival Day Three

Day Three and the boys had a great time running around as we packed up the tent. 

We headed to a new craft area where we did some painting. the idea was to practice on card before you painted a tile - Joplin didn't quite get it and painted a picture of a tile! 

We then did an awesome craft activity decorating a record and turning it into a clock!
After choosing a record it was placed on a turn table attached to a bike and as it spun Joplin dropped paint onto it! the results were really effective and great fun to do.

The boys finally crashed out whilst we watched the awesome Grant Lee Buffalo on the main stage. A really great sound for a festival and a fantastic set.

 Back and running as Spiritualised came on.

The last bonus of the weekend was finding hay bales and more little boys to play with. 

 Joplin signed off by writing his name in the straw to leave his mark in the wilderness!

See also Wilderness Festival Day One and Wilderness Festival Day Two

Wilderness Festival Day Two

The tree was a big hit again in the morning for the boy's breakfast whilst I popped the kettle on for a cuppa!

We headed to the kids area first thing where the Flying Seagull Project was entertaining with circus style fun. 

Joplin loved having a bash on the drum kit!

We then headed to the craft tent where Joplin made a mask and I made a tutu!

 Joplin then made his own fairy house  with sticks, grass, feathers, sawdust for protection and finishing off with a sprinkling of fairydust!

 There was so much to do and see. We passed this cookery class happening on how to home smoke trout!

 Then it was time to make Fairy wands! It was such a fun workshop. Firstly we had to spin a spinner to decide what season we were - Joplin and I were both Summer. We then had to sniff summer pots to see which tree picked us. I was Hazel which means wisdom (!) and Joplin was Crab Apple which means love.  We decorated the different twigs with wool, leaves, feathers and of course fairy dust to make them properly magical. Joplin got a bit cross afterwards though as he kept on pointing it at things and then saying it didn't work!! I had to remind him that his was a 'love' wand and so he was spreading love - I think he'd have preferred to turn someone into a frog though!

We watched some good music on the main stage. It was nice as it was a small festival that you could easily see the band's faces from an area you could just sit on the grass. There was no need for big TV screens or being jammed in a huge mass of standing people. 

Joplin and Eden loved playing and dancing to the music!

 A quick change into warmer clothes as the evening drew in and we hit the bubble stand to play with bubbles!

See also Wilderness Festival Day One and Wilderness Festival Day Three