Glorious, golden, sunny autumn afternoon in the park today. Took the boys for a bike ride and found that the park was heaving - bumped into several parents and children from the school.
Samwise had a go at riding without stabilisers, and a little support from Dad. He found it tricky going, so he agreed to ride with just one stabiliser, and the reward of an ice cream if he made it all the way to the shop. He did this no problem, so one sticky treat later he rode all the way home too.
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Sunday, 10 October 2010
Monday, 5 October 2009
Small boys in the park...
It was a fine windy autumn day on Saturday. I took Frodo and Samwise up to the local Park and showed them the location of the "secret" Horse Chestnut trees that I know about. We collected a huge bag of conkers. Next I need to show them how to play - might have to invest in some safety goggles and hard hats - since this highly dangerous pastime is banned in their school.
Monday, 8 October 2007
A Walk in the Park
We went on an outing to Calderstones Park with Samwise' Nursery School last Friday morning. He had a great time running about with the other children, and trying to catch a pigeon.
Wednesday, 9 May 2007
A Walk In The Park
Working late tonight, because I spent this morning going on a nature stroll in the park with Samwise' pre-school (that's a nursery school for us old-fashioned folk).
Despite having a group of about 20 very noisy 2-3 year olds charging around the park we managed to spot several magpies, fed some geese, ducks and pigeons, saw a moor-hen and terrorised a squirrel.
Samwise was looking for ants, peering through a large magnifying glass. I think I'll hold back on showing the burning properties of a magnifying glass for a while. He switched to a pair of binoculars, with which he managed to spot a kite trapped in a tree. Well and truly stuck, no way could anybody get it down.
Headed for the picnic area to discover a gang of green-clad park rangers moving the benches around. We'd all sat down at one bench, and were about to move to another when they carried it away almost from underneath us to a spot further away.
They then came back for the bench that everybody was sitting at - only to be told by several irate parents and nursery-school teachers to go away and move the bench when we'd finished with it.
Cup of coffee and a sneaky Kit-Kat (so the health conscious kiddies couldn't see us scoffing chocolate). Then off to the Linda McCartney playground for swings, slides and roundabouts, before heading home with a tired Samwise.
Weather was just right for us, so quite a pleasant morning before work. Tipping it down now.
Despite having a group of about 20 very noisy 2-3 year olds charging around the park we managed to spot several magpies, fed some geese, ducks and pigeons, saw a moor-hen and terrorised a squirrel.
Samwise was looking for ants, peering through a large magnifying glass. I think I'll hold back on showing the burning properties of a magnifying glass for a while. He switched to a pair of binoculars, with which he managed to spot a kite trapped in a tree. Well and truly stuck, no way could anybody get it down.
Headed for the picnic area to discover a gang of green-clad park rangers moving the benches around. We'd all sat down at one bench, and were about to move to another when they carried it away almost from underneath us to a spot further away.
They then came back for the bench that everybody was sitting at - only to be told by several irate parents and nursery-school teachers to go away and move the bench when we'd finished with it.
Cup of coffee and a sneaky Kit-Kat (so the health conscious kiddies couldn't see us scoffing chocolate). Then off to the Linda McCartney playground for swings, slides and roundabouts, before heading home with a tired Samwise.
Weather was just right for us, so quite a pleasant morning before work. Tipping it down now.
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