Luke was the Angel Gabriel in the school nativity play this year:
Just before Christmas we had some snow:
and Luke made a snow angel:
Friday, 8 January 2010
Luke's 6th birthday
We had Luke's 6th birthday party in our new house in September. There are some advantages to having horrible 1970s carpet: it doesn't matter if a dozen six-year-olds spill crisps all over it!
Luke's hugely into Lego so I made him a birthday cake designed to look like Lego blocks.
Our house
In September we finally bought a house of our own. It's still in Bow Brickhill, just down the road from where we were renting. It's 4 bedrooms, detached, 1970s build and in need of some serious redecoration but otherwise just fine. The garden is a bit small, but the rooms are big, the bathrooms are modern, and the kitchen will be great once we replace the lovely yellow sunburst tiles with something a little more subtle.
For those who haven't been to visit us, here's where we are in England: http://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=42A+Station+Road,+MK17+9JW&sll=52.002828,-0.686522&sspn=0.05379,0.15398&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=42A+Station+Rd,+Bow+Brickhill,+Milton+Keynes,+Buckinghamshire+MK17+9JW,+United+Kingdom&ll=52.003018,-0.687549&spn=3.442477,9.854736&t=h&z=7
For those who are familiar with the area, this is where we are now:
http://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=42A+Station+Road,+MK17+9JW&sll=52.002828,-0.686522&sspn=0.05379,0.15398&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=42A+Station+Rd,+Bow+Brickhill,+Milton+Keynes,+Buckinghamshire+MK17+9JW,+United+Kingdom&ll=52.003018,-0.687549&spn=0.026895,0.07699&t=h&z=14
Secret Nuclear Bunker
In August we made what has to be one of the highlight trips of the year. We visited the secret nuclear bunker at Kelvedon Hatch in Essex. Love the URL: http://www.secretnuclearbunker.com/
This is the place where they were going to govern Britain if there was a nuclear war. It was built in the 1950s, in a huge bunker underneath a farm in a top top secret location, and not decommissioned until the 1990s. Inside it is a weird mix of very serious life-support systems, broadcast centre, military style dormitories, and what feels like a 1970s office building.
Half of the fun was getting there: following the large 'Secret Nuclear Bunker' roadsigns through Essex!
This is the place where they were going to govern Britain if there was a nuclear war. It was built in the 1950s, in a huge bunker underneath a farm in a top top secret location, and not decommissioned until the 1990s. Inside it is a weird mix of very serious life-support systems, broadcast centre, military style dormitories, and what feels like a 1970s office building.
Half of the fun was getting there: following the large 'Secret Nuclear Bunker' roadsigns through Essex!
School Sports Day Summer 2009
OK, so I've been very slack and not posted anything for ages...so now, to catch up on some of the things we did in the second half of 2009!
Luke's school had a sports day, and obviously I'm biased but I think these are pretty cute photos:
Luke's school had a sports day, and obviously I'm biased but I think these are pretty cute photos:
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Scotland 2009
This year we took ourselves off to Scotland for our summer holiday. It reminded me of home: grass, trees, sheep, and it rained a lot! The people were really friendly, even when it took a minute or so to realise that they were speaking English even though I couldn't understand much of it :-)
We started off in Edinburgh, which we liked. The highlight for us was the Camera Obscura museum which has loads of sciency gimmicks. Not exactly traditional Scottish entertainment, but lots of fun for the whole family - and here we are below, in infrared:
From Edinburgh we drove out to North Berwick, where there's a beach - an exciting novelty now that we live almost as far as it's possible to live from the sea in England. They also run Seabird Safaris where you travel on a jetboat out to Bass Rock, which is the world's largest gannet colony. We saw puffins and a seal too.
Then we spent a week in a cottage on the Carmichael estate in Lanarkshire.
It was close to Tinto Hill, which Mike and our friend Alison climbed one day. Apparently you can see for miles on a good day, but not the day they did it!
We also visited the town of Peebles nearby, and the world heritage site at New Lanark where you learn about life in the 19th century cotton mills. One day we took the car ferry across to the Isle of Arran - a big adventure!
And now we're ready to exchange the walking boots for some heavy lifting as we move into our new house. Watch this space...
We started off in Edinburgh, which we liked. The highlight for us was the Camera Obscura museum which has loads of sciency gimmicks. Not exactly traditional Scottish entertainment, but lots of fun for the whole family - and here we are below, in infrared:
From Edinburgh we drove out to North Berwick, where there's a beach - an exciting novelty now that we live almost as far as it's possible to live from the sea in England. They also run Seabird Safaris where you travel on a jetboat out to Bass Rock, which is the world's largest gannet colony. We saw puffins and a seal too.
Then we spent a week in a cottage on the Carmichael estate in Lanarkshire.It was close to Tinto Hill, which Mike and our friend Alison climbed one day. Apparently you can see for miles on a good day, but not the day they did it!We also visited the town of Peebles nearby, and the world heritage site at New Lanark where you learn about life in the 19th century cotton mills. One day we took the car ferry across to the Isle of Arran - a big adventure! And now we're ready to exchange the walking boots for some heavy lifting as we move into our new house. Watch this space...
Monday, 24 August 2009
Summer 2009 - playing in Bow Brickhill
Earlier in the summer (back in June) we had some glorious weather and spent a lot of time playing around the village. Luke's been learning to ride his bike without training wheels:
and we have a good swing on a tree in the woods:
plus the playground is still good value.
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