Rowing on the Lake at Hever

Tom decided to take one for the team and be the "rower" for this part of the trek, we even let the kids have a try, but after accidently whacking a duck, they were a bit apprehensive.

Hever excursion

We ended up visiting Hever Castle today. This was the childhood home of Anne Boyeln that was later bought by the American Aster family who revamped it. Evidently after Henry had her beheaded, he gave it to another ex-wife as settlement. Talk about keeping it in the family. It is a smaller castle with a moat, idyllic village (people still live there), and incredible grounds. There is a hedge maze, labryinth, water maze, lake, lake walk with waterfall, playground and amazing Italian gardens. We got there right as it opened and spent all day. Anastasia was chatting when Joe said, "Ana is gone!!" She slept on the drive back. :)

Window markers and Legos

The kids have enjoyed drawing with the window markers. They entertained us by building legos and pictures in the conservatory. This is like Clue- Joe was with Ms Scarlet in the Conservatory with the candlestick....

Assembly (Continued)

Joe gave his synopsis of a story and embelished it to his liking. Here is a clip of him reading it. He sounded very confident.

Assembly for Yr 2

Joe is really enjoying his yr 2 class and being the big kid in school. He has been a playground helper, assisted his sister at school, and was able to read his story in front of assembly today. Anastasia was well behaved during assembly and curbed the chatting!

Adventure Walk

We took yet another local adventure walk/ ride in the nearby woods. We had a beautiful, warm day and the kids had fun exploring. Joe even took a bag with a canteen, flashlight, first aid kit, and food (much to Ana's delight).

The kids rode their bikes over some rocky and hilly terrain. It was fun and everyone was glad to get home and have a rest.

Bracknell Lookout

We went antiquing and to the "Lookout" today. We headed south toward Windsor and veered west toward Ascot. It is some pretty landscape around there. We stopped at a few shops before heading to the forest. Bracknell houses the tower which overlooks the forest. It also is home to the adventure rope course. It looked awesome but the kids were not big enough to try out. So we visited the science museum, playground and did a short trail. The weather held and a good time was had by all. It is close enough that we will certainly be headed back. Maybe we will take the bikes, there are some awesome mountain bike trails available.