Sports day

Summer is finally here. It is hot. It is nearly 90 and the other day we were barely at 60. The children participated in two teams- red or blue. They competed in egg races, rely, skipping rope, ball passing and a dash. The blue team won by a few points. Everyone had lots of fun.

Lego creations

Here is Joe explaining his lego creation. Anastasia made a similar craft out of legos, too.

Donkey Derby

Tennis was cancelled as they set up for and housed the donkey derby. Here are some pics. They had

a race on donkeys sponsored by St. John's ambulance. Unfortunately, they were needed as the rider hit quite hard and knocked the wind out of himself. The kids had a great time on the carnival

type rides: bouncy castle, slide, obstacle course, tea cups... The weather is finally warm. I nearly had my hands on some Wimbledon tickets, am still trying...

Airport visits

I certainly know my way to the airports- both LGW and LHR as we had lots of visitors to both.

Before Mom left, we visited Dorneywood. This is an estate that is usually given by the Prime Minister to the vice or secretary of ... Currently, George Osborne, the chancellor of the Exchequer, (finance) is living there. The gardens were amazing. Here is a picture that we took of the typical cottage garden.

Eric came in from his business trip. He played with the kiddos and they even got him on the trampoline. He was able to see their new school before detouring to Marlow and the airport. We got lucky, too. After dropping him off, the highway was at a standstill. There was lots of traffic due to Ascot races and events.

Chilling with Nana

As we left Windsor, we saw the children walking home from school dressed like the girls in Madeline. We then picked up the kiddos from school and chilled after swim lessons. Nana helped piece together some puzzles and played a bit of wii. The kids have really enjoyed having Nana and Didi visit these past few weeks.

Windsor / Savill Gardens/ Runnymede

Mom and I made one last trek to Windsor today. We had a really nice walk in the Windsor Great Park, Savill Gardens. We even saw some hydrangeas that were similar to wisteria. We topped this off with a side trek to Runnymede where they signed the Magna Carta and a quick stop at the Royal Windsor Farm shop. It was a great day.

Backyard sprucing up!

Mom and Dad helped us clear out and spruce up the back garden. We got some beautiful perennials to add color. Now it looks great.

As we were taking a break, we had a hoola-hoop competition. Wow, everyone did really well. :)