Nice way to end the week..

The week started off very slowly, with normals and errands to run. It finished on a high note, however, with a visit to Snibston Discovery Park yesterday and a play date with the puddles today.

My friend Louisa spent the day with us yesterday so we took ourselves off to Snibston Discovery Park which we have been meaning to visit ever since we moved over here. It was an old coal works which the council has turned into a hands on science museum. Sam had lots of fun doing all the experiments but the best thing from his point of view was the huge playground with lots of waterplay. He spent most of the afternoon with a group of children making floods and watching plastic boats get washed away. He was so wet that by the time we left he was stripped down to just his shorts. After the park we headed to Donnington Le Heath with is a restored medieval manor house which is also owned by the council. It is isn't big but it has been very well restored and we enjoyed our visit. Sam spend ages questioning one of the rangers about the garden and the types of butterflies and moths that were to be found there. Am beginning to think that that boy is going to give david attenborough a run for his money.

Today we spent with the merry and the girls and it was so nice to see them. Sam was overjoyed to have someone to play with-especially 4 someones! they all played together really well and merry and I got to have a good natter. We are both looking forward to seeing them again next week at the mudpud picnic.

A quiet saturday but busy sunday as M's parents and grandmother are coming up. We are really looking forward to seeing them, sam especially can't wait to show off orlando. hopefully he will come out from under his water dish so everyone can see how cute he is.

Have finally got the Leicester EO schedule so hope to go along to something of theirs very soon. Next week is quite busy as sam has golf, badminton and swimming. Good thing Merry just lent me a good book because it looks as if I will get a chance to get lots of reading done. I suspect that parents will be enouraged not to stay and watch but I very much doubt that sam will look favorably on being left somewhere where he doesn't know a soul. Hopefully we will both make a new friend or two.