Poppies

Had lots of experiences over the last month or so. Had a great time at St James park. Will be going again to see the Pelicans being fed soon. Went to Wood school, little fella is fascinated with fire. Been looking at fossils and stuffed animals in Tring. Projects on sharks and Castles started. We have nearly finished Sharks, Castles just starting. My favourite thing this month. Our poppy project. We read poems, drew poppies, coloured them stuck them and wore the ones we bought with pride. When we were buying them. The elderly serviceman said to Ryver, thank you son, do you know why we wear poppies? Ryver replied, Yes, because we remember, don't we mum. The Serviceman was so surprised that someone so young could answer him like that. He really had a lump in his throat.

Natural History Museum

This place is becoming my second home.

Poetry Library

I am ashamed to admit that I didn't know there was a poetry library until very recently.

It's a nice little library, where all ages are welcome. You can watch and listen to the poetry also.

Hatfield House

Spent a great afternoon at Hatfield House. They have the best adventure playground. The house was closed for the season, but the farm was open.

Climbing

It was lovely to see Ryver climbing all over this today. At the start of the Summer he only would climb around it if someone was holding him. Gradually he has become more and more confident in his own climb skills that today he was climbing all over it.

My Sunflower

I have so many photos of this sunflower. It is one stem with a least five different heads on it. It is a bit of a sunflower monster but I love it. I have grown it from seed.

Science Museum

Had a great day at the Science Museum today. Hands on experiments, and mini shows for kids. Ryver was picked twice to go up on stage. He sat on a bed of nails! Then was a part of a rocket experiment.

The photo of the space shuttle I have uploaded. Was taken in 1985 when it was flying over London. I saw it fly over London Bridge. I remember being amazed at the size of the shuttle.

The next photo is of Ryver and a thermal camera. He loved that.

The last photo is of water freezing.