Boat-building adventures at the weekend

 The boys got hold of some huge thick sheets of foam from the scrapstore and set about boat building. At the weekend they got a chance to test them out on the lake.

I can walk in them, honest.

Ds2 in his kayak, dd on ds1's boat and ds1 realising that dd has forgotten to take the paddle (the green bit of plastic nailed to a bit of wood!)

 A slight mishap in the reeds.

Dd shortly before losing both her crocs in the mud. Half an hour of mud-poking later and they rose to the surface!

Steering is always a problem :)

Spring activities

Carving and then painting replica guns (a traditional Spring activity if you are a 12-year-old boy) :

A mid-week trip to the lake:

Making the most of the glorious weather:

Kayaking:

Pond dipping with friends:

Crayfish in tupperware:

Bulbs from our last planting session, now in flower:

Planting cornflowers in the front garden:

More seeds in pots:

Candle-making in the kitchen:

toothbrush-shaped candles (dd's idea!):

The Old Woman in a shoe bakes a cake and the family survives

Yep...
How many items do you need to bake a cake?
(the spanner in the front came in very useful actually).


And how much washing up is created...

To produce this for Tech-boy's birthday:

And we went bowling with friends (thankfully Tech-boy wasn't thrashed by his sister):

and look what Tech-boy got for his birthday:

It works better on water:

And in the meantime small brave people test the lake water for temperature, while us not-so-brave adults look on:

And Tech-boy hoarding his other presents:

So, what did Tech-boy choose to do on his birthday...

...yep, you've guessed it, he wanted to have a screen day. ALL DAY on the Wii and his DS Lite.

Well, one can hardly refuse the wishes of a birthday boy.