A day at Beale Park

Well, the L plates may not be long in the bin, but I decided to be brave and drive the kids on a 40 min drive to Beale Park this afternoon. We all made it in one piece, thanks to our good friend Tom Tom.. whos sage advice and non judgemental attitude more than makes up for having Rich in the passenger seat (though his conversation skills could do with some work, Tom Tom's that is, not Richard's). The only major embarrasment was stalling on a roundabout in Reading with rush hour traffic piling up behind me.. but ahem, we didn't do too badly really for our first trip out. We met up with their friends from the Easter Egg hunt of the previous week and spent a very fun afternoon picnicing, and looking at all the animals. We rounded off the day with a trip on the mini train :)



"I love you this much.."




I thought Noah looked very cute sitting in these blue flowers, until I realised he was EATING them!






http://www.bealepark.co.uk/ This place is well worth a visit if you are in the area!

Easter Egg Hunt at Basildon Park

In an effort to stop the mothers going (even more) insane, we decided to take the kids on an Easter Egg hunt (a bit late, but the chocolate still tastes the same) at Basildon Park this afternoon. We were VERY lucky with the weather as it started lashing rain just as we were packing six very tired and happy children into the cars.
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-basildonpark.htm










Mission complete

Finally, the moment she's been waiting for.. keeping her eyes on the prize, she blows out all her candles...


..eventually.


Having a gossip over lunch.


Acting the clown around Wokingham town on Saturday.