Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Fuss In Boots
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
A Month Of Sundaes?
Firstly, thank you everyone for the kind birthday wishes for Rosie yesterday, she is definitely making the most of her celebrations. On Saturday we went on a family tenpin bowling trip, followed by lunch. If you have younger children, I can recommend the Bowling House in Norwich. This is the quirkiest bowling alley I have ever visited. A while back, we looked after the girls one evening, while Liz and Jon visited this venue [For cocktails and food, which they enjoyed] There are just five lanes, at BH and all half-length, so it suited the girls. The pop-up seating is recycled from years ago when this building was a cinema. I took three shots of Rosie bowling, and inadvertently got pictures of Jess as the seat folded up on her!
We went on to a Pizza lunch [I pleased to have discovered that I can eat pizza with vegan cheese] and the girls enjoyed desserts. Jess was intrigued by the inverted waffle cone in her ice cream sundae.
Monday, 24 February 2025
Rosie Is Nine!
Sunday, 23 February 2025
Saturday, 22 February 2025
A Funny Thing Happened ...
...On The Way To The Forum

Friday, 21 February 2025
A Busy Day At Home...
- Make Whoopie Pies
- Build circuits with the electricty set
- Make friendship bracelets
- Decorate the new iPad cover
- Make concrete with Grandad
- Design and decorate a tee shirt
- Learn to use Hama beads
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Science Superheroes!
This event has been brilliant, On Monday Bob and I went with Rosie to Norwich School for "Amazing Animals"
Nate from the Braintastic Team challenged us...Could you solve a puzzle quicker than a dolphin? Test your intelligence against the world’s most incredible animals in this fun show from Braintastic! Science. Packed with interactive games and activities, you’ll get the chance to complete real life animal intelligence challenges as you help to solve tricky logic puzzles. From parrots to primates, discover the amazing abilities of our animal cousins and learn more about the diversity of life on Earth.
That was fascinating - and 'the girl in the rainbow jumper' was the first one picked to solve a puzzle, and did it instantly. We were very proud of her.
On Wednesday I took Ro in very early, and we began with "Light Up The City" a workshop about electricity. This time, she was chosen to be the switch in the circuit. I cannot decide if it is her smiling face, glowing red hair, enthusiastic arm waving, or a very distinctive jumper - but she was often the one called upon to answer the questions. After that we had elevenses then spent hours visiting all the stands in the Forum
I loved
- the table of capes and masks provided for the photo-op.
- Hands-on activities [bird masks, key rings, colouring, making paper aeroplanes and more] VR headsets
- Gifts- bags, pens, colouring books, badges
- Ticketed events, in venues across the City Centre - many where the child pays for the ticket- but the accompanying adult has free admission.
- Adults spending time enthusing about their specialisms in a language understandable to children
- Special shout out to UCL, who had come up from London to promote science/STEM subjects. "My parents work at UCL" said Ro, proudly, "and my sister is in the UCL Nursery"
- And RW, the German company currently constructing the Norfolk Offshore Windzone, running their pipeline across the county [and through the edge of our village.] We found Cornerstones on their detailed map - and noted its proximity to the work.
- Rosie absolutely loved her day, and learned a lot. "That's the best explanation of offshore wind turbines I have heard from a child this week" said one scientist.