Half Term!

School ended on Friday, half term holidays now. We have 2 very tired children! Portmen left on Monday for Prague VERY early (MP booked the tickets for them). The sunrise was beautiful as we drove down to Stansted. The final weekend with JP&N was fairly quiet, the kids went to the cinema with M senior, JP&R were going to head to London, but the weather was rubbish, and the BBC weather cam in London showed it pretty much the same there, so JP decided she was going to be back here sometime anyway and why bother getting soaked?

R&JA went to see a reenactment of gladiatorial games at Flag Fen yesterday, a lot of fun and gory! JA got a chance to compare injuries with some 'real' romans (he dropped his shield on his toe a couple of weeks ago and the nail has gone black)the guys doing the reenactment sympathised and said they'd all done that!

Gladiatorial Games 
MD&RA have been learning to dance...very amusing. This week we learned the tango, although MD insists I am putting in extra steps to confuse her (I think she just doesnt do it properly).

First Entry!

Finally decided to get with the 21st Century. Everyone else is having a blog so we better have one too and pink for the little girl's favourite colour (keeping up with the Portmans). Speaking of whom, we have Portmans visiting us at the moment - refugees from Prague to an English speaking country (with Aussie interpreters). Castles are high on the list of desired entertainments. No luck so far. Kids are all good, having a ball having Aussie visitors. J has his hair cut to a 2 mm fuzz and looks more and more like his dad every day. With a hat its his granddad. Kids had drama classes, which they both really enjoy - M pretended to go on a holiday to a beach (there are no real beaches here!). Spring has sprung and everything is green and the sun is shining. Half term holiday starts Monday 30th, we are off to Venice, kids are really looking forward to it. Just planning our summer break in Normandy with Portmans - we have found a 5 bedroom house with pool for a week, and will trip to Bayeux, Mont St Michel and other Normandy attractions (including the beach!!). I am off to Paris in a couple of weeks. So all go here.