LAST DAY OF SCHOOL YEAR

Today was the end of a school year, I really cannot believe how the time has flown. The end of year assembly was apparently very boring with the highlight being asked to go on stage and collect his Grade 1 Clarinet Certificate from the head master.

The afternoon was spent with friends at Chessington World of Adventures. With the temperature reaching 30' we were definitely getting ready for Disney.

Here is the Kobra Ride - at new one this year and Lewis hadn't tried it yet.

As I had hurt my back I was able to take photos instead of riding today:

Lewis can be seen in the middle of the photo wearing a red t-shirt.

It went really fast according to Lewis:

OH Dear, the ride stopped half way through. They were stuck for about 10 minutes before climbing down a ladder to get off. Luckily they were given a pass to ride again once it was working properly. That time it was "AWESOME".

Then it was time for the Runaway Train:

FAMILY GET TOGETHER

A big family get together recently marked Uncle Mark and Auntie Gills 50th wedding anniversary - quite some milestone in this day and age.

We all had a really lovely day and Tony was able to capture this shot of everyone for them to remember the day by:

Derby Day

A few weeks ago the annual Epsom Derby was held up at the racecourse. As has become tradition now we took a stroll up to the start to take and picnic and watch the horses set off.

For once the weather was sunny and picnic worthy. Sadly Tony forgot to put a memory card in the camera so the only photo recording the day is from the i-phone:

LEGOLAND

During the half term holidays the weather began to warm up giving us all a chance for a family day to Lewis' favourite place - Legoland. I am pleased to say the weather still holds and at the moment we may even be seeing a real summer in the UK at long last!!! So I'm sure a few more Legoland visits will be happening.

Lewis' favourite ride - the Driving School, he takes his driving very seriously:

The winner:

How awesome are these, Buzz and Woody made from Lego:

SPONGEBOB LEWIS

A few weeks ago at school it was the end of half term party, with a 'funny' dressing up theme.

Lewis decided that he wanted to dress up as Spongebob Squarepants so he and Tony set to work over the weekend creating a costume. Here is their creation:

When Jasmine saw it she wanted to try it for size, leaving Lewis to do his

impression of Patrick Star - Spongebob's best friend:

GREAT NEWS

I am soooooo behind on blog posts I almost don't know where to start, so I will begin with some great news.

As many of you know Lewis recently sat his Grade 1 Clarinet exam. I am now pleased to announce that he has passed with Merit - a fantastic achievement. Well done Lewis.

No photos of his certificate yet but here is one of Lewis practising recently:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE & SMURFS!!

Yesterday was Julie's Birthday and so a trip to Nonna's was in order today to celebrate the occasion. Here are Lewis and Jasmine helping to blow out the candles:

Whilst at Nonnas it was also a time to help clear out the loft, plenty of stuff going back many, many, many years. For me the best find of the day was Tony's collection of Smurf's. Mum and Dad you may recall 30 years ago me asking for you to fill up with petrol at the National Service stations, because they were the ones giving away Smurfs. For some reason you didn't and so this has obviously left me scarred for life as I was soooo chuffed to find Tony's collection I have cleaned them up and claimed them for my own giving them pride of place on a shelf in the lounge. Happy Days.....