Picnic in the Park

Tuesday



The continuing good weather led us to take our picnic to the park again today after a play session at the Needles Family Centre. (I wonder what we will do now Bean is five and no longer officially under their remit?) Bean suggested we took bread for the ducks and Pumpkin suggested the scooters came with us so car boot full, off we went. 

We picnicked in the play area and the boys interspersed mouthfuls with running around. The Trim Trail was explored again but also the sand pit today (which is a rare chose.) This took about an hour before we headed off to the duck pond. Pumpkin got a real thrill from scooting down hill. The ducks were very uninterested in our offering but the boys were not deterred at all.

This was followed by an explore around the maze. I love this maze, just the right height for the boys to go in alone and feel enclosed but I can still see them. They pretty much know their way around it now but still enjoy hiding from each other and chasing around. They even helped two girls who were very 'lost' and couldn't find their way to the middle. Their mother clearly wanted to leave but they didn't want to until they had found the dragon. The boys even showed them the way out. (Who says home ed kids don't know how to socialise?)


Plum slept for a large majority of the trip, enjoying the fresh air and warmth, I think.