Trolley Travelling

Dad's always complaining that modern trolleys don't allow hitching like they did when he was a kid so I showed him how a modern kid gets the same buzz as he did!

Findhorn Beach

So we're in Findhorn and the weather forecast isn't amazing. Obviously the best thing to do is hit the beach on day 1 and make the best of the weather we have!

It'll take more than a bit of cold to keep me out of the water. Dad on the other hand, well he did wear shorts but he also wore a fleece jumper and a hat! I tried to coax him into the water with me but as soon as he touched it he got a sore head from the cold. He's not nearly as mad hard as me!

While I was playing in the sea, a seal came to say hello. He hung about for a while watching what I was up to, which was really nice.

Obviously Dad built a sandcastle. It wasn't quite up to his usual standards. He blamed the cold.

When he was done, because the tide was going out, Mum and I helped to fill the moat of the castle.

And then I trashed it!

For which my reward was to be buried...

It was well worth it!

Pea and Ham, from a Chicken?

We're on holiday in Findhorn again! And...

Mum! There's a chicken in the garden!

Mindmap

Very limited entertainment value in this post but I wanted to share this anyway. Homework (at the end of term!) is to come up with ideas about how we'd like to learn about Beatrix Potter next year in P5. With the help of Mum and Dad we did a mindmap. Might be difficult to make out but here it is anyway because we're all quite impressed with our efforts. It helped us give a whole bunch of ideas for next term.

Riding a Lion

I love interactive art!

Climbing

At long last, the old folks got themselves trained in climbing. They made the effort, booked the lessons, found a mug friend to look after me and got qualified to take me climbing. Dad was looking forward to it and he promised to withhold housekeeping if Mum didn't come along to hold his rope. I think she considered "accidentally" letting go a few times but realised it'd be difficult to find someone who could make her cup of tea so well.

After their first climb, Mum was more sure this was a mistake but she insisted on battling through. She was only there to learn to belay so that we could all go climbing and she would be able to hold the rope for Dad until I get big enough to do it - however, given the rate I grow (up the way) and the rate Dad grows (out the way), that might be a while! After their second climb, Mum was wondering how many more they'd make her do. After the third climb, Mum was thinking it wasn't so bad and by the fourth climb she was eyeing up the lead-climbing wall. She was hooked!

So the following Saturday, after diving, we stopped back into Ratho to do a bit of climbing as a family. I'd been recently for a friend's birthday party and I was one of only two kids that had made it to the top of the wall so I feeling pretty confident.

As it turns out though, climbing might not be for me. I really like climbing on the boulders that don't go very high and where I don't need a harness but the wall turned out to be pretty scary. Maybe it's Mum and Dad? I've done it several times with professionals but with Mum and Dad it seems much more scary. Maybe we'll need to work up to it...

Airport Parking

Dad's been in London for work a bit recently. When we go to pick him up, the airport car park offers a good opportunity to practice my balance and gymnastics...