October '14

WWI costume day at school - all handmade (including the hat) by Mum.

At the beach with my cousin.

At the park with Mum and Dad. Who's the bigger kid?

Last month we lost Grandpa. I didn't go to the funeral so to say goodbye we released balloons in his memory at one of our favourite places - Tantallon Castle. It was a special moment. We love and miss you loads, Grandpa.

August '14

I do love a cafe...

Did you know I write my own songs and sing them?

Dad takes on me and a friend.

Not really sure how this happened...

The rain spoiled the park visit :(

Nothing can go wrong here...

Thanks, Dad!

Playing Minecraft on the new computer Dad and I built!

Time to go back to school. P6!

Castle visiting with a friend of Dad's and his son. Blackness Castle!

Great parenting, guys.

We found a fairy home!

Scarborough North Bay

After a bit of a chilly morning where Mum insisted we go to a local lavender farm (which was a bit disappointing) we headed back to Scarborough. But this time to the North Bay - this was more of our style!

We started off in Peasholm Park which was really nice and the weather had also improved greatly. We had a go in a dragon boat around the little lake, overtaking everyone we came across and scaring the swans!

After the park we headed to the North Bay beach and found an ice-cream shop on the way. We'd been really disappointed at the lack of a real ice-cream shop on the other side of the town but this one was fabulous and Mum says it was the best ice-cream she's ever had. That's high praise given we're regular customers of Luvian's in St Andrews and Portsoy Ice Cream in Portsoy!

After a bit of playing and paddling at the beach it was time to head on. We head home tomorrow...

Scarborough

Scarborough today!

Another fun day in Yorkshire today. Scarborough is a rather stereotypical English seaside town - some of it not our normal cup of tea but we did find some cool things to do. We had a go in the funicular to get from the beach to the town - it's been there for over a hundred years and it's pretty cool.

We found a nice cafe for lunch up in the town and then headed for Scarborough Castle - it was just over there after all... Turns out 'just over there' is actually a fair wee trek, but we got there! There's not much of the castle left but it obviously did used to be pretty big, occupying a large part of the headland and offering great views over Scarborough.

I practiced some gymnastics and Dad and I had our customary battle!

From the castle we headed back to the beach. We stopped by one of the many amusement arcades and recycled some 2p pieces in the coin drop machines for a while and then found some ice cream :).

I practiced gymnastics on the beach - Mum and Dad insisted!

On the way back to the car we saw Cbeebies filming a show. It was interesting to see all the cast and crew involved for what could only have been a 60 second shot for some show. It was very funny when it went a bit wrong at one point and one of the actor's ice-cream was thrown over one of the extras!

Did someone say beach?

Clearly we haven't been to the beach enough so far so it was off to Findhorn beach today. It was beautiful if a little breezy!

So we made the best of it and got the kite out! It nearly pulled Mum off her feet!

Dad was fine with my help.

Roseisle Beach

Another day, another beach! After all of our visits to this area this was our first time to Roseisle Beach. Just another lovely beach on the Moray coast - but this one has war defences!

And there was more forest to explore!

It's not easy being this cool, you know?!

Culbin Sands

We're back in Findhorn! We simply cannot get enough of this place. Easter rather than summer this year - let's hope the weather holds for us. Today we headed to Culbin Sands for a walk along the beach and through the woods.

It's a great beach and very easy to have fun - just ask Mum!

The woods were great too. Lots of places to explore and trees to climb. Here's Mum climbing a tree.

And here's Dad climbing a tree!

He wanted to go higher but Mum wouldn't let him!

We found a great tree-swing that we simply couldn't get Mum off!