We went on a day trip to Braunston Lock near Daventry to see a stretch of the canal which has been drained. There was a Victorian lock which had been cleaned out and you could see all the original brickwork. It was pretty cool to see how deep the lock was and all of the original design.
We listened to two representatives from the Canal and River Trust (CRT) give two short talks on the history of the lock and what reconstructive work they were doing.
The boys had a play with some rusted up cogs.
We all laughed our heads off at this funny duck, trying to walk on top of the frozen canal. It kept slipping which looked hilarious.
Our boat on a stop at a marina.
The kids also stayed at their friend's house where they had a massive minecraft-session and made their own pizzas, which were completely scoffed! Here they are getting flour...
They are passed their pizza dough.
Miles is kneading his dough.
Caden sprinkles his cheese and these are the finished pizzas!
Art class this week saw Caden produce some lovely work which promptly went up on the wall in the boat. He made these from cut out shapes and sticking.
Here are some photos from a project we worked on together where we coloured in knights and castle magnets.
The finished project.
We have been watching quite a bit of the French DVD at home this week and the boys are really looking forward to spending a month in France from this coming weekend. We are going to stay with a family near Limoges who have a dairy farm and three children. I am hoping that the boys will learn French quickly while they are surrounded by the language. If it works well and they pick French up at a good rate then I am sure I will do more of this kind of thing with them.
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