Sunshine fun!

This weekend the boys built a BBQ together. They carried single bricks with two hands to help build this masterpiece. Then we lit the briquettes and cooked meat and fish (caden cooked squid in foil) and we toasted marshmallows. It was such a lovely evening. 

We went with friends to Stockgrove woods again. They have new hats for the sun! Funky ones from the charity shop. They are both very proud of them! 

Miles looks like a right geezer!

The boys pretending to be dinosaurs. 

Caden and Miles in the hedge. Caden says his hat makes him look like an explorer. 

We visited the splash park again. Making the most of the fine weather. 

They played in the adjoining playground. Miles really loved Caden pushing the swing about. 

We made some chocolate cakes. Here is Caden with the egg. 

Miles and Caden did some drawing too, they drew lots of dinosaurs. Caden's drawing is coming along. He has been experimenting with drawing faces and eyes in different ways I have noticed. 

We also tried to finish the money section in maths this week but found that the last section, getting change, was a step too far for Caden right now. We have abandoned that at this point in time, marked to return in a few months and see if it is easier for him then. We moved on to non-standard measuring (with shoes and footballs and other things) then onto lengths that are larger or smaller than a metre. This was no problem for him. 

Miles is learning his letter steadily. We are fairly clear on b, c and f now and he began learning I and a, so that he can read one letter words in sentences and hopefully things will begin to make sense in context a little bit more for him. 

They have both played lots, they made a fishing line from a magnet, string and a wooden stick because they lost their fishing lines for the magnetic fishing game. They have made masks with paper and scissors and tape. They have played with water, bubbles, letters in the bath and enjoyed stories. They have played games on the ipad and watched dinosaur and deadly 60 documentaries for kids on the TV. Lots of outdoor play, they have been for a picnic at Caldecotte Lake and been to the canal.