Strawberries and cream

A summer picnic in the park is not complete without strawberries and cream. This particular cream was Chantilly extra thick (reduced to 48p) and had a hint of vanilla and bourbon. Quite delicious.

The weather was lovely enough to sit on the grass in Wythenshaw park at 7pm!! We went out at around 3pm expecting to have just a couple of hours of warmth when actually the sun shone right up until we left for bedtime - the children's 'bedtime' not ours of course. ;-)

Day two of summer holidays

And today class we focus on developing our fine motor skills, creativity, concentration and determination......

I'm not sure if you've ever done this craft activity (I forget what it's actually called) but it is *really* fiddly and can go wrong very quickly! I sat and did one along with the kids and made a few mistakes myself. It took a good half hour for me to complete mine and one of the children put in an awful lot of effort to get his end product *exactly* as he wanted it.

We learned an unexpected lesson too or at least Big squish did - do not touch an iron when it is hot!

Our finished master pieces: