Tadpoles to froglets...to freedom

Yesterday we woke to find 2 of our 3 froglets had jumped ship…it wasn’t pretty and we had tears from our little lady.  An emotional discussion ensued…eventually agreeing to let the last one go.

We took lots of pictures from different angles (see below) and then the 2 kiddos asked our next door neighbour if the frog could live in their pond…goodbye little froglet...

Rainy day Sunday...

Yesterday...it rained...and rained...

Ro practiced writing names with some new felt tips while I sharpened pencils...

Miss M found half a block of marzipan and made Frozen's Elsa and Anna...

The children mummified each other!..

and we drank rhubarb cordial and ate one of M's creations...

A weekend walk, a hedgehog, a tadpole update and homemade peanut butter

Quite random posts, just a general catch up...

We went for a walk with friends this weekend...our first Geocache experience.  They planned a route that included around 10 hidden treasures, not a million miles from home (between Silsden and Addingham Moorside). It was a gorgeous sunny day, a few whingey moments and nettle stings all round, but enjoyable on the whole.  A few snaps along the way...

Bee hives

 

Miss M in the boggy field

Some cows peeping over the wall at us

J spotted our resident hedgehog in the garden the other evening (red-eye makes it look a bit evil)...

Ro and I had a go at making our own peanut butter yesterday...I always buy the whole earth brand of peanut butter and noticed the price when I picked up a jar £2.68, quite pricey. A bought a bag of mixed peanuts and raisins for 68p... 

We took out all the raisins, dry roasted the nuts for 10 minutes and whizzed away for a few minutes, added a drop of oil and honey, a tiny pinch of salt and hey presto...peanut butter...

I'm not sure if I've mentioned the tadpoles we are caring for, but I caught 2 of them kissing today! Ahhh...

1st weekend in May: Skipton Waterways Festival and family time

Friday: M got a free day off school (sickness bug). It's not often we get girly time - just us, we went for a short walk to get some fresh air...

 We spent the afternoon at the park, the one with the sand...

 cherry blossom falling...

Saturday: The tribal/belly dancers at the waterways festival (just finished their set).  I remember these lovely ladies from the Fairy Festival last year, gorgeous...

 Meeting some owls...

 Eating ice cream on a sunny afternoon...

 Riding a bike on the water...as you do!

 A lovely painted window...

 and a painted sheep...ready and waiting for the tour de france...

 you can't have a waterways festival without canal boats...

Sunday: we found a new park to visit...cycling round the outdoor bandstand...

 Collecting nature's treasure...

 Tending to the tadpoles...

 Looking at yucky slugs...

 Ro's rainbow...