Belton with my Bee

Today Louie and I made a little trip over to Grantham to visit Belton House for the day. Apologies in advance for the Louie spam... if you want to see more photos of Belton, check out my NT blog ;)

 'I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down'

We spent the entire afternoon chilling in the garden, eating cake, exploring the gorgeous house (theres always more things to see!) and then playing in the extensive play areas, inside and out! I'm pretty sure it was a good way to round off his first ever Summer Holiday.

Nerf Warfare

Sunday. The sub zero temperatures meant that we scrapped our plan of going out for a little walk, in favour of getting some excersize inside instead. Pappy bought another Nerf gun so that he and Louie could play together. It was such fun watching these two stake out two sides of the house, the shrieks of laughter were delightful though I think both sides took it very seriously!

Last week was warm enough to play outside. How refreshing. So much better than being couped up indoors. I can't wait until it is warm enough to eat breakfast outside every morning. 

Pretend Play

What is better than throwing a pretend tea party when you are three? 

Role playing is such a crucial  part of a childs learning and development that it should always be encouraged. This afternoon Mr Bee cracked lots of eggs to make an 'eggy stew' which he whisked, added oil to his pan, poured milk into the mixture. Lots of skills which he has learnt from watching and helping me in the kitchen has been processed in his little head, to go into his own tea party for his imaginary friends. He even went to the 'shop' to buy cakes and made cups of tea and did the washing up after they had gone home. 

I just couldn't resist sharing the rest of my photos from our visit to Packwood House on Tuesday.

It was a beautiful day

The Exquisite Lyme Park

We had a beautiful day today at Lyme Park and House. It is such a stunning and vast property with so much to see, inside and out. The gardens were just breath taking, especially in the beautiful weather that shone upon us all afternoon. And the house was just something else. So large and beautiful, with so much to see everywhere you turn.
After an amazing visit, we hit the road for the second part of our journey home, the scenic route through the Peak District. An equally beautiful way to spend the afternoon, in our little two car convoy through the winding country roads.
Followed up by a barbeque without the barbeque (we arrived home quite late!), it was a perfect way to spend our extra day off :)