Rather
belated, our Junior Church (Prestwood Methodist) held
a "Christmas" concert in March. The boys
did a little double act with James as a reindeer and
Matthew as a polar bear. James sang a little song
he wrote himself about being bored at the north pole,
and building a snowman with the polar bear's help,
and Matthew sang along to "Frostie the snowman"
by the Jackson 5.
Bridget
and Malcolm also relived their school days with a
sketch about an artistic boy picking up a scientific
girl. The old school uniforms just about fitted.
The
boys got quite excited by Red
Nose Day this year, and really entered into the
spirit of things with both noses and clothes. They
watched quite a lot of Fame Academy, especially Adrian
Edmonson and his wild antics on-stage (which carefully
masked his inability to sing).
Since
RND they have nagged us into buying the Tony Christie
/ Peter Kay "Amarillo" single on DVD, which
has become a regular pre-beditme ritual. They have
taken to marching around the room, hugging their pillows
(check out the words folks).
Easter
took up a good chunk of March this year, and at pre-school
all the children made and wore their own special Easter
bonnets. Matthew's creation, complete with daffodils,
made him a good foot (sorry, 30cm) taller.
This
was Matthew's last term at pre-school, as he starts
"real" school in the summer term. So there
were lots of goodbyes at pre-school, nursery (which
he goes to one day a week), and the Friday morning
Jingle Tots music group.
Over
the Easter break itself, Grandma W came to stay, and
with great weather for most of the weekend we had
plenty of trips out. One such trip was to the Chiltern
Open Air Museum, which for Easter had a special
Food Fayre. Yet more opportunities for Easter egg
hunts for the boys, and other food tasting treats
for us.
The
museum is a great place to visit on a huge site with
lots to see and do, especially during event days.
Another
regular Easter trip is to Ham Farm in West Wycombe to
see the lambing. It's also a great opportunity for James
to show that he's getting the hang of go-karting. A
couple of years ago James spent most of the circuit
heading straight for the side walls and generally demolishing
the course. Matthew has now taken James' place in keeping
the lads who run the go-karts busy rebuilding the course,
while James gets on with the driving.
While
go-karts are a bonus, lambing is what Ham Farm is
all about, and James and Matthew were able to have
a close-up hug with a very young lamb. The lamb survived
the experience apparently unharmed, although it was
no doubt happy to rejoin its mother afterwards.
We
didn't see any lambs born this year, but several sheep
were looking like they were pretty close. I bet they
just waited until we had gone....
