Summer Holidays

Hello everybody. Well its a typical British summer holiday-sunshine and showers but it hasn't stopped the Robinson's getting out and about. We spent the first week of the holidays involved in the churches summer club 'Rockys Plaice' which isn't a spelling mistake but based in a cafe setting. It was great fun and the girls loved it. We were in Sizzling Sausages group and I played the part of Peter each day meeting a new character from the Bible as well as a character called Deep Fat Fryer who reads out children's jokes and shows their pictures. Denise was also involved in catering to provide thirty children with refreshments during the break. Lots of fun.
Week two and we were off down south again to visit family and friends. It's always lovely to see everybody and catch up on all the news. We also managed to have a day visiting Romsey Water gardens, the Adder pits in the forest and a picnic at Boulder Wood. If we didn't manage to see you this trip down we will certainly try our best to catch up next time we are down.
On our return home we found our cat missing. We eventually tracked him down to a vets in Goole. It turned out 24 hours before we arrived home he'd been hit by a car. Thankfully the driver stopped and rushed him to the RSPCA centre. No bones broken but due to sever bruising around the spine he's unable to use his back legs at the moment. As swelling reduces he should get more feeling back and be up on his feet again. Even in this last week we have seen loads of progress.
This third week we have also been sorting out the girls Wendy house which came with the house at the end of the garden. Me and my friend Tom from work re felted the roof and then Denise and the girls started to paint it-pink on the inside and yellow and white on the outside. We have also put a new floor onto of the existing floor to provide a better surface. It's looking really good and I'll add a picture when its all finished.
well that's the summer so far. We are hoping to go off to Hornsey, Sun-Down children's park and rock pooling before the summer ends and with any luck fit in another BBQ for some of our friends up here- any excuse for food and drink.
Hope you are all enjoying your summer holiday and our love to all.

On the Move

Hello everybody, the Robinsons are on the move again if you haven't already heard. We are just moving a couple of miles down the road to a lovely 1950's three bedroom semi. Big garden and larger rooms with beautiful conservatory and wood burning stove in the living room. Will e-mail everybody with our new address ,hope to keep the telephone number but will be changing my broadband provider and therefore e-mail over to O2. This may take a little time and I will make contact once its up and running. We hope to move on Friday 14th but anything could happen yet. Hope you like the pictures of the new house.

A link with the ancestors

What a fab day at school again today as year 5/6 became real Victorians for the day. Boy did we look the part. I was born in the wrong century. I was meant to wear these clothes!!!!!

Elizabeth 6 years old!!!!!

Elizabeth had a whirl wind birthday week-end with presents on Saturday and coming to an end on Sunday with her disco party. There was a massive hug for Maisy as she handed her present over of two Go Go pets. Elizabeth had a lovely time with her friends dancing and playing games for two hours.There was a brief stop for food and then all go again. Mummy and Daddy now need a rest but probably wont get it!!! It was a unique mothers day for Denise.

The MIGHTY ZULU NATION

What a fantastic day Elizabeth and myself had at school today when the 'Mighty Zulu Nation' came to our school. They performed for the whole school with song and dance and then carried out workshops with years 5 and 6. They truly were MIGHTY. Five individuals brought the magic of their culture to our doorstep and the children thoroughly enjoyed the day and I don't think any of us will forget the experience.

http://www.mightyzulunation.com/

Happy Birthday Maisy

Maisy is now 3 and the 4inches of snow which fell didn't stop the fun of her party at the Wishing Well.

The Peppa Pig cake was beautifully made by Denise. Maisy had great fun with all her friends climbing and scrambling. The face painting transformed angels into butterflies ,tigers, lions and dogs.

Happy Chilly New Year 2010

Well it's been a while since I up dated the blog so I thought I should get an entry in quick in 2010, so a very Happy New Year to one and all. You didn't miss much over the Autumn. Lots of hard work and I passed my thresh-hold three at work(for all the non teachers- a little promotion and a little more money). The autumn seemed to whiz past like a flash. It was great to see Jim who came up and spent some time with us, then went back to Brighton for a rest.

We had a really good Christmas and although technically not a white one we did have snow on the ground which fell Christmas Eve-so I was very happy. Christmas morning the girls were even happier as they got everything they could imagine especially their scooters -a three wheeler for Maisy and a two wheeler for Elizabeth. Mummy and Daddy exchanged slippers and now are benefitting from their warmth. Denise cooked a wonderful Christmas lunch topped with homemade Christmas pudding.

The snow never left us and nor did the sub zero temperatures, we entered the New Year with more snow and then today another 6inches fell. I'm sure British Gas are rubbing their hands with glee as we pump up the heating and spend a small fortune to keep warm.

Our school was the only one open in the district this morning but we closed due to the weather this afternoon so me and Elizabeth have the day off tomorrow and this could extend to the week-end due to bad weather and more snow forecast.

Well I hope you all enjoy the snow we sent down to the south.

And a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE from all of us.