We spent a wonderful day at Tutbury Castle, where they had men in full armour battling with swords, a medieval style camp set up, archery displays and birds of prey. We took a picnic and spent the day there in glorious sunshine, with a rather excited small boy.
As a result, we have been having regular sword fights, and all playground structures have become Harlan's castles to defend. We are heading to the local library tomorrow to find some books about knights and castles, and I have secretly bought a rather bargainous set of toy knights and castle which should be ready for him by next week.
Aside from out castle adventures, we are having a rather stressful time as we have been given notice on our house. Always a risk of a rental property, but we have been here 3 1/2 years and will be sad to move. The atmosphere has definitely been picked up on by the smallest member of the family, who has been a bit unreliable with his toileting and more shouty then usual. I am trying to make an effort to talk about the positives, perhaps a bigger garden... and I will have a look at the library and on Amazon for books about moving house.
To keep ourselves busy and to make the most of the glorious sunshine we have been making regular visits to the parks in our local area - one in particular, Brampton Park, has a large sandpit with a water pump. Whilst there today we saw some obviously school aged children, at the park during school hours. I bit the bullet, approached the mothers and asked if they were home educated. Turns out they are and we know a few of the same people, although we had never met before. They go to a Christian H.E. group locally, but said they only focus on faith at Easter and Christmas, and it is open to people of all or no religion. I gave one lady my email address and she has promised to get in touch with details of the group. Her children were a great example of H.E. - confident, polite, self assured. Hopefully that chance meeting will mean we can meet even more local families.
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