Cowboy

Linus is moving to a new school (more on that in another post) - this means that he's going to make some new friends (work in progress on that already) but he's also having to say goodbye to his class at his old school. We thought a party would be a good idea and Claire really wanted a 'Wild West' themed one (having seen someone do a lovely one like this online somewhere).

So this last weekend we had the hall in Handcross booked and and about half his class came along for a bit of a party.

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Big Banana

Linus put a banana skin on his head and asked me to take a picture and put it on his website (the picture that is, not the banana):

(Of course, I needed to mess-around with it before publishing it)

And, don't ask why he put the banana skin on his head, or ask him for anything else he may want to put on his website. This is all you're getting.

Minecraft

Mincrfd iz fun i wil tel wot yo do wey fust yo mayc a howus then we mayc ay bed and a kuku. And ven mayc a chest and you can put stuff in it.

I lic mnig thigs. I'v mind lots of thigs.

Bob got a woof for me. *

Linus updating his website

Here is a link to Minecraft if you'd like to play it!

(*Translation: Minecraft is fun. I will tell what you do. Well first you make a house, then we make a bed and a cooker. And then make a chest and you can put stuff in it.

I like mining things, I've mined lots of things.

Bob got a wolf for me.)

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August Holiday

It looks like they arrived okay...

Sunflowers

Last year we tried growing sunflowers. Despite buying "giant sunflower" seeds, we had a paltry 2 foot thing with a tiny head.

But we aren't the type to be beaten by a flower, so this year we had another attempt.

As before we got nice new compost, carefully planted our seeds into the seed tray, kept it warm in the mini greenhouse and watched them sprout. Then came the bit where we kind of lose interest and they get a bit tall and straggly before we decide we really ought to do SOMETHING with them.

So, this year I looked up on the internet how sunflowers like to grow. Turns out it's best to plant them out straight away. They need to develop a good wide root to get nutrients and to stop them toppling over. They drink an awful lot of water, and like a nice fertilised soil as they use a lot of energy with all that growing.

So, I duly stuck 2 in the pot in the back garden, then at a slight loss as to what to do with the other 8 I quickly shoved them into the border at the front of the house.

They were tall and spindly. The wind blew them over a bit. The watering washed the soil away and exposed the roots.

BUT WE WIN! WE GROW GOOD SUNFLOWERS!