Cousin time

Hello blog! Wow, so much to blog about and I'm struggling to find time - that's how good the Easter holidays are :-) I will start off a few posts now and fill them in when I have time.

On Easter Monday Grandma G and Auntie L and my girl cousins came to stay with Mum and I. We have started a sort of tradition of seeing them at Easter time and have some amazing Easter egg hunts! Love it - I am definitely still a child as far as that is concerned. We had a great time while they were visiting. They stayed for longer than normal (3 nights) and we did quite a few specific things which I think made it more enjoyable.

Feast your eyes on these pics (you can click on them to enlarge if you like)

Monday - Easter egg hunt.

Look at all the eggs we had to hunt.

Dividing up the eggs and writing our lists so we knew what to find!

Photos in my room while waiting for the eggs to be hidden. Can you work out who the shadowy figure is?!

Sisterly help to find the last eggs.

Champion egg hunter 2010 - speediest find of the day.

Tuesday- Slimbridge Wetlands and Wildfoul Centre
Mum suggested we visit Slimbridge for the day. I hadn't heard of it or looked it up but was game to go and it really impressed. There was more to do than I was maybe expecting and we spent all day there. It was just about warm enough to be out in the open, I was definitely tired at the end of the day - it was great to be tired due to being outside rather than from the classroom!

My girl cousins by the daffodils.

We (the children!) hired paddle boats! That was our main aim as soon as we found out about the canoe safari. And it was totally great and one of the things that made the day.

The adults watching us while we were on our hour safari.

The other awesome bit of the day - getting to hand feed the ducks! Above right is me feeding the rarest goose in the world - the nene goose from Hawaii. Slimbridge has a successful breeding programme for them.

Above you can see the smallest swans which were cool with a pink beak and feet. The emperor goose - quite majestic (that's my hand feeding it). A coot returning to its nest of eggs.

Wednesday - Croome Park
We stuck closer to home and headed to Croome. It was the first time I had been that the house was open. There wasn't really any furniture in it, just empty rooms open on the ground floor and basement which is what I like. Am not that interested in furniture or art work. It's all about the rooms, their arrangements, windows, staircases.

I think the sky looks interesting on the left. Grandma to the Manor born. The back of Croome.

Can you work out what we are saying with our fans? - great entertainment!

This was one impressive tree. Definite highlight of the day. Very good job there weren't any more cousins there. Check out photo of the day for the piece de resistance!

Thursday - Hills and W
As some family left we headed onto the hills on a beautifully sunny day - spring is here.

And our little friend came round for a visit and we got to experience what it's like to lay the Easter Egg hunt! Even better we got to enjoy it outisde.