The Second Best News This Week Is...

Wagamama is coming the Sheffield!!! We wandered to Leopold Square today in search of Tapas... lo and behold, right next to the Tapas bar... notification that Wagamama opens it's doors on 24 April 2008!!!!! Only 6, yes that's right, 6 more sleeps!!!

Footnote : this has relevance a) because we like Wagamama, b) because we like Wagamama and c) because James and Michelle like Wagamama.... [perhaps that should be a)...]

Jemima's Birthday... Elspeth's list...

Thanks to all for the gifts for Jemima's 2nd birthday.... opening presents on Wednesday , party on Friday followed by a family day out at Weston Park Museum in Sheffield. [pictures to follow]


Elspeth will be 5 on 7 June... the time has gone frighteningly quick... anyway for those family members who have no idea what to buy there's a list....

Lion King Disney DVD
Sleeping Beauty Disney DVD
101 Dalmations DVD
Flushed Away DVD

As she is a girly girl clothes, necklaces and bracelets always go down well... as do stickers...

Weston Park

Well the weather still can't make it's mind up... we'd planned a family day out, the weather dictated where that would be... bright sunshine and a crisp morning... Great Canons Hall Farm... ten minutes later... the sky darkened, the sun disappeared, and the wind picked up... Weston Park Museum it was...

When we got there the student Dr.'s from the University were conducting a Teddy Surgery... had we known Sarah could have brought her "well loved" Panda for come treatment... As it was we borrowed 2 Mickey Mouse dolls from the receptionists... we by passed triage and prescriptions and went straight for the bandages... plasters, "pots" [plaster cast] x-rays, and c-scan...

Jemima was transfixed by Theo the poorly teddy who seemed to wander around all afternoon... although the most fun Jemima seemed to have was with the lockers... she could creep in and close the door behind her.... am not sure whether she's been watching Narnia too much...

Hunting the hood

We went to Sherwood to find Mr Hood, we didn't find him or his merry men...

The sun shone though

Brodsworth in the Spring...

Recently re-opened after a break there have been some changes at Brodsworth... a new play area for the children. Today was an egg hunt, wandering around the gardens looking for Easter Eggs with letters imprinted upon them and then working out the mystery word from the jumbled letters G E E R I H T A.... it took some time to work out...

Lots of great shots in the bright spring mid morning light only for them to have corrupted on the memory card.... [aghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!]

anyway - some pictures....

Snowjoke....

It's all starting to melt, but here's the pictures of the new family member.....

Where'd all that come from

A white blanket this morning... no, not Elspeth's favourite blanky- outside, the "white stuff" loads of it... not sure how long it'll last so we'd best enjoy it while it's here... I walked around the block and it's already started to thaw. So on with the hats, coats and scarves... it's a snowperson making time....

Life for the under 12's gets a boost..

Doncaster has entered the 21st Century for under 12's with a new soft play "Astrabound" opened 12 March and Daddy, Elspeth and Jemima went to visit 16 March - so brand spanking new everything....

3 fun areas and a disco room :-) to explore...

Daddy had a great time... So did the girls... the best bits... the ball pit with the chute to take the balls to an overhead net and the lever to release them all... the air cannon [need I say more!!]

The coffee is tepid - perhaps they don't want pesky lawyers suing them...

highly recommended... they've obviously tapped into a fertile market, a party was kicking off as we left, with the largest fairy facepainter I have ever seen....