A Quiet Weekend at Home

Since we've been so busy and traveled away last weekend we thought we'd stay home this weekend...well, home in the sense that we stayed in Peterborough.  Saturday morning we thought it would be fun to go into town for lunch (Pizza Express...surprise, surprise).  After lunch we thought we would take bit of a walk and headed towards the cathedral like we have several times before but Kevin took us all the way around, which I had never done before and it was beautiful.  

We found some beautiful daffodils in bloom and in the little park on the south side of the cathedral all the spring plantings were in bloom.  They had a dozen or so of this little beds chucked full of flowers and they seem to change them out each season, so something is always in full bloom.  Addison likes to play tag around them...especially with Daddy.

On Sunday morning we headed down to the Glinton playground which is currently being upgraded.  The village received 

over 75,000 GBP to add new play equipment.  Right now they have a lot of the things for the 8-13 year old group up as seen in the distance behind Addison swinging on one of the swings that is actually going to be replaced with a new climbing frame.  The area is supposed to have a new bike course, zip line, hexagon swings, springers, see saws and much more.  We can't wait to see what comes next.  One new thing in the little kids area is the donut, which it seems that more of the older kids come over to the under 5's area to play on.  Kevin demonstrates how it's done here.


This is a sign that I've read a couple times at the park, but thought it would be fun to take a picture of this time. I especially like the bit about adults needing to be accompanied by children (for safety purposes obviously, but kind of funny when you first read it.)

Addison love to ride on the big slide that is actually built into the side of a hill which I think is great for little kids so it is easier for them to climb and they can't fall too far. Addie usually likes to run up the side of the hill (which I think is the highest elevation in all of Glinton), but lots of times she takes the steps and likes to count them as she goes up. See how she is progressing with her numbers in this video.


Harrison is just big enough now that he likes to ride in the swing. I love his laugh!!!

To round out our wonderful weekend, the Wong's came back from their home leave in Singapore so we had them over for a BBQ...it was a bit chilly but the food and the company was great. It was sooooo good to see them and get caught up with everything. Min surprised us all with a new hair-do...she got highlights and fringe (bangs). She looks like a super model now in her early 20's!!!