May 2017

May brought warmer weather and beautiful spring flowers. The kids also had their second round of exams towards the end of May. Even in Year 5 and 6 they have a full week of exams with one in every subject. It is quite a stressful week as we try to do as much 'revising' as possible (the UK word for studying).

A friend in my running club invited us over one day to show us her beautiful Blue Bells and her bees. She keeps a couple hives and extracts honey every fall. The Blue Bells bloom for only a month every year, they were just gorgeous!

Rachel went to a festival in Beaconsfield with her good friend Daniela after school one evening.

An old friend from San Diego stopped in for a visit on her way home from Budapest. It was great to see her and show her around London a bit. The highlights were the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey. Amazing how much history there is in London!

At the end of May we went to the seaside for a long weekend to celebrate the end of exams. We visited the south coast of Devon for our first taste of the Atlantic Ocean. It was a bit cooler then we hoped but we still had fun.

We were amazed by these beach huts along the shore. One was open and some nice ladies let us look inside and told us a bit about them. They are leased and inside there is a cook top, refrigerator, counter-top and cabinets. Perfect for fixing tea or making a picnic! A great way to spend the day by the shore.

We visited the nearby Babbacombe Model Village one afternoon. This is the second model village we have seen in the UK and it did not disappoint. Everything you could imagine in a real village was here in miniature, even a dragon breathing fire onto a castle!

Car racing at the model village

Always nice to find Mac N Cheese at a restaurant!

Carson's friends from school at a birthday party