What a hoot

Wow, it has been a whole week since my last post. It's been an action packed week. We have been playing in Jura Lodge most days, as well as enjoying bike riding and many walks in the leaves.

A tractor, a horse and some ducks all in one field: what more could you want!

Part of the amazing den built by Daddy

Pirate Pob

At the beginning of this week, we were lucky enough to have my Uncle John and Aunt Judi staying with us. We all enjoyed having them to stay, and Isla especially liked having some new people to show her toys to. By the end of their stay, Isla could call them Jude and John.

We had a fun morning at Dyrham Park on a toddler trail activity. Amongst other things, they got to look at leaves through magnifying glasses, make leaf crowns, and find different animals such as badgers and hares in a field.

Making Daddy's birthday cake

On Wednesday, it was Andrew's birthday! We went to Bristol Zoo to celebrate. The last time that Isla had visited the zoo had been before the summer when our friend Natalie was visiting. They had just put lots of animatronic dinosaurs around the zoo grounds, which were set to ROAR!! at passers by. This completely freaked Isla out last visit! This time, she was still pretty cautious around the dinosaurs, but many of them had been switched off, I imagine due to scaring the children coming to the zoo. She enjoyed this visit much more. A highlight was seeing the male lion roaring really close to the edge of his enclosure just as we arrived at the zoo. Isla could name a lot of the animals this time: 'Rar rar' for the lions, 'ooh ooh' for the monkeys (gorillas etc too) and signing for crocodiles and hissing for snakes. Also 'rar rar' for sea lions, which is kind of confusing. 

A baby turtle popped his head out to look at Isla.

A chameleon

The crocodile

The crocodile has a big nose

Looking at some HUGE fish

A HUGE fish

How can a fish also be a cat?

The baby lemur riding on his dad's back, and Isla riding on her dad's back too

A penguin

Isla in an egg

Isla hatching from an egg

Looking at the gorillas foraging for food

Entwined tails

Charlie boy......ooops actually a capybara

 Spot the difference!

Isla the baby kangaroo

We had a delicious lunch out at Browns. Yes with dessert

Andrew blowing out his star cake candles

This morning it was the Autumn Party at toddler group. Isla dressed as an owl for the occasion as she is very good at hooting. The bouncy castle and halloween biscuits at the party were great. Now the little owl is napping.

It is difficult to stand still when you are an owl.