Puxton Park and chocolate biscuit cake

Last weekend we went to Puxton Park near Weston-Super-Mare. There was lots to do there for Isla. We met our friends there and spent ages in the sandpit, looking at animals, on the play equipment and on the soft play. Andrew got a friction burn on his arm on the soft play which is only just healing, but the two toddlers were unscathed by their adventures! We also had a lovely picnic in the sun as the weather was very nice.

On Wednesday, we went out for lunch with Isla's granny and grandad. Isla had a feast for her children's meal! After her food, she enjoyed sorting out the stones near our table, and doing some colouring in.

The rest of the week, we've been to Tumble tots which was really fun as Isla is in the next class up and has more activities to do. We also had some freinds round to play and went to pre-school which Isla enjoyed, as well as a trip to the local park one afternoon. We all went to the midwives as well, and she checked Isla's baby sister's position and heart beat. She has been hiccuping occasionally now, and one day jumped when there was a loud noise outside which was quite a strange feeling! Isla asked if her teddies will be her sister's teddies now and I explained that only if she wants to give her any of them. She said that she would like to choose a new teddy for her sister.

On Friday, Isla was ill in the night, and Andrew stayed with her all night long. She was talking a bit in the night, and was concerned about the medicine that we had put on the cats' backs a few days before. We had frontlined the cats to keep fleas at bay, and Isla must have been thinking about this that night!  She was poorly most of Saturday (Peppa pig on tv and her Cbeebies magazine helped her feel better), but was almost back to her normal self on Sunday again. We visited a local community farm on Sunday morning, where there were lots of animals to see, a few tractors, and (to Isla's excitement) a red cross transport vehicle that children could sit inside. We had a picnic in our garden for lunch.

Isla playing in the garden: She likes pretending that she is taking her various cuddly toys to toddler group or preschool in her little pink buggy!

We made chocolate biscuit cake this week: Isla was good at crushing up the biscuits!

She also enjoyed playing with (and eating!) the syrup:

The recipe was: Melt 150 g chocolate with 150 g butter and 2 large tablespoons golden syrup then add
200 g (ish) crushed up digestive or rich tea biscuits and put it in a lined baking tray and put in the fridge until set.


Visiting the pigs at the farm:

Playing at home: