Mucking about outside

In the last week of the summer holidays, we've been out and about quite a bit.

We went to Tyntesfield with our friends:

Here is our tallest sunflower:

Doing some baking:

Making some collages:

Visiting friends and driving dumper trucks:

Playing in giant sandpits:

Releasing our butterfly friends which hatched from our pet chrysalises:

Snacking on tomatoes fresh from the plant:

Going for many walks in the puddles:

Pulling funny faces:

We had a super-duper last minute trip to Essex to visit Granny Ilene, Grandpa Alan and Uncle Peter. 

We visited Mark's Hall near Braintree which has an arboretum and walled garden. There was a sculpture trail for us to investigate. Isla loves a good trail!

Isla enjoyed 'going fishing' or pond dipping in Granny's pond. She found lots of tadpoles.

We enjoyed playing in the field at the back: