Cerys and Sam bury Seth in the sand, much to his delight, though he kept sitting up to see and destroying all their efforts.

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Sam: “Mom, I have a poem to tell you!” A Seagull’s Prey When pigeons fly home Seagulls will chase them And peck at their wings So the pigeons will drop down The seagulls will steal their home.

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Today Anjeli and her mum invited us to their beach hut after gymnastics. I think one of these would make a great writing cottage… or office for AC’s new business venture ;-).

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“Treachery! Treachery! England is ours!” is what Sam shouted over and over again as she galloped her way through the Battle of Hastings Heritage site and the ruined Abbey that now stands where King Harold fell.

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Why run away to the circus when you can build one in your own living room?

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“Oh, help! Oh, no! It’s a Gruffalo!” We were introduced to Julia Donaldson’s classic picture book a couple of years ago when Grand-mère gave Sam a copy of the book for Christmas. Donaldson’s elegant and humorous rhyme translates well to the musical stage. I especially enjoyed the “G-G-G-Gruffalo” song. Nearly everyone …

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Sam’s latest literary obsession is Narnia. We’re currently reading the third book of the Chronicles (in publication order), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, in which the children access Narnia through a painting. The other day Sam said, “I need to get into Narnia.” I asked her if she’d tried the wardrobe in her room. …

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New segment at the start of French class: we make a craft that we use later in songs or activities. These milk jug top ladybugs (ladybirds here in the UK) are pretty easy to make: all you need are milk jug tops, stickers or googly eyes, a permanent marker, and pipe cleaners for antennae. Like the lemurs of a few weeks …

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