Edward has had fun playing with Aunty Kirsty and Jack and Elise have had fun following her around and generally being her shadow for the last 24 hours.

They are currently initiating her into the world of Shrek and Shrek II if there’s time – it’s been a very relaxed and slobby agenda….just the way everyone likes it!

It’s a nice time to come to Lowick as everything is beginning to burst back into life, leaf and bud; the days are getting longer and noticeably warmer – summer will soon be here! Which means that Edward’s first birthday will soon be here too, in a mere 17 weeks in fact! At the end of this entry are some photos of our plants coming back to life.
Jack and Ellie have had fun this week dissecting an ox heart and pigs’ eyes – I stopped short of hauling them into the butchers so they could watch him gouge the eyes straight out of the head….I thought it might put them off a bit. We’ve taken lots of photos of their efforts and they can now tell you all about the anatomy of the eye, can label the various chambers, valves and arteries coming in and out of the heart and show you the way the blood flows through the heart.

Next week will have more a physics slant to things as they have asked how batteries work – so that’s what we’re going to have a look at. I’m sure you can make your own battery using water so between now and Monday I shall be looking up lots of interesting things to look at and do with regard to batteries and perhaps alternative ‘power cells’, I still really fancy making a potato clock

Simon is having a HUGE battle with BT….STILL! Our super-fast broadband is now half the speed of dial up and trying to get any sense or swift action out of BT is proving to be more difficult than walking on water. Today is their last chance to fix the problem before he takes our complaint to the higher level complaints team….I wonder if they’ll actually prove to be any more useful…

It’s nearly time for lunch so that’s all for now.

Sarah x