Our final holiday lesson is about the natural world. On the way down to Warwickshire we visited Twycross zoo, where Marisca fell in love with a baby bonobo who kept jumping on his sister. I've got curiously few photos from the zoo but here is a zebra and a grumpy gorilla.
This photo is nothing to do with the topic, just Tom playing with his trains. Aw, cute.
We also visited Mary Arden's farm and had fun looking at animals, playing in the playground, getting soaked by a sudden rain shower, watching some barn owl flying, and doing some tile making. But the best bits were walking a sheep:
... seeing a pig with hair like Thomas:
...and playing in the willow tunnels - slightly more fun for a small girl than a crouching Daddy!
We also had a trip to Batsford arboretum which we've only seen in autumn before. There were bluebells and other spring flowers in evidence as well as the stunning Japanese Maple trees (which you'll have to indulge me in a couple of pictures of below). Both children had a really great time - we had an exploring list for Marisca which she was really good at finding items from, as well as the quiz sheet which helped us pull her around. Tom walked for massive distances (relative to leg length). Probably the most peaceful and relaxing part of the holiday for me was strolling along next to my boy through the quiet gardens while Marisca and Elspeth raced off ahead looking for something.
This is a photo Marisca took with my camera - I'm impressed!
Tom wrestling a rock into submission:
And finally - a couple of photos from our garden at the cottage.
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