Spikey got up close and personal with his Great Grandma and explained the intricacies of Pingu, Wall-E and Monsters vs Aliens. Here he is demonstrating being an alien using some of his new Kid K'nex...
Today we decided we had been cooped up long enough and went out to the beach at Saltburn. GardenBoy took his Grandma for a drive while I took the three little monsters (or is that aliens?) out for a run on the beach. There had been a light covering of snow overnight so it was quite scenic. We wrapped up warm in waterproofs, wellies, fleeces, gloves, scarves, hats and coats and headed out to make sandcastles!
Pip took his turn with the camera and snapped this one of me with the snowy cliffs in the background. Not bad for his first try at photography, don't you think?
Then we decided to do our favourite Saltburn beach activity. We filled our buckets with stones and walked to the end of the pier to throw them at the waves (carefully missing the crazy surfers below). It had started to snow gently by then.
A nice man snapped a family portrait... by which time it was starting to snow more seriously.
This was the scene when we finally turned back to meet our GardenBoy and GardenGrandma in our nice warm car. The snow was pretty serious by then and sticking to the roads which were getting slippery already, so we decided to forgo the pub-lunch at the scenic pub in the moors and head for home. Has it snowed here? Not more than about 10 flakes... we were hoping for an afternoon sledding, but it isn't to be. Still, we had a nice lunch at a pub much closer to home.And we are dry, warm and safe, and feeling like we actually DID something today.
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you are all as warm, full and contented as I am.
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