Halloweeeeeeeeeen

Happy Halloween everyone!

Ok, Halloween isn't a huge thing here in GB unless you're 5 or a student but I love any excuse for a celebration and a get together with friends. So it is Miss Karen who I must thank for arranging a spooky Ghost Bus Tour of London this week!

We all gave a half-hearted attempt to dress up before boarding the bus- what do you think??

Before:

 

 

After:

 

You can't see it but I had a really cool spider necklace on!



The bus tour itself was incredible! I won't say too much because you will just have to go yourself one day to experience it. Let's just say for now that since I was the idiot in the bright orange hat I may have got picked on and therefore scream a lot during the ride!

Mainly thanks to Scream!

 

Don't believe the innocent look!

 

Mr Barry Sprout the conductor.

 

 

Thank you for a spooky evening ladies!

 

 

Next year- bigger and better?

 



Fun with Friends

The great thing about friends is that no matter how long it has been since you last saw them, it feels like only hours ago. That's certainly how it felt this weekend when some university friends came to stay with Morgan and I for the weekend.

Joe and Jon had agreed to come with Morgan, my brother David and I to watch Morgan's favourite American Football team play at Wembley. Since we were in London our other friend Carlos also kindly met up with us for a burger van burger (sorry Ed!) and a pre-game drink.

Finally we made it to the stadium. I would like to take this opportunity to announce that all of us TOOK THE STAIRS to reach out seats up in the gods. That's right, the stairs! Therefore it was agreed that the cheeseburgers and drinks were all completely justified afterwards!

Morgan and Jon are both big fans of NFL whereas Joe, David and I were pretty clueless, yet that didn't stop us from enjoying watching the Patriots completely floor the Rams! The atmosphere in Wembley was incredible despite the Arctic weather conditions- I had to walk a lap of the stadium just to get some feeling back into my legs!

And on my third request for a nice warm hot chocolate the boys finally delivered! Thank you boys also for the ice cold lemonade (Orangina?) and the pizza slice that you offered the first two times.

After a nail biting (for Morgan) 3 hours the Patriots won 44-7! Hurrah!

Today the weekend was rounded off nicely with a trip to see the latest James Bond film - AMAZING!- and a nice meal at the White House. I can't think of a better start to the October half term. Thank you again boys for a wonderful weekend! x

Staying Safe

This made me laugh a lot today!

All this week we've been teaching the children about staying safe. Despite this it seems there is a lot of ground work to be covered! I left a bottle of tablets (mints guys, I'm not that irresponsible!) in the classroom for the children to find. One of the boys brought it straight to me- great start. We talked about how it was medicine because of the bottle and label and then I asked who would like some.

Uh oh! The WHOLE CLASS put their hands up! "I will! I'll try it!" they said.

Thankfully two boys declined. Hurrah! I thought. They must realise it isn't safe, especially since that is our focus this week and there is a Dr coming into school to talk to the children today. At least two children aware of the danger is better than none.

Or so I thought.

"This is interesting" I said, indicating the boys who were refusing to take medicine that wasn't theirs. "Why don't you want to try these?"



"Oh, I've had it before. I don't need to try it, I already know what it tastes like."




Ha ha! Love my kids and their logic. Let's try again tomorrow!