Gordon and the fairy tale

One of the things which the school did recently was to have a themed open day.  The theme, as you can probably guess from the title, was fairy tales.

Getting ready to go through the rabbit hole

In one of the classrooms, they had big posters depicting different fairy tales which you could take a picture in front of.  To go with the theme, they also had various props to go with them.  Unfortunately, I couldn't get Gordon to play along...

oink! oink!

You shall go to the ball!

The open day was especially fun for Gordon as the PN children don't normally get to go to the playground to play.

Beep! beep!

The parents also took part in preparing for the open day as we had to prepare some of the decorations.  In Gerry's case, we had to turn him into a member of the Red Queen's card army (from Alice in Wonderland).

Gerry - King of hearts

Mucking around at home

Hola!  Time for some more pictures!

One of the books which Gerry read recently talked about the children building a Chinese Dragon so that they could do the dragon dance.  Naturally, Gerry immediately wanted to copy it.  Unfortunately, there were only two of us so he had to settle for a lion dance instead.

Also, I don't have any creative talent.

The towel is the lion.  Really.

It works if you add a dash of imagination.  Honest.

 Gordon's tastebuds continue to develop as he has now discovered the joys of jelly.  Actually, Gordon is a strange one.  He clearly enjoys eating and eats a lot (just like me).  However, at some point in the last couple of months, he has picked up a habit of not being willing to try anything new (just like the missus).

My jelly!  Stay away!

 We recently bought a Junior Engineer kit for the kids.  Its of box of different blocks and connectors with the tools to put them together.  The whole thing is made of plastic and you don't actually need the tools to put things together.  However, using the tools adds a whole new dimension of fun for the kids.

Look - a tank!!

My toys!  Stay away!