Reasons to be Cheerful: It's June! #R2BC

The lovely Jo is hosting this month and I hope to be able to join in even if I am late some weeks! Here are my short and sweet reasons to be cheerful:

1) Shiny things

My new cooker was installed at the house this week. Looks far too new and clean! Just need to sort out the gas meter card so that I can try it out..

2) Outdoor teaching

I had the best classroom this week when I spent a day miniature raft building near Coniston Water. I even got a tan!

3) On the move

We may not have everything ready in the new house but we have to start sleeping in it so I moved the children's mattresses over tonight. One will be on a camp bed as I am pinching the decent single! Hoping that by the end of the weekend we can have a make shift home that we can survive in for a few weeks until the building works completed and we can carpet and move in all the furniture:

Why are you smiling this week?

#CountryKids Beaver Sports Day and #Juneathon day 8

Straight after yesterday's Grasmere Gallop we headed for my son's Beaver Scouts district sports' day in Coniston. Lots of fun traditional sports with my son gaining medals in:

1. long jump
2. welly wanging (hammer)
3. sack race

His colony ended up coming 3rd overall in the competition which is their best ever result! It was fabulous watching 6 and 7 year olds trying their hardest to win each event. Even the ones that were outside in the rain they tried their best.

No wonder they all tucked into a hearty tea of bangers, mash and beans in the evening! For many of them this was their first night away from home without their parents (my son of course had me... but I tried to ignore him!). Very late that night after watching a Clutch Powers' DVD they finally attempted to sleep in their colony rooms: