Sandcastle Building Competition at Paignton Childrens Week
So I promised I'd update with some more pictures from our trip back home to England at the end of the summer. One of our favorite parts of the trip was our week in Paignton where we visited with my step mom Denise and took part in childrens week. Caity took part in lots of the activities including the sandcastle building competition which was a lot of fun.
Caity with Nana Denise
The day we left the skies grew dark, I guess the weather picked up on my sadness to be leaving, but the view from the train window was breathtaking and photographed beautifully dark and mysterious.
The View Taken From The Train Across Torbay The Day We Left
It's that time of year when we're getting the kids back to school and back into our regular routines and what better way to celebrate than a brand new giveaway!!
This time around it's for a mystery box of lollipops and candy jewels valued at over $20!!
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The winner will recieve a package containing over $20 worth of delicious handmade crystal barley hard candy lollipops and jewels.
Giveaway Ends: Wednesday 30th September 2009 @ 12pm EST
So because I was unable to post updates & pictures from our trip whilst we were away, I have decided to post some highlights with pictures now that we're home.
We're starting with our first day in the UK, we headed down to London on the train and found this beautiful and magical place called "Butterfly Jungle". It's on the same grounds as the Natural History Museum and the cost is reasonable - 6 pounds for adults and 4 pounds for children which includes a donation to the museum(which is free to get in).
When you enter it's like going inside a tropical paradise along with the intense heat and humidity, walking through the butterfly trail, the butterflies are everywhere and you can literally get within inches of them with your camera to get photographs. Take a seat on the far side near the feeding station and if you're lucky they will actually land on you!
Need an escape from the heat, you can pop outside to the jungle play area, it's small but big enough to let the kids blow off some steam whilst you take a break for a few minutes.
Back inside you can look through the windows of the butterfly house and see butterflies actually emerging from their pupae before finishing along the end of the butterfly trail and heading back outside. Definitely worth a visit and one of our favorite places to visit during our trip.
I'm a crazy British expat now living in the great state of NH in the USA, I'm mom, wife, and avid supporter of all things handmade. Fun and a little nutty, just not quite certifiable yet, I love to make others smile and everything I design is done so with that in mind.
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