Ooh, eeh, ooh, ha ha, wing wang walla walla bing bang

Another babysitting service with several highlights. The title above refers to the music that accompanies the calisthenics in the playground before the morning session. We were invited to join in by the headmistress. Kirsten was a bit overwhelmed by it all and didn't join in so neither did we. Actually I'm afraid that I just couldn't keep up with the actions! Not so Rowan who seemed to thoroughly enjoy it.



He didn't enjoy his homework as much, probably because Grandad was helping him. The homework task was to research Egypt and included an obvious heartfelt plea from the teacher that they should have read the reams of printouts that are sent. It's all too easy to download stuff so we just got some photos from the web and then Rowan wrote up some short notes. So he must have read them as he wrote them! I did do a special page on the Suez Canal as I have been through there over a hundred times. I didn't allow my now dimming highly specific xenophobia towards employees of the Suez Canal Authority colour his homework either!



It was viewing evening at the swimming so Amanda went with Phil. They took Kirsten with them to try to get her used to the idea of swimming lessons. I think it's going to be hard. She reckons it's only an activity for "big girls" and she doesn't like the taste of the water. It's going to be fun.



It was such a lovely day yesterday that I spent the morning at Fairburn Ings RSPB There had been some long eared owls roosting there for about a week but they must have heard I was coming and done a bunk. I had a chat with a guy wielding a huge Sigma lens connected to a Canon digital. Made my digiscoping outfit look a bit amateurish but it is dual purpose allowing me to take photos and also watch birds. Every so often I get a shot I am pleased with. The one attached is not perfect by any means but the little birds, like this Blue Tit, are the hardest to catch on camera. Still practice makes perfect!