Half Term - Monday/Tuesday

Matthew had Ipswich Town football training at Portman Road for both days thanks to Uncle Neil & Auntie Carol who very kindly paid for it as a birthday present (if anybody would like to know what Matthew wants for christmas, they run more courses in February half term, Easter, May half term and over the summer!).

Joe and I dropped Matthew off at 10am on Monday and went off to Baylham Farm for the day. We were the first people in when they opened at 11am and Joe had a great time without Matthew there stealing all his animal feed!

On our way round we found some very long sticks, we think possibly dead reeds as they are like hollow tubes and were growing by the river. The sticks came home with us and unfortunately caused  an accident before we had even reached the car! Joe somehow managed to trip over his stick and landed on the gravel, ending up needing plasters on 3 fingers of his right hand and across the palm of his left. After that we decided to head back to the car and have some lunch, then a doze, before heading back to Ipswich to collect Matthew at 3pm. Joe fell asleep in the car before we reached Ipswich!

Tuesday meant day 2 of football and the weather forecast was for rain, rain and lots more rain! Once again we dropped Matthew off in Ipswich but this time Joe had a choice of going back home for the day or braving the rain and going to Felixstowe. He decided that with wellies and raincoat we could handle the rain and so off we went to the coast. After an unsuccessful trip into Felixstowe town searching for gloves (Auntie Jill bought Matthew some last christmas that Joe realy liked - we've been searching everywhere trying to find them!) we went to the port to watch the cranes and the boats. It was a very windy day and we think the port might have been closed because of that. We didn't see any boats being loaded or even arriving, but we did watch the tugboat go round and round in circles! We stayed in the car and ate lunch, went for a very short walk along the stones and then got back in the car just as the next heavy rain shower arrived. When we reached Ipswich the rain had properly set in and become far more than a shower!

At the end of the football course there is a presentation, with the children having taken part in a tournament today to earn points for their team. Once again Matthew's team managed to come first and he was rewarded with a trophy to bring home (he has quite a collection now!). Matthew has come home soaked through but thankfully Joe and I avoided the worst of it and only our coats got a soaking!