The Spooky Slide

 It was time to redecorate Michael and Jeromes nursery. Mrs B wanted them to be fully involve and design it themselves. Starting with a mood board.

"The most important thing is we have a feature, and I'm thinking a bed with a slide"
"OK Michael"

Two days later while enjoying the unseasonal warm autumn weather, an unexpected delivery arrived at the Beavers residence.

"Delivery of a large bedroom slide for a Mr Beaver?"
"I ordered no such thing!"
"Don't worry poppa, that would be me!"

The slide was so big there was no way it was going in through the front door.

"Thats it, now a bit to the left, now right, right, right, a bit more left..."
"Michael, as helpful as that is, please will you be quite for 1 minute?"

"Thats great chaps, I'll meet you inside. I just need to change into my best sliding pants!"

The slide was everything the boys ever wanted and more.

"Weeeeee, I could do this all day!"

It wasn't long before word got out about Michael and Jerome's amazing slide bed.

"Now all form an orderly queue, one at a time!"

The babies were having a whale of a time when two visitors appeared at the Nursery room window.

"Follow us little babies and we'll show you the biggest slide you've ever seen! But you must be dressed up for halloween to slide it!"
"Ok, sounds weird, but we'll be there"

So Michael, Jerome and all the babies got into their spookiest outfits and followed Renee and Shelly to the great big slide.

"Babies you look so great!"
" Right the slides this way, follow us!"

The babies couldn't believe their eyes, it wasn't just any slide but a ghost train slide!

"This is the best thing I've ever seen!"
" come on you lot, let's ride this thing!"

The babies couldn't believe how fast the slide was!

"WEEEEEEEEEEE! CHOO CHOO!"

They rode it again and again and again!

"Come on babies, it's time for ghost stories inside the tree!"

Inside the tree it was dark and spooky, then Renee started a spooky tale...

"Once upon a time, there was a group of friends that discovered a haunted tree. Inside that tree was a spooky ghost train!"
"This story sounds very familiar..."

Caravan Holiday - Part 3

After a very long day, the Beaver family were very ready to settle down in their PJ's with hot chocolates and a good book. Mr Beaver was looking forward to a little bit of 'me time'.

"Hurry up Poppa, we know you've finished, we heard you flush!"
"Every year I forget about the lack of privacy... coming!"

After reading the story 4 times, everyone fell fast to sleep. There were 5 in the bed and the little one said...

"Roll over!"
"umph! Oh dear"

Mr Beaver decided he'd get a better nights sleep (and plenty more room) sleeping under the stars. Then little Michael crept up to him.

"I'm sorry if we pushed you out, Poppa"
"Don't you worry, sweetheart. Come on, snuggle in"

There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the stars were twinkling more than usual.

"Poppa, it's beautiful! Can I sleep here too?"
"Of course you can my darling"

The next morning, Mr B took his privacy into his own hands.

"Poppa, what's that?"
"It's a place to be in peace, and how I've been looking forward to it!"

But word got out about this peaceful place.

"Hurry up,Poppa, there's a queue!"
"hmmmmm"

Mrs B thought maybe Mr B deserved an afternoon of peace and quite. So she decided to take all the children on a little hiking adventure.

"Do you have everything you need, Mr B?"
"Don't you worry about me, go have a wonderful adventure!"

The hiked all the way to the top of the cliff, the veiws from the top were just beautiful.

"Look at the views, Momma, and look at the beautiful flowers!"
"come away from the edge, all of you!"

The little ones were feeling very confident as they made their way to the cliff edge.

"It's ok, Momma! We're using these steps in the cliff face!"
"Right, just watch your step, my heart keeps missing a beat!"

But just over the cliff edge, they heard a familiar sound...

"It's Poppa!"
"Hello family! It was very quiet at the caravan, I missed you... can somebody give me a hand?!"

Everyone was over the moon to see their Poppa, and very excited to take the weight off their little feet.

"come on poppa, a bit faster!"
"It's difficult with the two of you on my back!"

After another lovely day, Mr and Mrs B started a lovely campfire for them to enjoy toasted marshmallows. Then to finish off a perfect day, Jerome treated them to some incredible Spanish Guitar.

"Wow, amazing, I didn't't know he could play?!"
"neither did I! Wonders never cease!"

Caravan holiday - part 2

The little ones had waited long enough, they were desperate to take the boats out onto the lake.

"Michael, you need to put this on quick. Safety first!"

But the little ones were getting a very impatient.

"Hurry Renee, if we wait for Momma and Poppa, we'll be waiting forever!"

"Paddle faster or they'll see us!"

"Where are Michael and Renee, Mr B?"
"The boats gone, those little monkeys!"

"well if you can't beat them, join them, Mr B"

Further down the river they finally caught up with the two little scamps.

"Ok you two, you've had your fun. Lets get back before it gets dark"

to be continued...

Caravan Holiday - part 1

 It was that time of year again, the Beavers needed some quality family time together. Mr Beaver dusted off the thick layer of dust covering their trusty caravan and asked the family to pack the essentials.

"What a splendid idea!"

Mrs B was a having a little trouble deciding which "essentials" to pack.

"Do you think eau de violets or eau de lavender would be best for the trip?"

After much deliberation, they were ready to load the car and set off!

"What on earth do you have in here Mrs B, it ways a tonne!"
"Oh its probably your shoes, Mr B. They're terribly chunky!"
"Right..."

And they were off...

"Eye spy with my little eye, something beginning with C..."
"...Cows?"

"...something beginning with G..."
"... Goats?"

"... something being with L..."
"...Lake? The lake! Were here!"

They finally arrived at the beautiful Sylvanian Lake. Mrs Beaver spied the perfect spot for them to get settled in.

"Well done Mrs B, this really is the perfect spot. When you've finished unpacking all your eau  de toilettes, come and enjoy your veggie kebab!"

to be continued...

Renee's Plant Babies

While helping her Momma in the potting shed, Renee found an old packet of seeds with the name all smudged out. She asked what the seeds could be, but her Momma didn't know, she said there was only one way to find out...

"Well we're going to have to be patient little one, it may take some time before we know what these little babies are going to grow up to be!"

So Renee waited...

...and waited. She even took them to bed with her so they wouldn't be cold and lonely out in the potting shed.

"Night night, little babies. Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs, or any bugs for that matter, bite!"

Eventually the little plant babies started to grow too big for their pot!

"I think it's time we planted them out in the big bed, in the garden!"
"Thats a shame, I quite liked them in my bed, with me."

The whole family came to help plant the plant babies in their new home. 

"Be careful boys, they're very delicate!"
"No worries, Renee. We'll be careful with them!"

Renee didn't want the plant babies to spend their first night alone in the garden. So her Poppa helped her pitch a tent up, so she could spend the night in the garden to be close to them, just in case they needed her.

"I'm just here little ones!"

Determined to make sure they all grew strong and healthy, Renee did everything to help them grow. She fed them the best plant food, watered them with refreshing water and everyday she sang to them.

"Lalalalaaaaaaaa la la la aaaa laaaaaaa"

The boys saw Renee singing away and thought if they could make a louder sound, maybe they would grow even bigger!

"Oh boys, yes, this is a wonderful idea!"

Then Mr and Mrs B heard all the noise coming from the garden. So they grabbed their favourite instruments and headed to the veggie patch to help!

"What is it we're playing?"
"I've no idea Mr B, I think it's Jazz, play whatever you feel!"

Their friends heard all the music coming from the Beavers house, and being the best friends anyone could wish for, grabbed their own instruments and joined them in the back garden, by the veggie patch to help make a bigger sound!

"Wow this is some sound!"
"You don't say! This is the first time I've played violin, Mr Walnut!"
"First time I've played the drums too, Mr B!"

The next morning while Mr B brewed his morning coffee, and read his morning paper, he heard the sound of excited screaming coming from the garden! The plants had miraculously grown over night! The music therapy had worked a treat!

"CARROTS! THE PLANT BABIES ARE CARROTS!"

Renee carefully harvested the whole crop of carrots. Mrs B told her to make sure they were fully scrubbed ready for cooking into some delicious dishes. So she gave them a bath.

"splash splash carrots taking a bath, scrubbing dirt all on Saturday night, yeah! A rub a dub, just relaxing in the tub, thinking you're gonna taste alright!"

Mr B had quite the surprise as he was taking a bath that evening.

"This is the strangest Loofah I've ever seen! It smells organic."

After he was all cleaned using the new bathroom loofah, he headed down to see what was for dinner. Mrs B and Renee were cooking tonight and it smelled d-e-licious!

"What smells so good!"
"We made carrot pizza, carrot casserole, carrot burgers and carrot cake!"
"Well I'd better try that cake, just to make sure the carrots are ok!"

Mr B scoffed down the first slice of Carrot cake. Renee waited in anticipation. Did the carrots taste ok? Where they edible? Was all her hard work for nothing???

"Well??"
"hmmm, I'm not sure, I'd better have another slice, just to be  on the safe side!"
"Poppa, why do you smell like a carrot?"