Popcorn in Wales

Popcorn went with Mr Gregg and family to a weekend of storytelling in Wales:

relaxing listening to music

ready for a story

There was a book-selling tent too, selling Barefoot Books (like Tales of Wisdom and Wonder by Hugh Lupton). Popcorn loves stories!

Popcorn the Cook

"Can I help?'

 "Yes, sure. Do you want to taste things?"

"Mmm... nice. What's this?"

 "Carrots."

"This one smells nice. What is it?"

 "Celery."

"Yeeurggh!! Not nice! What' was that?"

"Onions."

 "Remind me never to try onions again!"

"OK."

"What are we making?"

"I believe it's called a mirepoix. It's named after a town not far from here."

"Hey!"

"Hey what?"

"That word you just said - mirepoix - is a different colour!"

"Oh that. It's a hyperlink."

"What's a hyperlink? Do we cook that too?"

"No, you click on it and it takes you somewhere."

"We can't go somewhere else now - we've got to cook these vegetables."

"OK then. Let's get them in the pan and start frying them."

"This is fun! I'm a real cook!"

Bibi gets out of the house

Things started to look up on Saturday afternoon. Bibi got to go out running with Mr Gregg in the Forêt de Bouconne. 

It was so wet and rainy that Bibi decided not to run in her dress. She enjoyed the running, but best of all was stopping to climb on the exercise things:

When we got home we had to sit by the fire to dry off.

It was at that point that Bibi met Tisha, the cat. They didn't really hit it off straight away.

Then - more good news - Sam went climbing at Altisisimo - and took Bibi too. She was really in her element:

Sunday had to be a quieter day after all that climbing on Saturday. Bibi stayed in and relaxed. The good thing is that she and Tisha made friends.

Tisha even let Bibi relax with her on the sofa:

A rainy start to the weekend for Bibi

It was a wet wet Friday. When Bibi left IST she was wondering whether she would get outdoors at all this weekend.

First of all we took Sam off to his gymnastics in Colomiers:

She was a bit disappointed that she couldn't go in with Sam and do some swinging on the high bars and rings.

Saturday morning was not much better. The grown-ups were having coffee, and she had to sit still and make polite conversation.

She's hoping that there'll be some chance for a bit of monkeying around before the weekend is out...