Friday saw the last day of the school week

The last day of our pirate week

And we celebrated with a very special pirate lunch

We have been experimenting with Bento style lunches

And over the coming weeks will be sharing with you

Some of our themed lunches

With accessories from YumBox and the awesome Eats Amazing

Esther and William love their ‘pretty lunches’

And are looking forward to taking them to show their friends

At ‘big school’

After lunch Esther and William had some free play time

In our rather splendid new sandpit from Germany (review coming soon)

And their Pirate in a Tin sets from Beebies Baby Store

It was a hot and sunny afternoon

Esther and William could not wait to sink their feet into the sand

And start digging

William consulted his fabric treasure map

They both buried their fabric treasure to dig it up again

They dug with spades

Filled their buckets

Made marks with their hooks and their swords

They had a truly wonderful time

A great way to unwind

From a busy day at big school

After a good dose of free play in the sand

We sent Esther and William to run around the garden

While we hid some treasure in the sand pit for them to find

We wrapped wooden blocks in silver foil

Blocks and foil from our earlier Pieces of Eight Invitation to Play

5 green, 5 red, 5 blue

Esther and William had to find the treasure

And sort it by colour into piles

They really enjoyed their task

Aided by Ami from Beebies Baby Store

Though it was harder to rediscover the treasure

Than we had hoped and planned

It was a very very hot day

And once all the treasure was found

It was time for pirate stories and tea

In a shady spot in the garden

Beside our pirate ship

What a lovely way to end our day

Our week

Our wonderful pirate week

The books we read every day this week will be shared in our Pirates Book List on Beebies Baby Store Blog soon