The girls hadn't shown much interest in the Olympics,
apart from collecting the LEGO Olympic minifigures.
I'd got books out of the library, we were going to study the Greeks and then learn about modern Olympics. After renewing them twice I took them back unread.
After watching the Olympic opening ceremony on TV, the girls appetite was whetted, and we watched and talked Olympics. We desperately tried to get tickets. We didn't manage to get any, but we did see the Russian rhythmic gymnastic team rehearsing at Don valley arena.
It was so exciting when we saw them on TV, trying to spot the girls we had seen practise.
Geoff took the girls down to London.
Platform 9 3/4
They had a hectic few days, fitting loads into 3 days.
Geoff had booked for them to go on the London eye.
But as they approached it, the girls thought it was very tall and didn't look very strong!
Geoff persuaded them to go on, although Jemima sat down and didn't look when they got to the very top!
The book maze
It's great to get lost in a good book!
Dining out at 'The slug and lettuce'
Westminster Abbey
Natural History Museum
On to Stratford Park
She punches better than me!
The Olympic orbit, viewed from John Lewis window
And finally they got to see some Olympic competitions.
The marathon
The walk race
In Stratford park watching the Olympics on the big screen.
Eating curried goat,
and watching and cheering for Bolt.
In Sheffield we joined with 12,000 people to welcome Jess Ennis back home,
and eat Fancie cupcakes!
