Hobnobbing with the bigwigs !

As you'll know if you've been following her adventures here on her blog, Betty Woodengran seems to be a magnet for the emergency services. She got caught up in the middle of a huge house fire when minding her own business on a recent visit to the park. So when she saw all these policemen and barriers in Dunkirk town centre, she wanted to know what was going on.

It turns out it was for the election of the new French president, François Hollande. 

This brush with celebrity got her thinking about her days hobnobbing with the royals at Buckingham Palace's garden party. She had Kate laughing so much she had to hold on to her hat to stop it falling off !

But she couldn't decide which of the royal brothers she liked the most. One thing's for sure - she's looking forward to watching the Jubilee on TV and, who knows, maybe getting caught up in a street party ! The Queen is her favourite style icon !

Messing about on the water !

Look who came along with us to the festival of the Sea today ! Betty WoodenGran had great fun having a ride in a pedal boat with Juliette and didn't even mind getting splashed !

We took our eye off her for one minute and she tried to sneak into a pedalo - come back here, you haven't got a life jacket on !

They didn't actually have a life jacket that would fit her so she had to share Juliette's when they went out for their pedalo ride - don't fall in !

Oooh look at that pirate ship ! Oh listen to him, going on about having a wooden peg leg. I've got two and I'm not showing off, am I ? Avast me hearties !

Small, medium and large ! Even the humans look small next to the giants but what about me ? I look like an ant in the front of the picture ! Let's get out of here, I'm scared I'll get squished !

Now see if you can you see Betty WoodenGran in this photo. Yes, there she is, cheekily peeking through the lifebuoy !

Betty may be checking out all the private yachts but I don't think her pension will stretch that far. Dream on !

Woooohooo look at the swell ! Here we are bobbing about on the waves in a little fishing boat.

Sophie maybe looking a bit green around the gills but Betty's definitely got her sea legs on. Maybe there is something in having two wooden peg legs after all. Where did that pirate go ? Maybe he'll share his bottle of rum !

Betty WoodenGran goes back to school !

 What's this ? Has she decided to go back to school ?

Oh I see, she's the supply teacher for day ! Good morning Miss WoodenGran !

Girlie Spa Day

Madhouse Mum and daughters decided to have a girlie pamper session last week.

We all smothered our faces in a gooey green mud mask.

But wait - there's one female member of the household that we forgot about.

That's better, Betty Woodengran got to have a pamper session too !

A more peaceful trip to the park this time !

Last time Betty WoodenGran went for a stroll in the park, she got caught up in a major incident with fire engines and police cars attending a house fire. So today she headed back hoping for some quiet time with Mother Nature ...

Smelling the flowers ...

Climbing the trees - does she know how old she is ?!

 Swinging through the trees like Tarzan !

(This is where Juliette took over - I admit it, I was giggling like a loony setting up the first photos - God knows what everyone else at the park thought !!)

Is this a new definition of Bush-walking ?!

Pierre looked on thinking we'd gone mad !!

 

Phew, time for a sit down after all that exercise !

And not just for Betty - the two human helpers needed a rest too !

Caught up in the action

Goodness me, it looks like Betty WoodenGran is a magnet for trouble, just like the rest of the WoodenMum family. There she was, going for a lovely quiet stroll in the park ...

... but what's that going on in the background ? I can smell smoke ... and hear sirens ...

 Oh no, there's a house burning down !

Look at all those firemen ! Real ones too, not a PinToy one in sight. This is even scarier than when Jenny's birthday cake candles created a fire !

Luckily, there was nobody hurt in the fire.







The entire house was destroyed though.










Betty WoodenGran made us come straight home and check the batteries in all the smoke alarms around the house. And she says you should go and do the same thing too - off you go, stop reading this blog and go and check they're still beeping !







To finish on a happier note, look who's getting involved in the Betty WoodenGran blog now - he was just a baby last time this was all going on so the only post he featured in was this one ! Hasn't he grown ?!!

Look where Betty went this weekend !

You may have seen over on my other blog (here) that we all went to Disneyland Paris yesterday to see the 20th anniversary celebrations. Well, guess who came along for the ride ?!