I’ve been busy sorting out our spare room this week ready for my mum to come and stay at the weekend. It’s been a year since she last stayed with us and in that time various bags and boxes have accumulated in the spare room to the point where the bed and half the floor… Read More
We’re now three-quarters of the way through this year’s #30DaysWild and have been enjoying getting outdoors and learning more about wildlife and nature. We tend to come up with our own activities for each day during #30DaysWild rather than following the activity suggested in the daily email. This week we have been joining in with… Read More
Welcome back to Country Kids. I can’t quite believe that we’re more than halfway through June. We’ve been enjoying taking part in #30DaysWild this month. As always we’ve noticed new things as a result – this year it’s the baby birds in the garden. I do love how taking part in #30DaysWild helps encourage us… Read More
We’ve been enjoying taking a closer look at nature lately thanks to taking part in #30DaysWild. Every year I find myself noticing something new and this year it’s seeing baby birds in the garden. I’m sure we must have had them before but I’ve just not noticed. I love seeing the adults and chicks together… Read More
We’re now more than halfway through this year’s #30DaysWild, a challenge run by The Wildlife Trusts encouraging people to do one ‘random act of wildness’ each day in June. This week we’ve been slowing down a little and enjoying moments of just sitting in the garden, looking around at the natural world on our doorstep.… Read More
My favourite thing about this time of year is being able to spend so much time outdoors and to watch the children having fun outside. Being outdoors means fewer restrictions and while we had to plan a little more than usual, the last half-term break felt more normal with days out and visiting family. … Read More
It’s been a week of needing to be a little more gentle with myself, particularly with my husband being away working for a few days. We decided to have an overnight stay at “the moon” (Jessica’s name for Premier Inn) near my mum’s house last Friday and spend Saturday catching up with my family. … Read More