Welcome back to Country Kids. I hope that you are all keeping well and safe. Summer is now coming to an end and Autumn is on the horizon – can you believe that we’re in September next week and back to school for many of us. We’re trying to make the most of these last… Read More
We’ve been having fun this week doing “making” as Jessica would have called it. Sophie had fun with me in the kitchen making Daddy’s birthday cake last weekend. She did most of it herself – I only helped with getting the mixture into the cake tins and in and out of the oven and spreading… Read More
The evenings are drawing in and summer is drawing to a close. As the days get shorter, the end-of-summer sadness descends. Autumn is nearly upon us. I know a lot of people love autumn. For me though, autumn is never welcomed. Autumn is thrust upon me no matter how much I’d love to hold it… Read More
Our tuff tray has certainly had plenty of use over the last few months thanks to us spending so much time in the garden. It comes out most days, mostly just as a handy spot for putting out a selection of toys, but every so often, I like to set up some small world play… Read More
One of Sophie’s Christmas presents from us last year was her ‘Special Time with Sophie’ box – containing twelve envelopes of activities that I had planned to do for each month of the year. Covid-19 has meant that some of the activities I originally planned have not been possible, but I’ve tried to think outside… Read More
At the start of 2016, inspired by a friend, I started a daily gratitude challenge – posting one thing that I was thankful for each day on Instagram. I enjoyed it so much that when I reached the end of that year, I carried on and have kept going ever since. Finding one little thing… Read More
Welcome back to Country Kids. I hope that you are all keeping well and safe and have been enjoying the summer holidays. Country Kids is back to running as a weekly linky to give you plenty of opportunity for sharing your outdoor fun. It’s proving to be a more low-key summer for many of… Read More