Earlier in the year, we created a nature collage in the garden. The girls’ twin cousins recently visited us from Luxembourg and Grandma had planned a lunch for everyone in the garden. It was the perfect opportunity to repeat it and see the four cousins getting creative together. The thing I love most about… Read More
The early part of this week was mostly spent confined to a hospital room after Jessica was admitted to hospital on Monday with low oxygen sats and a chest infection. With Jessica feeling poorly and needing a little oxygen to help bring her sats back up, she wasn’t too bothered about being confined to bed… Read More
Langley Park is one of our favourite places to visit. Usually, we just visit the Temple Gardens and the play area but this time I decided to try and walk down to the arboretum with the girls. The arboretum is around half a mile from the car park which I thought would be a reasonable… Read More
The Stick Man trail is at Wendover Wood. We’d read all about it – it sounded quite good. One day we got ready to head out the door for Stick Man, yes Stick Man – the trail to explore. We start at the café and stop for a snack, I think: should we buy an… Read More
A mild winter’s afternoon, sunshine and dressing up; the perfect combination for making an ordinary moment out playing in the garden into a magical fairytale moment. It is amazing just how much magic can be found, if only you step into the wonderful world of childhood imagination. Little Red Riding Hood was making her… Read More
We had a brief period of sunshine in amongst all the rain the other week. The girls were keen to get outside but also wanted to do some crafting so I thought we’d combine the two and make some nature collages out in the garden. Setting up was easy – two colourful pieces of… Read More
There’s something magical about the first snow of the winter. That feeling of opening the curtains in the morning and seeing the garden covered with a blanket (or more usually, a light dusting) of snow. And the joy of being able to then turn around to the girls and sing “do you wanna build a… Read More