Watching toddlers learning to walk is such a beautiful thing. Those first little wobbly independent steps, the way they land on their little bottoms and repeatedly get back up again for another go and then getting used to wearing shoes and taking their first walk outside. Such a lovely milestone. We now officially have a… Read More
Picking and eating fruit straight from a tree or bush is such a simple pleasure, and one of the magic things about summer and autumn. We’re lucky to have several places close by us where we can go fruit picking. We have raspberry bushes in our back garden; there are a couple of farms nearby… Read More
Sophie and I have been busy with rehearsals for The Sound of Music over the last couple of months. We’re now only a few weeks away from show week. There are a few events planned over the coming weeks to help promote the show. The first of these was at Pinner Village Show, at Pinner… Read More
At the start of each of the last two summers with Jessica, we sat down and made a list of some of the activities we wanted to do. A mixture of big days out or adventures and smaller activities. It was a fun way to plan our summer holidays and the girls and I loved… Read More
Sometimes it’s the simplest ideas that make for the most fun. I thought it would be fun to set up an animal safari hunt in the garden for Sophie one afternoon while she was at school. Something quick and easy – just picking out various animal toys of different sizes and hiding them around the… Read More
#30DaysWild is now over for this year. We’ve enjoyed taking part in this challenge from the Wildlife Trust to connect more with nature every day in June, joining in with “random acts of wildness”. This was our third year taking part. It’s been a brilliant way of encouraging us to get outdoors every day –… Read More
One of my Christmas presents to my husband last year was a box of envelopes – each labelled with the month that he was to open them. In each of those envelopes is a note or an item relating to an activity I have planned for the month. Our activity for July was to go… Read More