I’ve wanted to see the northern lights ever since I was a little girl. I love star-gazing and looking into the night sky and have various apps on my phone to help identify constellations and keep track of meteor shower dates and aurora activity levels. There have been a few times when I’ve had alerts… Read More
For Christmas last year, Sophie was given a poster with 100 different kids’ activities to complete and scratch off. It’s a great way of finding inspiration for activities over the course of the year and she wants to see how many she can tick off throughout the year. There are a great mix… Read More
I have collaborated with Happy Beaks to share a giveaway for my readers in this post. I have not received any payment for sharing this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Sitting out in the garden and listening to the birds singing is one of the simple pleasures of life. We love… Read More
As part of our efforts to get outside more with our #1000hoursoutside challenge, I signed Thomas up at the start of the year for Tots Go Wild forest school sessions at Black Park. We attended sessions every week from January through to July and it was a wonderful way of encouraging Thomas to engage in… Read More
We’ve now passed the halfway point on our challenge to spend 1000 hours outside in 2022. During the first quarter of the year we’d managed 186 hours 25 minutes outside which was an improvement on the 131 hours managed in the first quarter of 2020, the last time we took on the challenge. The… Read More
At the start of the year, I decided to take on the #1000hoursoutside challenge. This is my second year taking on this challenge, having managed to complete it in 2020. Setting myself a challenge is a great way to motivate me to spend more time outside especially in the winter months when staying indoors much… Read More
One of my aims for this year is to get outside a little more. To help motivate me, I’ve decided to take on the #1000hoursoutside challenge again. This is a challenge that aims to balance the average amount of screen time children get with time outside in nature. It’s a great way of encouraging families… Read More