This is one of the National Trust’s 50 things to do, and was our mystery story telling place….we found it totally by accident, chasing our sunrise. It was an amazing tree, and I love the colour of the winter sunrise on the bark. You could climb up onto a sheltered platform inside the trunk, and then from there you could …
Sunsets and Stargazing.
For the month of December I am trying to do something festive each day with our trio. We aren’t managing everyday, but we’ve managed a lot so far….we have decorated the tree and house, the trio have written their letters to Father Christmas, they have received emails from Father Christmas, we’ve made extremely glittery Christmas cards for the grandparents (that …
Unstructured Play and Panic Buying!!
Unstructured play is in full swing here!! It may look like a complete and utter mess, but it was contained to one room and allowed me to get our room all packed up. There is also a reason for having the fabulous ikea draw storage…you just chuck it all back in at the end of the day and it’s an …
“Climb a Huge Hill”
Today we climbed a “huge hill” so the children had done that activity in their National Trust books. I had wanted to take them up Butser Hill before we left the country anyway, so it was a good opportunity. A bit fresher temperature so it wouldn’t be as hot and sweaty as it would have been a few days ago. …
Leaving Party at Forest School.
After we had updated our National Trust books (plant it, eat it, grow it as, the cherry tomatoes were sampled), my trio headed over to where they do Forest School for their leaving party, and to say goodbye to their little friends….well mainly our little ladies friends that the boys love being with!! We had 12 little people, and an …
WWT Slimbridge.
We gave just got back from an amazing adventure for the day to WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. This is a fantastic place as somewhere to wander freely amongst the wildlife, whilst great conservation is going on as well. It’s also a place for serious bird watchers, as well as for nuturing a child’s interest, and the two types seem to …
Cave Visiting and Bid, Bid, Bid!
So, on rising this morning the bidding kicked off again fairly early for the house Dadda looked at yesterday (5 parties involved in total). We got involved and soon it was climbing up again. However, it stalled at about 0900 hours with us as the highest bidders. Dadda was just about to contact the estate agents and push for the …
Adventures
With the arrival of our little lady’s Blue Peter Badge, and our move to Sweden edging closer, it got me thinking about places I’d like to explore with the children before we leave this country. We have done a lot with our trio, but we have a home education National Trust card and now a Blue Peter card, that I …
Last Mamma Day…Stonehenge.
Today marked the last day of the twins preschool time, so it was also the last Mamma day for our little lady and I. A while ago she wrote into Blue Peter for a Green Blue Peter Badge (environment, conservation, and nature). She got awarded one, and a month or so ago it arrived in the post, followed quite a …
Feeling Accomplished :-)
Today marks the end of a run of 4 out of 5 bedtimes in the car for the little people, due to us having three family/friend BBQs on the trot, and then 2 big days out. So quite an exhausting programme of events jammed into 5 days. You may well ask why this makes me feel so accomplished….it’s because we …
