We are lucky to live less than a 15 minute drive from Lickey Hills Country Park, a beautiful area south of Birmingham filled with trees and wildlife. Last weekend we headed over to the country park for an afternoon to have an “adventure” and enjoy the lovely weather. Georgie loved playing and exploring in what …
We have been having lots of fun over the last few days, enjoying the garden in the sunshine, especially since the trampoline we treated the girls to arrived on Wednesday. We built it after bedtime and Georgie was jumping on it straight after breakfast on Thursday morning, still in her PJs. I am really enjoying …
Last year we were staying with my parents down in Cornwall for Easter, and we visited Buckland Abbey to take part in the National Trust Easter Egg Trail, supported by Cadbury. As it was such a success, we were keen to head to one of our local National Trust places to do a trail this …
After a week of bad weather and waiting inside for deliveries, the girls and I headed outside yesterday to explore our garden, and take a short walk around the area. The garden is lovely; although it is not huge the previous owner filled with with flowering plants and spring bulbs, so we have daffodils in …
One of the things I love about living in Birmingham is that despite living in a city, you are never too far away from a park. There are nearly 600 parks in the city, with a total area of over 8000 acres meaning that our home city has more land dedicated to parks and open spaces …
Over the past week we have finally had some good weather, and we have all been out in the garden much more. The mud has dried up and signs of spring are every where. Mum and Dad have started their spring gardening, and Georgie and I were lending a hand. Last weekend Dad mowed the …
James is currently down in Cornwall visiting us, and so we decided to make the most of the good(ish) weather yesterday afternoon and head out for lunch and a walk. Every time we have driven to Bude I have noticed The Weir restaurant with it’s enticing children’s play area, and have been hankering to check …
WARNING: Squeamish readers may not want to read this post, there are some quite gory photos of just-birthed lambs! My parents live in a fairly remote Cornish village, and there are several farms within walking distance of their house. Lambing season is just starting, and one of the farmers has begun the long days of …
Last Sunday, we had lunch with a family friend who lives fairly near to Widemouth Bay, a beautiful beach on the North Cornwall coast. When we visit Mum and Dad in the summer and have beach days, more often than not we can be found building sandcastles on this beach. However, when we decided to …
A couple of times this week there were a few hours of actual sunshine. On Tuesday, Georgie spent the entirety of breakfast excitedly announcing “it’s sunny!” or “it’s not raining!” Needless to say, I grabbed the opportunity to get out for some fresh air for a few hours with the kids. I’ve been meaning to …
