Summer picnics
Now we’ve had a bit of sun and heat (it’s taken until May this year), it’s been the perfect opportunity to get out and have a picnic alongside lots of outdoor play. We don’t have garden furniture (not really got…
Days out
Bank holiday racing
A glorious bank holiday weekend meant a chance to head over to a local point to point race meet
London trip: A Chorus Line
I’ve not been to London other than for work for a long time. And I can’t remember the last time I went to the theatre. Definitely pre-N anyway. I’d bought my mum tickets to see A Chorus Line at the…
Blenheim Palace visit
Since the snow left a week or so into April, we’ve been having generally warm and sunny weather. A few April showers but that’s to be expected. But it does meant that we’ve been able to get out and about…
Easter Egg Trail at Upton House
After having had most of the weekend spent indoors due to various reasons or another, I wanted to get N out on one of the Cadbury Easter Egg Trails at our nearest National Trust venue. It’s not too far away,…
Park visit
We had some lovely weather earlier this week, so decided we would walk round the to nearest park. It’s about 1.5 miles away walking by the road (annoyingly shorter across the fields but that’s not practical with the pushchair) so…
Feeding the Ducks
Yesterday we decided we would go to Stratford to feed the swans and ducks. The forecast was dry and looked quite good so I was optimistic we might get a bit of sun. Of course we went too early so…
5 ways to minimise driving costs
I’ve been researching buying a car (lots of fun test driving!), and have to make a decision soon, so the guest post today is great timing. If you want to save a few pennies, and let’s face it we all…
Big kids soft play
Today we joined one of N’s friends at a soft play place in town for her 2nd birthday. N’s never really that fussed about soft play. He tends to head straight for the things he has at home or are…
Christmas display treats
Day 3 of Advent saw us going for a trip to Milton Keynes to see the Christmas displays. Last year N was too small to really understand and wasn’t that fussed (plus it was really busy being on a Saturday),…
It’s a winter wonderland…with added rain
Today we had our trip up to London to meet up with a couple of school friends and visit the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland. The weather wasn’t quite as wintry as would have been nice (clear blue skies would have…