Don’t stop climbing trees, fences and sofas
I never thought of N as being a climber. Certainly not when comparing him to his cousins. Three of the boys, and our niece are all great climbers and always have been. I will never forget going on a bike…
on the farm
Buying new wellies suitable for welly wangling
Buying new wellies is always exciting for children. But not so much for me. N tends to have 2 pairs on the go at once. One pair left at nursery ready for forest school at any time, and another pair…
Chicken run – joining in the garden fun
The weather does seem to be a bit hit and miss at the moment, I think it’s now that April showers are now in May. But we have had nicer evenings on the whole to get outside and play or…
Planning for a non-birthday outdoor party
Yet again, I think I’ve made a mistake in promising to N he could have a party later in the year, after just having a couple of friends round for tea for his birthday. Well, I said it would be…
Making the most of Spring with outdoor toys
Living on a farm, we can’t fail to love the outdoors, and Spring is just brilliant for enabling us to get outside after work and nursery. Even just walking down to the farmyard to see what his dad’s up to…
The gruesome rule of birth according to a 4 year old
I love having a four year old. Three was pretty good too, but N was more of a watcher and general chatterer then. He didn’t really question and challenge like he does now. At nursery parents evening last night, they…
Revisiting my old school for lambing weekend
What can you expect on a farm’s lambing weekend. Often not only sheep, we saw lots of other animals and it was obviously popular event.
Metal detecting on the farm
Metal detecting’s not something I’ve ever really been interested in doing, although in the past I’ve always seen metal detector toys at Christmas and thought what good presents they’d make for our nephews and niece. But my brother’s really got…
For the love of a garden – a day to play
Last weekend was a bit unusual for us. No more parties after the excitement of January, and nothing arranged for Sunday. Usually Saturday is for doing chores, swimming lessons and all those usual things you don’t get done in the…
Talking farming with a preschooler
Like so many young children, N takes everything really literally, so trying to explain things on the farm can be quite hard. We’ve had several conversations recently which have either made me chuckle, or despair that it’s never going to…
Country life on the farm and the Farmers Bloodhounds meet
In my Month of Firsts post for November, I mentioned that our farm had hosted a Farmers Bloodhounds meet on our land. We don’t usually get involved with the hunt, indeed the OH usually rants about them because there’s always one…