“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. It’s been an emotionally tiring week in our home. I’m not quite sure why but none of us have been at our best. It’s quite apt that on this tiring week when we could all do with a good Winters nap that our Tortoise Tommy went into hibernation on Sunday. We…

A few months ago I was listening to the Rich Roll Podcast (I can highly recommend it, if you want some health and well-being inspiration in your life) and he had a guest on called Doug Evans. I was really intrigued by what Doug was talking about, his enthusiasm for the subject was infectious and by the end I felt like I was missing out…

Maybe I should reword this post from misty morning walks to misty days. We have been surrounded by a slightly warm mist for November the past two days. Albeit a little eerie it has meant for some really pretty misty morning walks. Flo and I went to visit a new swing in the woods behind our house on Thursday, the first day of lockdown. I…

With a week at home for half term we have done nothing but go a bit pumpkin mad and halloween crazy! I always find October half term easy to fill with a few days out and some much needed days at home doing halloween based activities. This post is going to be pumpkin mad as most of our activities had a pumpkin pretty close by!…

I have been making homemade Playdough for several years now for a number of reasons. It’s cheaper to make, you know exactly what ingredients go into it, it provides little ones with lots of open ended play and fine motor skills and lastly because you can theme your dough. This month being October we’ve been all about the homemade Halloween Playdough recipes. There are a…

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” It felt like we really counted down for our week off. This weekend the kids celebrated with hot chocolates in the garden, Halloween movie time and face paints! During the week before school ended, Flo and I had a cafe trip with my Mum who is a part of our support…