Superworm Trail
After the very successful Gruffalo and Gruffalo’s Child trails, the latest forest walk from the Forestry Commission is the Superworm Trail. This wasn’t on at Westonbirt Arboretum (which would have been our first choice),...
Stopping at Two Blog
Emily vs the brown sauce
Once a month we have a little family treat. One Saturday morning, before grocery shopping we have a family breakfast at ASDA. Maybe not the height of luxury, but I love it as we...
The first day of Spring
Today seemed like a special sort of day. We had a partial eclipse, a “supermoon” and it was the equinox. I tried to explain to Freyja that it could be getting dark during the...
Emily vs noodles
Emily is usually pretty good with her food, but there are times when she insists on doing things in her own special way… What I do object to is the noodles being thrown about whilst she...
That mother I judge
There is a mother I know and I can’t help but judge her. I judge her because she had an epidural during labour and a forceps delivery. I judge her because she would have liked to...
Indoor and outdoor fun at Slimbridge
If you read my blog regularly, you will know that we visit the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust frequently. There is always plenty to do, but I will only tend to visit if the weather...
Emily vs the ice cream
Emily thinks the correct way to eat a cornet is from the pointy end. But what happens when you run out of cornet to hold? Eat it directly off the table of course! And...
World Book Day
The 5th of March this year was World Book Day. For those of you who don’t know, if your child goes to school or nursery, then they are invited to dress as their favourite...
Dinosaur eggs
The girls’ nursery had sent us some ideas to try at home as part of their Spring term activities. One of these was to freeze some objects in a plastic bowl of water and...
