Day 27: Look what I found!

Look what I found! Words I heard a lot of on the evening of the 27th while hosting a group of beavers (the child variety) for a very soggy pond dip. And now look what I found, isn’t it beautiful… …

Day 26: Painting rainbows

Day 26 we spent the morning painting in the garden.  E is desperate to see a rainbow so every time there are clouds and it is bright he is confident there will be a rainbow.  Despite the unlikely rainbow producing …

Day 25: Longing to be beside the sea…

For me, day 25 brought more of the same, sanding, gardening and making friends with minibeasts.  E and M, very fond of the seaside and with an impending visit to celebrate their birthday, also did a bit of sea themed …

Day 24: Accidental minibeast hunting

On the eve on the 23rd we turned our house upside down in an attempt to clear our bedroom and staircase ready for the floorboards to be sanded and varnished.  Day 24 sanding commenced with A sealed in the bedroom …

Day 23: Wild teacher

Day 23 I stepped into my role of wild teacher to more than two as thirty little ones arrived at our local nature reserve.  In the morning they adopted the role of nature detectives, discovering the wildlife living at the …

Day 22: Minibeast hunting

Day 22 we headed to another of our favourite outdoor playgroups for a minibeast themed day.   We heard the story of the hungry caterpillar, hunted for the matching wings for our butterfly, went hunting for real minibeasts, had a caterpillar …

Day 21: Summer solstice

I’m sorry this is so late.  It has been a tiring week, the heat has had us up in the night a lot and I couldn’t write what I wanted to say, here goes… On the evening of Day 21 …

Day 20: Pond dipping

Day 20 we had a whole host of fun… breakfast in the garden, making a car ramp out of an old pallet (I provided the materials, they did the rest!), playing with construction vehicles and natural objects, lunch in the …

Day 19: Den play

Day 19 we headed to the shade of our local woodland with our lovely friends.  A little walk through the woodland led us to a nice open shady picnic spot.  After refuelling, the three little people headed into the woodland …

Day 17 and 18: Feasting

The lovely (albeit sweaty!) weather over the weekend led to A LOT of alfresco dining at home and at Waddesdon’s Feast festival.  Some highlights from the festival…