Is it June yet? My kids are already wild!

The #30DaysWild challenge run by The Wildlife Trusts starts tomorrow and I’ve been Planning ahead for it by trying to come up with lots of ideas of what we can do, especially if we get stuck around town or indoors for a day (or 30) for whatever reason. But what...

One very happy camper

How do you get a 3.5 year old to want to get ready for bed early? Put up a tent in your back garden! We discovered at the end of our last camping trip that our tent leaks quite significantly so we needed to put it up to take a look and decide what to do ahead of this...
Lovely day out, even if a week too soon…

Lovely day out, even if a week too soon…

There are many ways I display the effects of sleep deprivation but today’s symptom du jour was turning up for an event a week early. Between scheduling tweets for various works and doing a bit of late Facebook surfing last night, I came across an advert for a...

Ear today, gone tomorrow…

Who’d like to see what an ear grommet looks like? This one came out of my son’s right ear today (don’t worry I cleaned it first): Grommets are a treatment for glue ear which he was tested for due to his speech delay. His last ear appointment at the...
Planning ahead for #30DaysWild

Planning ahead for #30DaysWild

Yesterday I signed up to the 30 Days Wild challenge. Organised by The Wildlife Trusts, the charity is challenging people to do something wild every day during the month of June. Today I’m thinking I might have been a bit too enthusiastic. The photo I’m...