#30DaysWild Day 15 – The Snail and the Whale

We’re big Julia Donaldson fans in the Malpi household and The Snail and the Whale, originally recommended by my aunt, is one of our favourite titles. It certainly fuels my wanderlust to visit wild places “Of shimmering ice and coral caves, And shooting...

#30DaysWild Day 14 – Let’s talk about litter

Last year I was particularly impressed by several #30DayWilders who wrote on the Facebook group about doing litter picks with their children as one of their acts of wildness. It’s something I would like to do with the minis when they are older too. At the moment...

#30DaysWild Day 13 – Caterpillars

Another day of rain so bedtime story time rescued our #30DayWild efforts. Christopher’s Caterpillars follows our guinea pig hero as he makes pets of the caterpillars that are nibbling his dandelion seedlings. When the caterpillars mysteriously disappear from...

#30DaysWild Day 12 – Park life

Today was a day of two parks. Our local park was deserted for most of our lunchtime play session which was presided over by a classic dramatic wide Lincolnshire sky with rolling fluffy clouds alternating with a few slightly greyer ones (which were probably one of the...

#30DaysWild Day 11 – Seeing greenery

It’s been a beautiful day today so, of course, our pre-arranged activity was an indoor one.  But there are so many party invitations to accept when you’re four and you certainly can’t deny the lure of a bouncy castle and cake. But, of course, as well...

#30DaysWild Day 10 – J is for Jaguar

Today’s rain saw the minis coalescing to cause chaos in the supermarket and DIY shop aisles rather than running through fields of wheat. I did get slightly excited when I thought I spotted a goldfinch early in the day but daddy Malpi made it quite clear our...