by admin | Jun 3, 2016 | #30DaysWild, Uncategorized
Third day, third waterway. It was not intentional to focus on river scenes so much early in the month but it turns out Lincoln has lots of beautiful ones on offer. Today was an appointment day, the logistics of which left little opportunity for anything else planned...
by admin | Jun 2, 2016 | #30DaysWild, Uncategorized
Luke may have had his turn as the king of the jungle yesterday – Day One #30DaysWild – but today it was Willow’s turn to be the head of the pride by trying on a lion costume in the playroom at The Collection in Lincoln. It wasn’t a weak attempt...
by admin | Jun 1, 2016 | #30DaysWild, Uncategorized
Day one of the challenge and things are already not going to plan. I was going to head back to the field of our previous misadventure (Planning ahead for #30DaysWild), this time with just one child and no pushchair, but rain stopped play before it even started. With...
by admin | May 31, 2016 | #30DaysWild, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | May 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | May 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | May 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | May 26, 2016 | #30DaysWild, Uncategorized
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...
by admin | May 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Now we’re nearing the end of May show season is well and truly underway and, if you live in such an agricultural county as Lincolnshire, it’s pretty hard to miss all the different events that are staged in celebration of the countryside. In April we...
by admin | May 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Every situation is a learning opportunity isn’t it? That’s what I tried to tell myself when, after I great deal of faff and effort, we finally had everyone in the car ready to go to swimming classes when it turned out the car itself wasn’t ready to...
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