Later this month we are driving through the UK, taking the Eurotunnel to France and then driving on through Belgium to the Netherlands. We are so excited about our week away and have been planning and packing for what feels like weeks. Our holiday involves a long car journey so we will be packing items…
Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend and are enjoying the school summer holidays. The weather has been a little too hot for us but that hasn’t stopped us from having fun during the second week of the holidays. Each week I start off by writing my Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things blog post….
I have some exciting news to share. We’ve been busy planning an awesome Summer holidays – can you believe the school year is nearly over? This year has just flown by and we are all ready for a break from the school routine. And this year we are going abroad for a week to Duinrell!…
I think you can always tell when the Summer holiday has started because we’ve signed up for the Summer Reading Challenge at our local library! Have you heard of the Summer Reading Challenge? It’s the UK’s biggest reading promotion for children aged four to eleven and runs over the summer holidays. It’s completely free to…
I’m really hoping that this Summer weather is here to stay. The children only have 2 weeks left at school until their 6 weeks off. The summer holidays always seem a little easier when the sun is shining. For the last few years we’ve kept a summer scrapbook, this is a great activity for us…
Any one starting to worry how to keep the kids busy over the Summer holidays? I have to admit that panic is starting to kick in. I’ve booked quite a few things but that doesn’t stop me trying to come up with ideas for some of the days we’ll be spending at home. I love…
Over the next few weeks I’m going to be sharing some low-cost ideas for keeping the kids busy over the Summer holidays. I’ve already written posts about painting and hiding painted rocks, and playing with bubbles. Today I wanted to share our love for i-SPY books! Do you remember them from when you were growing…
I love a sunny Bank Holiday weekend! I hope the sun is shining wherever you are. It’s time for my weekly Monday happy things post, today is {Week 152}. The start of the week was lovely and peaceful at home. We enjoyed being at home, the kids played with their toys whilst I caught up…
Our Summer holidays are whizzing by. I can’t believe we’ve had four weeks of adventures already. We were really lucky to go away for a few days and have a change of scene. It was lovely to do normal things, like watch films at home and take the kids to the park. We wanted to…