Category: Kids
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A very merry Christmas
What a wonderful Christmas this year with so many days holiday! A whole two weeks off this year. Which is brilliant as it means I can go swimming or running every single day. Heaven knows it’s going to be needed with a Christmas ham and a duck this year. Followed by Boxing Day. Followed by…
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Wilderness Festival 2013
Some photos from our day at The Wilderness Festival 2013 at Cornbury Estate in Charlbury. Nicely for us just a fifteen minute drive from home. Nobody complained about being bored or tired (big tick). Ice cream was enjoyed by all. Parents are now knackered. So are the girls. Goodnight x
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Camping in Kent
Last weekend we filled our car with pretty, warm bedding and off we drove, down the M40, onto the M25 and Kentward bound. And because we had filled our car beyond breaking point with pillows, duvets, gumboots and raincoats, we only had a tiny bit of room to fit a small box of food and…
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Petite bedroom
The littlest room in the littlest house. It’s my favourite (when it’s tidy). An abundance of colour and pretty things, the girls love throwing everything on the floor and jumping on their beds. Hooray! I love it when it’s tidy – and we regularly comb through the mess and purge any plastic that may have…
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Giffords Circus at Daylesford Organic Farm in Kingham – June 2013
Definitely the greatest show on Earth – friends have been recommending Giffords Circus to me for years. It’s traditional, it’s funny, it’s entertaining and musical – and it’s also amazingly impressive on all fronts. This year their very highbrow circus was hijacked by a troupe of Serbian and Ukranian performers who definitely lowered the tone…
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The Wilderness Treasure Hunt
Last weekend we wrapped up warm and headed over to the magical Cornbury Estate for the Wilderness Treasure Hunt. In the lead-up to the Wilderness Festival in August, local residents are invited along to a few special events which are just brilliant for the children – and indeed fun for the grown-ups too. A taste…
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Hark, hark! The bluebells are out
We had some lovely weather this weekend – and a lovely trip to Foxholes to see the bluebells in bloom. Edith took her camera and Astrid played by her favourite tree in the clearing where the bluebells flower. We came here last year, on one of our trips to Daylesford. To get to Foxholes, take…
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A lovely hotel discovery (eight actually) for us and the kiddos
We’re always on the lookout for amazing child-friendly hotels in the UK and Europe, so when Luxury Family Hotels asked if I’d have a look at their selection my immediate response was a very big YES please! There are eight hotels in the Luxury Family Hotels stable, all set in very grand and marvellous historic…
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The Easter Newsletter
It’s warmed up significantly here since my last post. I can’t quite believe I managed to post it though! We’ve had another week of doing not much at all. I feel so unfit from having sat in the house, coughing, all week. A very cold Easter We didn’t dye our Easter eggs. We didn’t make…
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Hop Hop. Time for Easter crafting supplies!
Because I get upset when good things sell out I bought our Easter crafting supplies last week. March 29th is Good Friday and Easter Monday is April the 1st. This of course means I am going to have the kids at home for two whole weeks so I needed a bit of budget for Easter…
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In the Cotswolds countryside
Well, we’ve been here nearly three weeks. Or is it nearly four weeks? We’ve had sunshine, we’ve had snow, we’ve had a howling wind. We’ve had the most incredible frost – something I’ve not had since I was a child at school in the frozen fields at 55 Amy Street, Ellerslie. Otherwise known as Michael…
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Christmas at home
It was Christmas. The girls got their Sylvanians and they are happy. I got a big surprise present – the Herve Chapelier bag! Who’d have thought? Rufus guarded the dinner table and the bottle of Bolly. The Daylesford turkey was a huge success – we’ve been eating the most delicious turkey stock soup for days…