We went a long way to walk a mile. I wasn’t looking forward to the day- the long drive, the rain that was forecast, but most of all for the reason for the walk. And it wasn’t the best start either as Dadonthebrink had to reluctantly duck out of joining us last minute, we were [...]
Bank Holiday weekend in and around Oxford
May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
With the Bank Holiday weekend on us we have so many options, so many things happening in and around Oxford. We did plan to go camping on the New Forest, but decided to stay home instead and do a big spring clean. Over the week fliers and emails have been tempting us with what’s on [...]
Oxford Botanic Garden in the spring
April 30, 2013 By 2 Comments
Oxford is particularly beautiful in the spring, as trees and flowers bloom, daffodils appear in the most surprising places and the trees sprout fresh green leaves. Clean, with bursts of bright colours. Nowhere is this more evident than the Oxford Botanic Garden. On Friday we had play date planned for the boys. As it was [...]
Woodland fairy birthday party
April 25, 2013 By 10 Comments
Two days on I am still exhausted from our Woodland Fairy themed birthday party that we organised for Angelina’s 6th birthday! It was weeks in the planning and for days I’d been preparing, shopping. I had battles with our council whether and in what form we’re allowed to host a party. It was an utterly [...]
Spring bugs including that of the travelling kind
April 15, 2013 By 4 Comments
I was browsing through my pictures of the past week for a Silent Sunday picture. Instead I came up with a plan… the changing of seasons always has that effect. Looking through the pictures brought back what utter fun we had this Easter holidays and made me realise just how much I love to travel. [...]
Zippos Circus came to town
March 22, 2013 By 1 Comment
Zippos circus is in town. I’ve watched the posters go up and yesterday the tent being built, but kept forgetting to stop at the ticket office or go online to book. The opening night was a special offer of £6.99 too… as bright orange signs announced. Picking up Andy from preschool, I had 20 [...]
Helicopter parenting…not! But what about risks and stranger danger?
March 21, 2013 By 9 Comments
Over the past week I have had to seriously resist being a helicopter parent and hush that little overprotective parent’s voice in my head. The other day the kids got home from school with friends and decided to go out and play on the trampoline. They didn’t actually make it to the trampoline, but got [...]
Ditch the screen, don the wellies!
March 14, 2013 By 2 Comments
On Saturday we went to Nyman Gardens, a lovely National Trust property, with some other fellow bloggers. The special event was organised around a topic close to my heart encouraging kids to get out more and to find out about some of the things the trust is doing to promote this. It was a fantastic [...]
A day out with Thomas the tank Engine at Drayton Manor’s Thomas Land
November 30, 2012 By 5 Comments
In early September, just as the schools resumed, we were invited to Thomas Land at Drayton Manor theme park for a special preview of the new film Thomas the tank engine in Blue mountain rescue. “Yippee we are going to Thomas Land!” The day was wildly anticipated by Little Man who is an avid Thomas [...]
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