Well we are in to the Summer holidays now and I have started using my new school holiday strategy. As I have mentioned I have a terrible memory and I am therefore not as organised as I would like to be, so I racked my brains to find a way to always have something for the kids to do. And I came up with 'themed days'. Each day has its own title and the activities we do on that day relate to the theme. And to avoid disappointment and arguments, Mummy announces the theme when they wake up (after checking the weather forecast).
O.K. if that didn't make sense, hopefully the next couple of blogs will.
These pictures come from 'PARK DAY'. We tried to see how many parks visits we could fit in one day. We started with the County park. I love these pictures below, they really sum up Ellie's and Nathan's relationship.
I love how these guys look out for each other.
We then went for a long walk round the woods next door and found lots of fun wood carvings. I was very impressed with how far these guys can walk when distracted.
We only did fit in one more park visit as J decided to have a 3 hour nap!!!We have had other 'theme days' of music, love, pirate, family,make-believe and Worcester day. But Friday was 'FARM DAY'. A member of our stake owns a farm, and invites the whole stake once a year for a fun evening.
The kids loved the bumpy tractor rides,
...and lots of baby animals. Ducks...
...donkeys...
...goats....
...horses...
...piggies(a special favourite as 'Charlotte's Web' is our bedtime story at the moment)...
...chickens...
...and JJ had a special bond with the very cute puppies.
Also at the farm they had some great climbing places and fun play activities.
Marissa eating in the hay stacks.
And I spent half the evening with Ellie and Nathan on the zip-line.
More fun days to come :)
...and lots of baby animals. Ducks...
...donkeys...
...goats....
...horses...
...piggies(a special favourite as 'Charlotte's Web' is our bedtime story at the moment)...
...chickens...
...and JJ had a special bond with the very cute puppies.
Also at the farm they had some great climbing places and fun play activities.
Marissa eating in the hay stacks.
And I spent half the evening with Ellie and Nathan on the zip-line.
More fun days to come :)
2 comments:
What a great week. I love the picture of Ellie helping Nathan on the monkey bars, JJ in the tunnel and Rissa the super model. Can't wait to see what you get up to next week.
What a fun-filled week. I'm jealous that your summer holidays you can wear a light jacket though, it is so stinking hot (mid 90's) here right now, I can't bear to be outside with my kids for more than 20 minutes!!
And I LOVE the farm trip--my kids would LOVE that.
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