A Day for Wilderness
It’s Camp Wilderness day! A day of bushcraft, wild food, fire lighting and all sorts of other fun. Thing 2 hasn’t been 100% and Thing 1 has been asking for more 1 to 1 time with Daddy so the two of them… Read more ›
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Keeping warm at night while camping with kids
There’s not a lot worse than being chitteringly cold in the middle of the night camping. Ok, being eaten by wild animals, perhaps, ok that’s a lot worse but being cold is torture! Especially if you have young children with… Read more ›
Spring is in the air
I adore days like today, it’s what life is about in my eyes. It started slowly, pyjamas were changed for outdoor clothes after lunch. We then spent the afternoon pottering in the garden and it ended with a little fire… Read more ›
Our Little Hampshire Garden in May
It’s not a big garden but we certainly pack a lot in! Here’s a little snapshot of some of the things growing in our little garden today. As well as the climbing frame/swing/slide combo, the chicken enclosure, the wheelchair platform… Read more ›
The Honest Selfie, an honest smile
I love a family selfie, capturing a moment in time when we’re all together. Most of my profile pictures on social media are selfies of me with our children. It’s funny to look bacl on profile pictures, it seems my… Read more ›
Camping Revisited : Part 3 – The Bell Tent and the Woods
We took our Bell out her first outing just down the road to Inwood Camping in Basingstoke. Inwood is a Camping Unplugged site and Mr T declared it his best camping trip ever! We will definitely try some of the other… Read more ›
Camping Revisited : Part 2
It’s 2am. It’s cold. Thing 2 is stirring, threatening to poo. Did I mention it’s cold? However, here is a little of how our evening went in pictures. I should say at this point, it was bloody windy. It was… Read more ›
Camping Revisited!
Last year we said goodbye to Betty bongo, she needed work doing to her and was no longer suitable for our family, she’s gone to an equally loving home. Mr T and I have always camped together, we bought our… Read more ›
Travelling abroad with a child with complex needs
The list is enormous. I’m a list writer, I always have been, it’s how I organise myself. We’ve been away from home with W many times, its always pretty stressful making sure all her essentials are packed and with us.… Read more ›
Respite
We’ve just come home from our second respite weekend as a family to the Children’s Hospice, Shooting Star Chase at Christopher’s. The deal is, Willow has her own room downstairs and we have family accommodation upstairs. The team look after… Read more ›