This is Moel Hebog in Wales and it’s the first mountain climbed by our seven year old son Louis. Translated from Welsh, the name means ‘Hill of the Hawk’ or Hill of the Falcon’ – Wikipedia gives me both so I’m not sure which is accurate – and the mountain stands 783 metres above sea …
Bug Safari by Interplay
We’re on our second instalment of our Interplay adventure this month as we review their ‘Bug Safari’ kit. Endorsed by Nick Baker, the kit is part of their My Living World range. When this box arrived in the post I was actually surprised at how small it was and wondered if we might be a …
Project 365: Week 11
Week eleven seems to have been a week of people in the main. Days 67 to 73 look like this for us … Day Sixty Seven A selfie from me with my best fluffy friend, Betsy the Dog! Day Sixty Eight If I’m honest, I didn’t even take this. Louis took a selfie on my …
Project 365: Week 10
Days 60 to 66 of 2015 looked like this for us … Day Sixty Oh, what an evening we had on Sunday. The boys were playing upstairs and – although they are forbidden from jumping on the bed – they decided to have a little bounce, and also to throw in a few karate …
Review: Worm World by Interplay
The boys were really excited to receive Interplay’s Worm World to review last week. We received the kit first, and had to order and wait for the actual worms so it’s been a long few days for them. Every day after school I’ve been greeted with ‘Are they here yet?’ Well today, the answer was …
How to make rock bugs
Last week I took the boys down to a nearby country park after school. Due to the fact that I’m not at all organised they ended up getting muddy in their school uniforms but I’m pretty sure the recklessness of it all made the outing all the more fun. As we arrived it started to …
The #BigWildSleepout for RSPB
Recently my husband took our eldest son (and the dog) wild camping as part of the RSPB #BigWildSleepout. Our son was raising money for the charity and managed to raise £50.00 in total which he was really pleased with. £50.00 is a lot of money when you are six. What is the Big Wild Sleepout? …