Last week we finally saw some glimpses of better things to come weather wise. It meant that we were able to take advantage of the warmer and dry weather by spending a lot more time outdoors. With the exception of Monday when Burton was at pre school where he does get plenty of playground time and Jenson and I played outside at a toddler playgroup, every other day we were outside for the majority of each day. Tuesday and Wednesday we were out from after breakfast until tea time even eating our lunch in the garden – it was wonderful.
We did so many things which the boys adored because they were able to be outside for so long each day. We didn’t do anything amazing or astounding, ground breaking or especially exciting, just simple things which childhood memories should be made of :
picnics
eating ice creams
painting outdoors
finding bugs and holding them and returning them to their soily or leafy habitats
kicking a ball about
climbing trees
swinging from a tyre
making homemade perfume
swings and slides
blowing bubbles
gardening
All activities which don’t cost either any or very much money either (the food parts really) which is always a bonus!
As the saying goes make hay while the sun shines, afterall you never know how long the fair weather will last or if it will come back again!!
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Yay for the sunshine! What wonderful fun filled days with the simple things. I like that what childhood memories are made of!
Awww, I love all these outdoor shots, they’re beautiful and happy. Jenson’s getting tall now, isn’t he? I can see daddy having to build a tree-house in that tree in the future, definitely a good climbing tree.
Ahh thats very true!! I love the photos and how adventurous your boys are!
Gorgeous pictures. That’s what I love about outdoor fun, you are right it’s the simple things that are the greatest entertainment x
What happy, sunny photos – you’re so right that the simple things are just as good as any specially organised outings.
Jenny these are wonderful photos and absolutley the things that childhood memories are made of! I must get mine back on the purfume now we have the summer flowers in bloom and I’m loving the tyre swing, is all that your garden? What lucky boys! Thank you for sharing your lovely sunny week.
Wonderful photos, The girls too love helping out in the garden.
Gorgeous photos!! Looks like the boys love helping Daddy and having fun in the garden x
Looks like you had lovely weather & the garden looks amazing. I cna just imagine the fun you are all going to have in the summer. Thanks so much for linking up this week again too, you are so supportive.
Can you come and do my garden – it’s in desperate need of some love!
Looks like you all had great fun!
Lots of lovely photos and obvious how much the boys have enjoyed the sunshine. Your petal pictures reminded me how much I used to love making perfume so will have to do it with the girls xxx
Isn’t life wonderful when it’s sunny 🙂 I love this post and all the things you can do to create great memories for your children. Kids are always so keen to help in the garden and naturally have keen green fingers. I like the painting outside and tree climbing 🙂
Laura x
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Oh what lovely activities – and it’s great that there were some daddy ones too. We have been doing a lot similar actually – bugs and bubbles My son LOVED putting things in the compost. No tyre swing alas here.
This looks like so much fun. I love their sunhats.
It’s a great idea making perfume, I used to do that when I was a little girl but completely forgot, your photos jogged my memory (thank you) xx