This week the weather has been a bit of a mixed bag really. Hot sunshine one day and then cold and windy the next – it makes deciding what to wear hard especially as I had started to pack away my winter jumpers!!! Still, it has not deterred us from going out almost every day and enjoying getting our hands dirty and wet!
Last weekend we went for a walk in the woods and carried big sticks, blew the time on dandelion clocks, tried skimming stones again, walked through wild garlic and stirred muddy puddles with our magic wands (sticks!).
We visited Arlington Court (National Trust) again and played hide and seek within the big tree branches, hung from them, climbed them and hid among the long grass. We also found a blanket of bluebells at last.
More early morning trampoline bouncing in warm sunshine
and an afternoon bathing and splashing in a cold water filled paddling pool – brrrrrrr!
We tried to make mud pies but the ground wasn’t wet enough so it was more like soil pies! Still, it was just as much fun and they boys found lots of earwigs which Burton picked up, stroked and referred to as ‘little fellows’ !
All of which add up to some brilliant outdoors fun!
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What fabulous pictures, The Dandelion blowing ones are so cute. It really is just so much fun being outside doing all those simple things, like playing with mud, it is so satisfying 🙂 Here’s hoping summer might finally arrive and stay a while
i love the bluebell shots that are around a the moment. Wow cant believe you had the paddling pool out too! brrr indeed 🙂
Looks absolutely fabulous. Making muddies is done thing we have yet to do in our new garden 🙂
Wonderful activities, the boys look like they are loving the paddling pool. I remember when mine were this age pouring warm water and bubble bath in at the end of a day and calling it an outdoor bath, a great 2 in 1 and they loved it. *Happy Memories* I have a great recipe with wild garlic coming up on the blog next week, I’ll make sure I flag it up for you. Looks like your woods are full of it! Thanks for linking up a delightful post.
Gorgeous, gorgeous pics of your boys having so much fun. Love them all. They look so happy in the paddling pool and the bluebell pics are amazing xx
Brilliant – such good boy fun 🙂 We went wandering and had sticks / magic wands the other week. I love it when the weather is nice and you can stay out for hours playing in the mud and climbing trees! All these pictures of bluebell woods – I have to make that my next outdoor adventure! Hope you have a lovely day 🙂
What a gorgeous week!
Have you tried the Wild Garlic? We have some near us and I pick loads. There’s some recipes on my blog if you’re interested. It’s delicious and I’ll be sad when it all goes over.
Ahhhh, the photos of your little boys dressed in blue, sitting in the bluebells is so cute. Love it. We’ve discovered dandilions too this year, and he can spend hours playing with them. So cute to watch. x
Beautiful photos I adore the ones with the dandelion
You are seriously the most fun mummy ever.
Great variety of outdoors activities 🙂
Brilliant. I think we might have to come and visit. I think our boys would get a long. Especially the first outings were like dejavu! Gorgeous photos.
So much fun, look how happy they are to be in the paddling pool even if it was cold! I really wish the weather would sort itself out and decide what it’s doing but at least you have still had plenty of outdoor fun! Lucas has just discovered dandelion clocks mostly just spits on them! I love the photos of your boys with them xx
What absolutely beautiful photos! The weather really has been odd, but like you we’ve not let it stop us being outside. Don’t pack those jumpers away just yet though!
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I love bluebell photos. They are amazing. You look like you had lots of fun… 🙂 x
Love it, you packed a lot in too! I think my fav is them sitting among the bluebells. Thanks for linking up & all your support. xx
lovely photos jenny…and yum, soil pies…not as nice as malteser cake though! x