If you’re anything like me you’ll be looking forward to the summer holidays with a sense of excitement and mild fear. Hurray you get to spend more time with your kids but, uh-oh! How on earth are you going to cope all summer now the Big Kids are everywhere and oh my days how are you going to afford it too?! I love looking through summer bucket lists and bored jar lists for ideas on what to do with my kids, but as they’re often aimed at older kids they’re not always that great for me, I can’t tell my preschooler to go read a book or write messages in invisible ink! With that in mind I thought I’d share some ideas for a summer bucket list for preschoolers, this isn’t possibly the one my kids would write (that’d include EuroDisney, Alton Towers and Legoland) but it does have loads of achievable but fun things to do with your kids. I’m sure there’s lots of them that you could do with older kids too and do feel free to leave your own ideas at the end – us parents have got to help each other!
Family Things
Our staycation in Suffolk: Punch Cottage
Last weekend we were lucky enough to be invited to try out one of Sykes Cottages gorgeous rental properties. As the mum of two kids I’m a great believer that you can still do whatever you like once you have kids. You want to go sailing round the Galapagos Islands? You go for it! However, I also greatly believe that life is a lot more pleasant when your kids are happy and not moaning during long travel times. I have a one year old and a four year old so I like to keep them cooped up for as short a time as possible! Thankfully Sykes Cottages came to to the rescue and found us this amazing property only a couple of hours from our home.
Camping with a baby – 10 tips you need to know
Before I had kids I loved to go camping, although admittedly I didn’t do loads of it. The thought of camping with a baby though? Well it didn’t seem possible at first – how would we all cope?! I’ve always wanted to take my kids camping, I love getting them out in the countryside and I knew they would get a kick out of spending the night outdoors. Last summer my husband and I decided that enough was enough and it was time to introduce our three year old son to the joys of camping. There was only one small issue though, his still rather small baby sister. Could we cope with camping with a baby?! So, we did what seemed sensible at the time, bought a tent and decided to just give it a try before we spent another year putting things on hold.
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8 Easy Plants For Kids To Grow
If you want to get your kids interested in gardening and spending more time outdoors then looking for some easy plants for kids to grow is a great place to start.
Your kids can quickly see the results of their interest in gardening (without the failures) and you end up with a garden filled with new flowers, fruit or vegetables, a win-win situation.
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Mothers Day at Brewers Fayre Southend
When I was asked if we’d like to review the new Brewers Fayre in Southend this Mothers Day I jumped at the chance. Of course in theory my kids spend the whole of Mothers Day prepping a lovely meal for me but actually at one and four the best I’m going to get is a biscuit. This way I could relax while someone else shopped, cooked and cleaned up afterwards. The Brewers Fayre in Southend has only been open a few weeks and this was our first visit to it, here’s what we thought!