A little Bit Lately

The weather has been warm, the sun has shone and we have spent every waking moment outdoors.  The boys love adventures and manage to find them everywhere they look.  We have spent plenty of mornings at our local sandy beach, afternoons learning to skim pebbles and leisurely picnics feeding the ducks down by the river.  We have blown off the usual play groups and routines and enjoyed each other's company.

I feel so lucky to have given them each a brother, a partner in crime and someone to share these adventures, as isn't life more fun with someone by your side?!  They may not always get on and they often have different agendas, but they are also friends and when they giggle together, there is nothing more precious.

We are lucky to live in a place of such opportunity.  Neither myself or the bloke drives, but we can find a day out and most importantly an adventure pretty much everywhere we look!

This Summer

The summer weather means everyone is in a better mood.  Long days outside mean fresh air, a chance to blow off the cobwebs and two very tired boys at bedtime.  I forget how much I love this time of year until it arrives.

We are lucky enough to live very close to a beach and after spending most of last summer stuck in a stuffy hospital room, we are determined to enjoy it this year.  With the beach being a ten minute walk from our front door this seems like the perfect place and I know there will be days we don't spend a penny with our buckets and spades and a packed lunch on the picnic blanket.  There will also be fish and chips on the sand, plenty of ice creams and those little rides that are irresistible to toddlers and expensive at the same time. 

Somehow the beach never seems to get dull or boring.  The children never seem to tire even though there are no conventional toys, nothing that requires batteries or makes noises.  No screens, nothing to fiddle with.  What there is, is space, possibility, freedom.  They can explore, they can create, they can find and they can have an adventure.  There are no walls to bounce off of or to constrict.  I am looking forward to a great summer.