Category Archives: Children

Over the years our Christmas Santa visits have ranged from garden centres, to small theme parks and to farm centres. This year we decided to meet the big guy at Beale Park, a wildlife park in South Oxfordshire. We have visited Beale Park many times and have always enjoyed this lovely setting. After entering theContinueContinue reading “Santa Visit at Beale Park”

Butlins has been a part of our family life for many years now. It began with taking our 3-year-old daughter to a Butlins Just for Tots break and now, seven years later, we go every year for a five-day easter holiday. Butlins offers so much entertainment and fun (not to mention the cooking and cleaningContinueContinue reading “Butlins 2022”

So, after booking tickets to this wonderful festival in 2019 we eventually made it there in 2021. The global pandemic meant that no gatherings took place until a vaccine had come about. When I had my vaccines a large reason for my happiness, you know apart from the health and contributing to the recovery ofContinueContinue reading “Beautiful Days 2021”

I had never been aware of autism in my single person life. I knew about Rain Man and that autism could lead to people having learning difficulties but other than that autism hadn’t been significant in my life. Wow how that has changed!! I think the first time it cropped up in conversation was whenContinueContinue reading “My Autism Family”

My daughter made edible cookie dough yesterday in her online Brownies session and it was such a hit with my usually fussy eater daughter! It is no-cook so it’s an easy recipe for children to make. Ingredients 100g butter, softened to room temperature 175g soft brown sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 140g plain flour 2ContinueContinue reading “Edible Cookie Dough!”

We’re into the second week of homeschooling and the nervous breakdown is approaching! During the last school closure lockdown I just had one child to school. Now, however, I have two! The youngest is in Reception class so the work is light but the having to concentrate on them both is pretty exhausting! It’s evenContinueContinue reading “Homeschooling – school closure 2”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icIZgu_nWZ0&t=34s Sorry about the fuzzy sound! It’s on my to do list to sort!!

A couple of days before Christmas we went to a favourite place with my children, Fairytale Farm. We go here many times a year and have fun with the sensory activities, the outside playground and the farmyard animals to pet and feed. On this day however we were there to meet the Big Man –ContinueContinue reading “Meeting Santa at Fairytale Farm”

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Around the area I live in South Oxfordshire there are many wonderful nature reserves. The organisation which cares for these areas is the Earth Trust. Before beginning this blog, I planned to go to each of these areas with my family and report back on the lovely walks and adventures we had! Mowbray Fields WittenhamContinueContinue reading “Earth Trust Exploring”