The children all love a good adventure. The all love being outside and it doesn’t matter if it’s sunny or wet, they just dress for the occasion and go with it. They are all really compatible as well, so one adventure makes them all happy. They love exploring at the beach, in the woods or even […]
Following a hugely successful first festival in 2015, Geronimo returned to Tatton Park in Cheshire for a second year recently, having also gained a new second home at Harewood House, just outside Leeds. Taking place over the weekends of 1 – 2 May (Harewood House) and 29 – 30 May (Tatton Park), Geronimo was expected to […]
I often think that parents underestimate the opportunities that can come from something as simple as going to the park. I love watching how the children develop and change over time with regards to what they are capable of. It’s amazing to see how one week they will need to hold your hand on something […]
When I learnt to ride a bike over 30 years ago now, things were a little different to how they are these days. My dad taught me to ride my bike down the side of our house. It was a hill, OK a slope, down to a busy corner, maybe it just felt like a hill […]
When you become a parent you seem to suddenly end up with a cupboard full of brightly coloured plastic items purchased from IKEA. It seems to come with the job description and I think every other family home I have been in has the same plastic stash. Know what I mean? In all honesty, I […]
Gardens are usually only used in the spring or the summer time because of the weather. What with the weather we are having now, it is impossible to enjoy a garden in the winter right? You may think that gardens are out of bounds when the weather turns, but that is not necessarily true. It […]
Welcome to part thirteen of our series on ‘family-friendly days out’. We recently visited Hoo Farm. If you haven’t heard of Hoo Farm before it is situated on the outskirts of Telford – near Newport. There is directional signage from Junction 6 of the M54 and Shawbirch Roundabout off the A442. If using a sat nav […]
Welcome to part six in our series on encouraging active children. I am firm believer that if as parents we make being active part of every day life then it simply becomes the norm to children and not something that is a chore or ‘add on’ later in life. It is just part of normal […]