Country kids – Page 9

Sarah April 26, 2013

The one where Daddy makes a zip-line. #CountryKids #SpringCarnival

In the school holidays my OH was on a mission to build a zip line for the kids..before you go thinking that it was a small affair..think again. When Daddy is a climber and an outdoor education teacher you are going to get a good zip line…a high zip line..and a fast zip line.

and mama is going to pick up a few extra grey hairs to add to her collection. There is a video that he took when one of our girls set off from the top at the bottom of the post. If it works!!

Suffice to say that my children have all been born with a bit of an adrenaline junkie heart, none more so than my 2 year old who thankfully is too small to use the harnesses. We had quite a lot of people stop to watch and ask me where he had got all the stuff from. They look a bit weirded out when i said ‘its all his own stuff” Which may not fill you with confidence i suppose but like my OH always says he trusts his equipment, he knows its capabilities and it is looked after properly..and in turn my kids all trust him. When Daddy says throw yourself of the side of a quarry..then he is going to make sure its safe!

there was a controlled fire being set up for some of the gorse bushes. I think the boys pretty much took over

and guess who had the best seat in the house!

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Sarah April 13, 2013

15 minute tonic #CountryKids

The week leading up to the end of the school holidays we still had snow on the ground here. I know a lot of people were the same. Beginning to wonder if spring was ever going to show up. The temperatures had hit a bit of the dizzy heights of 9degrees earlier in the week and we all breathed a sigh of relief as we thought that this was it, spring was finally on its way.

But then we were plunged into freezing temperatures and snow flurries all over again. I get so frustrated with the lack of flexibility snow affords me for getting outside, my kids can usually just about cope with the school run before they start saying how cold they are and begging to go in. But after school one afternoon after I had, had a lousy day (dont ask) we piled into the car and took the dog for a walk.

Surprisingly no-one moaned and we bowled around a little local park in about 15 minutes, just long enough to jumps off and on some logs, run after the dog a few times and leave smiling with red rosey cheeks. Then home for a quick hot chocolate to warm up and maybe a little bit of a pick me up for me!!! *cough*

Now then, come on spring, get your best clothes on we are more than ready for you!

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Sarah March 21, 2013

when you get a curve ball #CountryKids

and no im not talking about ball games! Last week we had one of those ‘pass the bug’ weeks as in tummy bugs and it was not much fun to be honest. On tuesday morning I got home from work, having done a 12 hour night shift to be greeted by my son who had spent large amounts of the night on the loo.

Yes I feel sorry for him, honestly. I do. But that is a curve ball for our childcare arrangements and when i usually am crawling into bed having dropped kids off here and there..i now had the pleasure of a 10 year old vomity kid instead. A long day of awake stretches ahead of me. *sigh*

I dropped the little girls off at school and having my son with me and the dog, who always leaps into the car these days. We stopped at a lovely little wooded area that is close to the kid’s school. It is largely unused except by dog walkers, a couple of stunt bmx-ers who have made a ramp and the odd time you might run into a film crew as it is quite close to a studio.

We might have made a funny sight that morning. A scraggy little dog, a ten year old who was looking a bit green and a mama in scrubs and boots shuffling along in a sleep starved manner!

Was a beautiful morning, cold but sunny and it couldn’t fail to lift my sprits a bit. Nice for the dog to have a run and for me to hang out with my boy for a bit!

Dark panda eyes bought to you this week by the NHS 🙂

oh and just in case folks are thinking im busting out the big camera guns for a post night shift walk round the woods. These are all iphone pics lovelies. 🙂

“the best camera is the one you have with you” Chase Jarvis

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Sarah March 15, 2013

Exploring the outside in a macro way with #CountryKids

We went away this weekend to be part of the team of bloggers who are working with the national trust to encourage our kids to get outside and enjoy their childhood OUTSIDE!! You know away from the consoles, the TV screens and the computers and instant messengers and be in nature. It was a really inspiring weekend and we came back fuelled with ideas. I am going to do a longer post on motivational monday on what we got up to. But meantime you can check out the website here and check out their pledge and hey maybe sign yourself up!

So before we came back north we took the kids out in nature to see what we could find. It was fun, especially a certain little girl jumping in some mahoosive puddles!! I had my lovely macro lens on the camera so it was an up, close and personal look at the outside!