So, how are we all? I hope we are all well. I wanted to do a bit more of a life-y type of a post today because they are probably my favourite kind of blog posts to read on the blogs I love (for more on those, see my Blogger Profile). For me, reading about what someone's been up to, where they've gone on a day out and so on is really relaxing and inspiring. It makes me think of all the wonderful things that I could do very easily and that I don't appreciate.
From Friday night to Sunday evening a couple of weeks ago, I looked after some of the little people in my family - 3 and 5 years old - whilst one of the "big" people in my family and his wife went on a weekend break. I was more than happy to look after them and spend some quality time with them because I loves them muchly.
Saturday was a nice day, the morning was a bit busy, but some other little family people - 8 and 10 - came over in the late afternoon/evening with their mom and their (slightly crazy) dog, Rosie. We all pulled wellies and mismatched coats and jumpers on to go out picking blackberries. It was a bit of a walk, with Rosie running rings round us. Me and the eldest children's mom helped the youngest over the wooden fence and we went over to the huge blackberry bush in a mixture of toddling (the youngest), running (the oldest), walking (the "grown-ups") and jumping (the dog). We managed to pick loads and loads of blackberries, thankfully, without many thorn related injuries.
Then we came across a huge apple tree and so while the little ones climbed a different tree, I picked apples with the other "grown-up", and the 8 year old boy helped, going all Spiderman on us to reach apples. Then some horses came into the field, and although they were calm, we got the children back out of the field with the dog - who was going mental - out, back into the house and into the kitchen. We put the two full tubs of blackberries away. Then the 10 year old girl came up with the idea of grabbing some more blackberries from a different field (Oh My Glob, you guys, this is confusing!)
We've headed back out but to a different field to avoid the horses. Everything was going fine - we put the bag of apples on a post by the gate and got to blackberry picking. And then I spotted the horses coming back into the field. They weren't calm anymore. They recognised us as "the people with food" and so started to started to chase us. "Don't run, cos horses are like dogs, they'll only get excited", I said whilst running faster than I ever have! So, the ten year old girl's gone back to her mom - who was calm... somehow - and the other small person ran behind me. I didn't know this. I've thrown myself over the fence and face-planted the floor and I've heard, "Help!" and I thought "He's gonna die!". So, I tried to get up and help, just as he's flung himself over the gate and landed on his feet. I swear to you, he is really Spiderman!
After avoiding *that* potential catastrophe, and making jokes about how I thought I'd pulled a lung - is that possible? - we went into the living room for games and cuddles and really bad jokes with the little people.
It was like a really awful feature in a really awful country living magazine.
Sunday was a day of free reign and no pre-arranged things. I threw on a really nice chunky knit cardigan from BHS, my Boxer Boots and a really nice Skull print scarf from Primark (as well as a top and jeans - obvs). I decided that we should have a super fun day, and so I took the little ones to the park down the road, which was brilliant. They absolutely loved it, and so did I. We went on the See-Saw, the swings, the slide, the zip-wire, and some other weird contraptions which I don't believe have names. We had a blast. Then it was onto the flower festival at the local church where the children put roses in a display and "made a wish". They had a favourite display (the one with little butterflies and squirrels and the like). From there it was onto MacDonald's for Fish Finger Happy Meals with Smurf toys for them and Chicken Nuggets for me (not in Happy Meal form).
After that jam packed part of the day, we headed back home. It was a rather chilly day, and so we sat in the living room smothered in blankets watching a Bob the Builder DVD followed by a Mike the Knight DVD.
Then their Mom and Dad came to pick them up, and I cleared up...
Fun times.
I hope you've enjoyed this post and that you like more life-y posts as well as my reviews. If you have any questions or nice words, then please do leave me a comment and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Have a beautiful day!
GingerSnaps xxx
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