Snow Days

Snow falling is not conducive to a smooth running of bath and bed time. I quickly gave in and put hat, scarf, jacket and gloves over pyjamas and we were out of the house. The wee man just loves the stuff and his laughter and excitement is crazy. Thankfully we convinced him he had to go back inside for bed.

Thankfully the snow has hung around and for the past two days we have been enjoying it. The wee man does not tire of rolling around in it, throwing snowballs, building with it and well yeah even eating it. He can't seem to stop himself from laughing. I don't think we have ever seen him this happy about something! I'm not quite sure what he will say when it eventually melts.

  

  

Christmas in Ecclesall Woods

We love Ecclesall Woods. Another great resource only a 10 minute drive away. It's a great place to explore and work the imagination. We have had games of hide and seek, we have been on bear hunts, we have found sticks and pine cones and mummy found everything she needed to make a homemade wreath!  On this cold but bright Saturday morning we went to experience Christmas in Ecclesall Woods. They had a few craft activities set up in the woodland discovery centre which the wee man enjoyed. We then followed the clues of their Christmas trail where we found a hidden wooden reindeer in the woods. We managed to convince the wee man to extend our walk into the woods and he had fun playing with his Dad collecting sticks and jumping in the mud and as always exploring off the beaten track into the bush! We slowly made our way back to the café to get our surprise for completing the trail. Ecclesall Woods is always a great option to stretch the legs and get lots of fresh air.

  

A morning at the Local

I love those days at the park when we drift away from the play area to explore. I must admit that Endcliffe Park, our local, here in Sheffield is great to do just that and is probably my favourite. After recent rains there was plenty of mud which I guess got the wee man started with doing some exploring. The Porter Brook was high and running fast and offered the perfect opportunity for leaf racing. There is a pond to see the ducks and thankfully a kind mummy offered us some of their bread so we fed them too. You can walk through a forest and climb trees, jump across stepping stones find berries on the ground. Then finally making your way to the play park to do some climbing and swinging and shooting down the slides.