Tag: activities

  • Things to do with Kids Outdoors in Dorset

    Things to do with Kids Outdoors in Dorset

    Go Ape, Moors Valley near Bournemouth I don’t know who had more fun, the kids or the adults.  We were recently camping at Eweleaze Farm in Dorset and thought we’d take the opportunity to check out Go Ape, The UK’s #1 Forest Adventure.  One of my friends always wanted to take her daughter and as…

  • Outdoor things to do with Kids Near St Albans

    Mead Open Farm, near Leighton Buzzard and Go Ape, Black Forest With Summer holiday looming I thought you may be interested in a few days out I discovered for kids recently near St Albans, Herts.  These two places are perfect for letting kids burn off a bit of that energy. Mead Open Farm On the…

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Tears and laughter!

    At what age do children show empathy? To give myself a bit of a break on the weekend, I’d checked the weather report and it looked grim, so I booked my daughter and hubby into the Cinema to see How to Train Your Dragon 2.  She’d watched the first one and has also watched How…

  • Activities for Kids Over Easter 2013, near St Albans, Herts

    Just having my pre school holiday panic!  We don’t have any built in playmates for our 5 year old except the cats and us and we can only take so much so I do try and arrange a few things for her over half-term.  As an only child we really like her to socialize with…

  • We’re going on a Raindrop Hunt!

    It rains 1 day out of 3 in the UK.  I know I’ve researched it.  So we have to make the most of it.  Last week, when it had just stopped raining,  I armed my 5 year old daughter with my camera phone and we went for a walk in search of rain drops.  It…