Failing to Explain What we've been doing

I have tried to write posts for the last 3 weeks but my tablet has stopped letting me upload photos :( I will have to borrow hubby's laptop, though I often finish posts in the evening after bear is in bed but hubby usually has school work to do. I will have to work out the best way of keeping updated.... apologies again. 

An Explanation

I've been rather quiet on the blogging front lately and wanted to explain why. In the Spring, we will become a family of four! Although I haven't as sick as I was with Bear, I have been quite tired, which means that I have not been as adventurous with activities. We have, guiltily, spent a fair few afternoons just playing in the house.

I'm really hoping that I get some energy back now I am into the second trimester. Of course, this also gives me a whole new topic to cover - kitting out and entertaining a newborn.

This Week

I seem to be apologising a lot recently for not keeping up with posts. Illness is to blame this week; bear has had an awful cold and I have had 2 migraines. So, to be honest, we haven't done very much this week. We played with some chalk and went to the park a few times, and that's about it!

Hopefully normal service will be resumed next week.

Oh, I've done pretty well with planning lunches though - we've had leftovers 3 times and scrambled egg.

What we've been doing Wednesday

First off, I need to apologise for the recent lack of posts. My husband is a teacher (don't know if I've mentioned that before) so is on holiday for 6 weeks - Yay!! This means that we have been doing (not necessarily frugal) family things, with access to the car. A lot of our normal groups don't run in the holidays either, but normal service will be resumed in September.

I'll give you an idea of what we have been doing though:

Soft play

We went to Sea World in Birmingham while visiting my brother in law and his partner (half price tickets booked online in advance!)

We went to the RSPB nature reserve in Sandy because little bear loves birds. It was £5 to park, and then free entry. Unfortunately we didn't see that many birds but we did see some rather pretty butterflies. 

I did a messy play date for some of bear's buddies, with spaghetti, jelly, edible paint and water play.

We've been swimming, and spent lots of time outdoors going on walks.

Next week we are going to the zoo thanks to Tesco voucher exchange, and at the end of August, we are going to Pembrokeshire for a bargain week holiday. 

I'll try to update a bit more regularly. xx

What we've been doing Wednesday

Going to the park (again).

Picking flowers

Watching the world go by

Little bear also said 'Mama' for the first time today :)

What we've been doing Wednesday

Helping to tidy up

Working on fine motor skills with chalk

Watering the plants. Sort of.

What we've been doing Wednesday

This week we have.....

been strawberry picking,

walked in the sunshine,

played with foam (not very successfully),

played with small bubbles and

big bubbles! 

What we've been doing Wednesday

Bit of a non week this week, with lack of sleep and some rubbish weather but we have...

been to the park,

practiced fine motor skills,

played with gloop (I did, little bear wasn't interested)

and played with the water for washing our hands.

How do you fill your week? How do you decide what to do each day?

What we've been doing Wednesday

Definite 'p' theme to this week.

 Pottering

Playing

Painting*

Paddling

*detailed post to follow

What we've been doing Wednesday

So I thought I'd start a regular feature on what we've been doing in the previous week. I think it will be more pictures and less writing than other posts but we'll see how it goes.

Today I thought we'd try some messy, sensory play. I cooked some spaghetti, added food colouring and some pompoms and foam shapes. We went in the garden just in case but little bear couldn't have been less interested.

The cat seemed to like it though...

I had a plan b up my sleeve though. Blue and green, eucalyptus bubble sensory bath was much more successful!