As most of you already know, we love this time of year and we enjoy making the most of the nice weather before winter hits. The other day after school, we decided to for another Autumnal walk and trip to the play park, which my children always enjoy.


We had a long walk around the big field on the outskirts of the woods. The kids found a huge old tree to climb! They're always fascinated by old tree's because they're so old. This particular tree has been struck by lightening in the past and has actually split in half but it's still living!




The kids had a good climb of the tree and then we headed off for a game of footy. Well, rather, the boys did. Ellie played in the park and I stood and watched the boys play football while Ellie played on the swings!






We had a really lovely afternoon. The weather stayed beautiful and bright! The kids burned off so much energy! We are hoping it'll be nice this weekend so we can go out again :)

Sarah xXx

I think everyone who has read my blog for a while will know that Autumn is my favourite time of year! I just love it. I wrote about reasons why I love Autumn in another blog post.


Today we decided we were going to go for an Autumnal walk through the woods. The woods is about a 5 minute (or less!) walk from our house so it's really convenient and an absolutely beautiful place! the kids just love climbing the trees (such a shame about the graffiti though!), we also came across a couple of rop swings which someone has tied to the trees! I remember when I was a kid and playing in these same woods. It's truly amazing to create new memories with my own children!


It wasn't really cold enough for a coat but light jackets and woolly jumpers were needed as it was quite chilly!




The sun actually made an appearance and made the woodland look so pretty! Ellie was all "It's so beautiful. I wish the weather was like this ALLLLL the time!" Bless her.





This tree is very, very old. One of the oldest tree's in Europe I do believe. It's absolutely beautiful, even though it's been struck by lightening more than a few times and has a whole history which is a blog post in itself! (I'll write about it one day). The kids love to climb it and it's a favourite with all the locals. My brothers, sisters and myself use to climb this tree when we were children! It hasn't changed a bit.



There's also some kind of mushroom/fungi growing around the bottom of the tree. We were careful not to touch it.







We also spotted lots of signs of Autumn. Mushrooms, toadstools and lots of leaves and acorns




We had a lovely evening walk! I can't wait to go again. Maybe next time we'll find some leaves and leaf piles to jump in and throw around as that's also great fun!

What's your favourite thing about Autumn?

Sarah xXx

October is one of my favourite months. I love Autumn and the weather that comes with it. The kids are settling back into the school routine as am I. My eldest son's Birthday is in October as is Halloween and the build up to Christmas, too! It's a lovely time of year. I thought I'd do a blog post round up in photos.

We had fun afternoons and evenings at the park, before the clocks went forward. Harry enjoyed his new remote control helicopter which was a Birthday present (early) from the grandparents.


 We talked a lot about the leaves changing colour and the reasons why. My children are all so fascinated with nature and the seasons changing. It's a beautiful time of year.



We enjoyed a few really pretty sunsets and beautiful evening skies. I love Autumnal sunsets, they're the best kind of sunsets in my opinion.




Charlie was introduced to high school, we went and took a look around and Charlie got to join in with some activities and meet some teachers! He also won some prizes. He's super excited about starting high school next year, bless him.

Harry of course turned twelve years old and had a lovely Birthday with friends and family! I still can't believe he is TWELVE years old. Time has gone so, so fast and he's grown so quickly! Wow.


We've had parents evenings and I met Harry's tutor! Which was lovely. He was super proud to introduce me to his tutor. All the kids are getting along really well at school. I'm super proud of them.





We've been really blessed with such beautiful weather. It's been mild and mostly sunny. On those rainy days though, we played board games (dog bingo is a new favourite - I high recommend it, I bought it for my daughter for her Birthday back in September. It's a whole family kind of game!) and enjoyed some Autumnal arts and crafts.



Halloween was fun too! We went trick or treating. Which was fab.


I got a bargain on the ghost lights, only 49p for 10 from home bargain. I bought two sets. And the cat trick or treat decoration was only £1 in BM (reduced from £3.99 I think it was)

The kids had a wonderful tiem and enjoyed dressing up. Harry was a scary devil, Charlie was a spooky ghost and Ellie was a vampire witch. She couldn't decide between vampire or witch, so she went as both, haha.

How have you enjoyed October? What are your highlights? Let me know in the comments, I'd love to here about your Autumn and October. :)

Sarah xXx