We have really been enjoying the summer holidays and spending lots of time outside while the weather is nice! We actually prefer the weather when its slightly cooler and Monday was one of those cooler days. We decided we were going to have mini picnic and visit a park we haven't been to for a while. We may have done a bit of PokemonGO hunting whilst we were out on our adventure. We hada lovely walk down to the shops and actually found a new bakery, somewhere we haven't tried before! Tucked away down a little lane. I treated the kids to a freshly baked, filled roll and a muffin each! We took our 'picnic' and went to a park close by. We were the only ones at the park (Well, there was someone there walking a dog when we first arrived, apart from that though, we were the only ones there) so we had the whole park and field to ourselves. It's a lovely park with a playground, perfect for Ellie and two football goals for the boys to play football on! It's surrounded by beautiful scenery and trees with lots of benches and places to rest and watch the kids! :)
We had a wonderful day. I got in my 10k steps, Charlie was pleased with how many Pokemon's we spotted and captured, Harry enjoyed a kick around with the football and Ellie had a blast on the park and I was more than happy to have five minutes peace, haha.











I hope the weather lasts so we can take our own picnic next time :D I think this place would be perfect for flying a kite too... On a breezy day though of course.

I hope you have been enjoying the summer holidays so far. :)

We have been blessed with some beautiful weather lately and we thought we'd make the absolute most of it! With there being no school, it's hard to keep the kids entertained. So I thought we'd kill two birds with one stone. I had promised the kids we'd get an ice cream and go for a walk and Pokemon hunting. So that's what we did and whilst we were by the barbers, I got the boys a quick, much needed(!!) hair cut.
We had a lovely walk and found some Pokemons along the way :) If you've been reading my blog for a while now, you'll know that we love PokemonGO hunting! We actually ended up walking five miles on this particular day - accidentally. The kids absolutely love walking and being out in the fresh air, I didn't realise we had walked so much until we got home and checked my step counting app!
Enjoy the pics! (Only phone photos as I didn't take my camera with me. I will next time though!)






We have lots to do this month from our August Bucket List. I hope the weather stays nice.
How have you been enjoying the weather recently? :)

If you don't know what PokemonGo is, where have you been?! It's a new app and game for smart phones where you have to hunt for Pokemons, it's  virtual game that's played in the real world! Quite frankly I think it's a great idea but like anything else it can be dangerous which is why it's important for me to supervise the children while they play it. I don't think we've spent so much time outside, like we have this past few days! We have been out for hours upon hours after school, chasing and hunting for pokemons.
We've discovered new places in our area, we've spotted wildlife, we've learned new things about our area and to be perfectly honest, it isn't all about playing the game. It's about exploring! Whilst playing the game of course but it's also being out in the fresh air and having fun. PokemonGo, such a simple thing and yet so much fun! It's also connected us with people - our next door neighbours little boy have been pokemon hunting with us. We've also been out on very beautiful walks with my brother and his family, whilst playing the game, we've caught up, chatted, made more plans and the kids have all had a blast together. My little niece is just adorable, her and Ellie get along very well, chasing each other and chatting, making up there own games along the way. Yes, it took one simple little app (that's turned out to be a MASSIVE THING!) to have connected us again. I'm honestly amazed, even if I am slightly a big kid for playing along with pokemon. I've also found a very, very beautiful, perfect picnic spot ready for our picnic next week!

Thursday after school I let the kids take there bikes out along the field and little lane. I know they're not wearing crash helmets because they all need new ones. Charlie's strap has broken on his, Ellie and Harry have both outgrown there helmets. I knew they were safe though, we were mostly on grass and when we did go near the road, they always walk there bikes along the path because it's very busy. To be honest, they walked with there bikes most of the time anyway because we were too busy looking for pokemons and exploring! We'll leave the bikes at home next time :) So please, please do not worry! Crash helmets are very important, yes, we do not usually go out on bicycles without them, this was purely a one off and because we were on grass and not near busy roads, I felt they were ok just this one time. I'll be purchasing new ones in the summer holidays, I'll take the kids along with me so they can try them on!

We were so excited to be going pokemon hunting! There were a fair few people out looking for pokemons, we stopped and chatted along the way! It was nice to see the park so busy to be honest. We live in the middle of nowhere and its never very busy. It was refreshing seeing so many people out. The kids took it in turns with my phone, to hunt for pokemons.



Ellie was chuffed to have found 'Venonat' and also 'Bulbasaur' apparently they're her favourite pokemons! Charlie found 'Caterpie' and 'Weedle' and Harry caught 'Zubat'.- I honestly don't know much about the Pokemon characters. The kids seem to know though, haha.


We hunted through the woods and in the park, along a little lane were we spotted some cows and perhaps a bull! Ellie was fascinated with those huge cows, bless her. We were talking about what other wildlife we'd like to see during the six weeks holidays. We are going to have so many adventures this summer!



We have really, thoroughly been enjoying getting out more! We're making it our mission to explore our whole area and countryside that surrounds us. It is such great fun!

I hope you've been enjoying the weather, too! Whether it's hunting for pokemons or not, it's so lovely to get out and explore. We're hoping to have a picnic next week - the first week of the six week holidays and go to feed the ducks! There's some baby swans on the pond and along the river, they're SO cute! Can't wait to show the kids those. :)

Sarah xXx