Family Days Out

Hi guys,

This weekend has been really manic, I have taken Alfie to a park of some sort Thursday, Friday and Saturday last week. This is so he can get some fresh air and exercise but it is also part of my weight loss and get fit goal.

So on Friday I took Alfie to a park that has a really fab playground but it also has a little petting zoo for the little ones to have a look round. I love this park as it has a visitor centre and rangers so everywhere is really well kept and clean.

 So, he is quite the poser now, this may be because this child has had more photographs taken of him than Prince George!

Here he is ready to go to the Park in his Ferrari car seat (obviously) which he thinks is soooo cool.

 I wish I would have taken some pics of the play ground as a whole because it's really cute but here his coming out of  a tunnel. I have noticed that he likes to climb a lot more now which is good for him but I am constantly twitching with fear. If I try to help him, he pushes me away and states

"I can do it on my own Mummy"

Now I get this need for independence but it was only 2 days ago that he ran in front of a moving swing and nearly knocked himself out so you can understand my concerns.

 This was a cool little swing that he could lie or sit on and it went backwards and forwards as well as side to side. He generally isn't that bothered by swings, especially since swing-gate a couple of days ago but he did like this.

 Now this jeep was his favourite, it's as if it is on springs so you can wobble it about. It was not easy to remove him from this, he would have played on it for hours.

The above pic shows a mardy little fella as I had the audacity to suggest we go home for lunch.

The pictures below are of the little petting zoo that they have at the park, we got to see a giant potbellied pig, pygmy goats, cows, chickens, ducks, bunnies and degus. Alfie liked the animals and kept telling me they are "cute little animals"

And then on Saturday we went to a huge farm that has had an Easter style event on for the past 2 weeks and I didn't want to miss seeing the baby chicks and lambs.

The farm was full of baby animals that Alfie was able to get a really close look at. They were all super cute and to be honest I think I was a little more excited than the rest of the family.

 Look at that face, he is so cute, and is never as happy as when we are outside.

 Well Mummy and Alfie were very excited about the tiny donkeys, they would be perfect size for Alfie to have a ride on but that's frowned upon apparently.

 Now we were not too sure about this fella, they could get really close to you and I don't think he was too friendly.

Aww baby lambs and baby sheep, anything that is in baby form is just so cute!

Big chickens and baby chicks, there were also eggs waiting to hatch (none did) and different age chicks. Also I discovered it only takes an egg 21 days to hatch. Learn something new everyday.

 Absolute Highlight of Alfie's day!

Was Hook a Duck, he was so excited that he could win a toy that he couldn't stop smiling and he is still talking about it today.

Look at that face, he was so happy with himself.

It was my brother in laws birthday so we then all went for lunch and then, you guessed it, the park! Another new one that we hadn't tried and another really great park. Alfie is loving slides at the minute and we have been thinking of buying one for the garden. 

 Daddy likes to get involved too and we all went down this slide a few times, it's really steep so Alfie flew down it.

 This thing spins which was all fun and games until Alfie thought he was going to be sick. Luckily we stopped in time before there was any up-chuck.

So we have had a fab few days and needed Sunday to relax at home and do absolute nothing but watch films and chill.

I was also quite proud of myself for going out to lunch but sticking to my Slimming World Diet, I had a grilled chicken salad with no dressing and left the croutons so I gave myself a little pat on the back. I really hope I have something on Thursday as I have tried really hard.


Hope everyone else had a fab weekend

Take Care

Adele xxx

Giant Surprise Egg. Easter 2015

 Hi guys,

Unfortunately, this Easter me and hubby have worked nearly all of it, we don't get bank holidays off and have to work weekend shifts too. So although Alfie had a couple of Easter eggs off family, we didn't get chance to do anything fun and I love any event where I can plan and put something together.

So today, although I worked this morning, I  booked the afternoon off, came home to collect Alfie and took him to pick up his 4 little cousins and went straight to the park. We live pretty close to a huge park with tons of space and a really fun playground and Alfie loves to run free.

It was all going so well, Alfie absolutely adores his cousins and they are all so close that its like having siblings. And then.... Alfie runs in front of a swing and gets bumped on the cheek. The poor little fella was so upset and now has a big red mark which I think is going to be a huge bruise by the morning. It was one of those situations where no one could get to him in time but it also seemed to happen in slow motion. Poor little guy. He is a little trooper though and was soon running around the park playing football. We managed the rest of the day unscathed and we were all pretty pooped when we got home.

So, although it didn't go completely to plan, he really enjoyed himself.
On to the next part of our Easter fun day.

Surprise Egg

Now Alfie is obsessed with cars and transport but he also loves surprise eggs. He has watched these videos on YouTube where people open plastic eggs and there is a surprise inside.  He talks about these quite a bit and for his birthday I bought some of these eggs and put hotwheels in them. So for Easter I wanted to go one better, I had seen these giant plastic eggs on Youtube that were big enough for toys and chocolate etc. This is what I wanted to get but I could not find any in the UK and shipping from the states was really expensive. After a few weeks of looking, I managed to find a huge plastic Egg with 36 mini plastic eggs inside that you could put surprises in and best of all the shop was in the UK. Once I have an idea, there is nothing that will stop me tracking down what's needed. I'm pretty stubborn like that, I will not let it get the better of me lol.


So I filled the 36 plastic eggs with micro drifter cars and bouncy balls and a couple with chocolate M&M's. He has had more than his fill of chocolate for Easter.


While Daddy was bathing him, I made sure all the mini eggs were put back in the giant egg and put it in the living room. When he saw this giant egg, he was so excited and kept saying "WOW" and "Oh My Goodness" and "This is so fun". It was like his own Youtube video and it was like he was living a little dream.

The plastic eggs are great and we can keep it for next year too.

So I think overall Alfie had a good (late) Easter.

I have posted some pictures of his Easter present below and a couple from the park. I hope everyone had a fab Easter.

It all started so well, he loves the park

This is the giant egg next to a mini egg so you can see the size difference

The mini eggs

An example of the micro drifters in the eggs.

The completed giant egg

The eagerness to get into it

I think he was suitably impressed.

I am now well and truely pooped. Today has felt like it was 2 days rolled into one and running around a park with 5 kids seriously makes me realise how unfit I am and made me think I should probably start doing a bit more exercise so I can keep up with them all. Next on my agenda, get fit and drop a few lb's I think

Take care

Adele xxx