Summer's end....

It's been a busy and eventful summer for us, some great things and some very sad things (which I won't bore you with) but I can't believe the summer holidays are almost over already.

Out of my list of holiday activities, we did nearly everything and had a great time with it. It was surprising how my little ones loved the simple things like drawing round ourselves and then colouring them in, and spent hours perfecting their pictures or playdoh models. The Library and Museum also went down well and I am certainly going to make an effort to visit the Library regularly (it's definately cheaper than buying books!).

Here are the finished paper-mache rockets that the children spent 3 days making..

...they were so easy and enjoyable to make that I think we may go for a paper mache castle next time!


So August is almost over and it really seems like the weather is heralding in the start of September with some really quite autumnal weather. Autumn is however my favourite season, what with the amazing colours in the trees and the chilly but bright sunny mornings, and of course when the nights start drawing in, so I really don't mind this early start. It has however, given me a kick up the backside to start getting organised for winter so be prepared for some winter preparation posts coming up over the next few weeks.

A final note....apologies for the lack of blogging over the last month and a big thank you to alifelesssimple for your comment, it really helped to give me the push I need to get into it again.