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Recycled Hanging Stained Glass Window – Lockdown Family Project

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Light-up LEGO Money Bank

Make A Face Emotions Mood Board

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Making Fruit Owls

The Window View Fine Dining Afternoon Tea Experience

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Winter

Frozen Inspired Olaf Lamp

Wildlife Friendly Reindeer Food

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Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?

Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?

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Holly House

Recycled Hanging Stained Glass Window – Lockdown Family Project

Removal Of The Pews

Catching The Sunrise From Holly House

The Window View Fine Dining Afternoon Tea Experience

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Parenting Realities

Research says children who do chores become successful adults

Being Two…

Teetering on The School Run

Managing Kids & Screen Time

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Themed Baths

Springtime Easter Bath

Balloon And Glow Themed Bath

Mouldable Soap Hair Salon

Winter Wonderland Themed Bath

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Themed Days

Grinch Themed Christmas Tree Sleepover Tradition

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Picnic

Unicorn Picnic – Mummy Daughter Date

Through The Looking Glass Picnic

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Embrace Imagination

Laundry Fun

Trampoline Cloud Watching Arena

How to film Santa’s reindeer in your own home!

Grinch Themed Christmas Tree Sleepover Tradition

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Local Exploring

St Davids Lodge Bluestone National Park Resort

10 Family Fun Things To Do In A Bluestone Lodge

Welcome To Wales – The End Of An Era

Finding Fairy Gems On Sugar Loaf Mountain

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Glow In The Dark Easter Hunt

10 Easter Eggs From Your Youth

30 + Fab Easter & Spring Ideas

50+ Nature Play Ideas

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🐍 So pleased to see the churchyard slow worms c

🐍 So pleased to see the churchyard slow worms coming out of hibernation over the past week.
I found a few whilst re starting the mammoth task of working the churchyard over the summer months this week - the two large ones in the photos, we picked them up and moved them along whilst caring for the grass around the bottom of gravestones - it’s their favourite spots to hang out.

You may also remember back in October when I stumbled over a mound which I was clearing of broken glass jars, slates etc - kind of a dump area which I initially assumed was a plot under the undergrowth. It turned out to be a rich home for slow worms and I found at least five baby slow worms cwtched up in the buried jars and under the slates (around two inches long), once I’d established it was such a rich habitat I stopped my clearance efforts, added some additional slates and left the area (apart from clearing the broken glass)..I’m sure it was a hibernation hive.

Today I returned to that spot and lifted one of the five additional slates I’d placed and found around 10/15 slow worms snuggled up together, at least three big ones (7/8inches) and lots of smaller (3/4inches), it was a lovely suprise, I only lifted one slate as if there was anymore under the other slates I didn’t want to disturb them.

I’d mowed around the area in the week as a fist cut of the churchyard, you can see in the photo how long the grass has become.
I called the children over to take a look at the nest and we covered it back up before circling the site with rocks to prevent others from disturbing them, I’ve made a simple sign out of a wood slice (which was supposed to be for my pots and pans in the kitchen to stand on😂) and hopefully they’ll continue to thrive.

Slow worms are native to the U.K. and can live for around 20 - 30 years. (They’ve been known to live for 54 years in captivity!) They are often mistaken for snakes but are actually legless lizards. 🐍
The are a ‘priority’ and ‘protected’ species in the U.K.

It fills us with joy that they continue to be so apparent and comfy in the churchyard. #slowworm #churchyard #protectedspecies

☀️ The glow of the morning rising sun looking

☀️ The glow of the morning rising sun looking gorgeous behind the altar window today.

🦋💐🧺🚗 Yesterday I got a reduced butterf

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Yesterday I got a reduced butterfly birthday cake at the supermarket so I took it as an opportunity to have a car boot picnic with Boo.
It wasn’t anyone’s birthday and there is never an excuse needed to eat cake.
We put the back seats down in the back of the car and transformed it into a garden with fake flowers, a green sheet and butterflies we’d painted. I made a butterfly to decorate a bottle of squash and drew butterflies on some paper cups.
We then drove to the ocean and spent an hour together eating cakes, drawing in the sand and jumping in the breaking waves on the shore.
Simple fun that started with a reduced cake👌 and a lovely time had by the both of us 🥰 ...time and £1:80 well spent.

Friday night chilling on the sofa 🥰 It’s bee

Friday night chilling on the sofa 🥰

It’s been a really fab week away from the church but it’s wonderful to be back. I think we needed the past week to regroup and prepare for whats coming.

Commence the pod...
💪 we’ve got this...

& if we haven’t then the beach is down the road.

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