• Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Family Days Tried And Tested

Adventuring through childhood... with love and dysfunction in tow

  • CategoriesLots to see!
  • About UsWho are we?
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

in Mummy Musings

The Important Things That Make A Forever Friendship

15 Jan

A true friend doesn’t need to be knocking on your door every day…

in As They Grow· Mummy Musings

Resolutions For 2019

28 Dec

2019 is going to be a year to grasp onto self worth with a knowledge that I’m good enough…I will listen to friendships & relationships that speak for themselves, and stop running…

in Mummy Musings

Being A Mum Can Be Lonely

17 Dec

Being a mum can be lonely. I have a wave of sadness come over me as I realise I’m back to not having any other adult interaction now my job has finished. I’m back to solely being a mum.

in Awareness· Mummy Musings

I Miss You Every Day

9 Dec

Dear Holly, On your 12th birthday I remember you in all your forever smallness. I remember the first time I held you with a knowledge it was to say goodbye. But I didn’t say goodbye. Instead, I tucked in my heart. Your forever home. And I miss you every day. 

in Local Exploring· Mummy Musings

Welcome To Wales – The End Of An Era

5 Dec

This is my place of work. I work on the toll booths for the bridges that separate England from Wales. It may not seem the most exciting job in the world but I love my job.

A guide to what is best for your baby

in Mummy Musings

Stop Bashing Each Other – A Parenting Irony

13 Nov

Isn’t it true that we all want the same for our children? We all want them to thrive, to flourish, to sail through childhood and emerge into adulthood unscathed, intact and rounded into thoughtful caring and considerate people. And to get there they need the utter basics to be covered: food, sleep, hygiene, comfort and love.

in Mummy Musings

Boys Don’t Wear Necklaces

25 Oct

As Boo was choosing herself a necklace from the knee-height display cabinet in the charity shop, Jude bounded in with his chunky heavy handed fingers & grabbed one too. He was not letting go.

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to page 4
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 18
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Hello!

Family Days Tried and Tested provides inspiration to make everyday family life fun. It includes simple craft activities to do at home plus lots of reasons to play outside. Family Days Tried and Tested is all about frugal fun, honesty and lots of laughs.

Contact Us

TOTS100 - UK Parent Blogs
TOTS100
I'm a Netmums Influencer

familydaystriedandtested

Living life however it comes👌
Lovingly restoring a church ourselves 💒
Featured in The Times 📰
Family fun Multi award winners🏆
Adventurers🗺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Family Days Tried and Tested
🐍 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 🦋💐🧺🚗
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.
Load More… Follow on Instagram

Family Days Tried and Tested Privacy Policy

  • ImaginationInspiration
    • Simple Play Ideas
    • Magical Adventures
    • Themed Days
    • Frozen
  • Indoor FunIncludes food!
    • Food
    • Themed Bath
  • Outdoor FunBack garden, beaches & more
    • Beach
    • Garden
    • Local Exploring
      • Chepstow
      • Forest of Dean
      • Somerset
  • SeasonalSomething for every time of year
    • Valentines
    • Spring
    • Easter
    • Summer
    • Halloween
    • Autumn
    • Remembrance Sunday
    • Winter
    • Christmas
  • About UsWho are we?
    • Mummy Musings
      • As They Grow
      • Parenting Realities
      • Awareness

Family Days Tried and Tested · Copyright © 2021