autumn days . . .

when the grass is jewelled
And the silk inside a chestnut shell
Jet planes meeting in the air to be refuelled
All these things I love so well . . .

So I mustn’t forget
No, I mustn’t forget
To say a great big thank you
I mustn’t forget.

Hiya all,

i remember singing this in our school assembly's with our red hyme books in our hands, it meant it was REALLY Autumn once you had sang this song! (if you don't no it, check out the music on youtube and sing along)

Saturday we decided to go on a Autumn walk with Harry, the idea was we would collect some lovely leaves, acorns, conkers and what ever else we found and then use them for some crafty projects.

Saturday morning we all wrapped up and got into the car and i drove 15 Min's away to a lovely big country park. 

yep, harry pretending to be asleep!!

Harry decided to go to sleep on the way in the car, typical! He woke up and had the print of his cardi on his face, he looked a bit worse for ware. He woke up not long after we parked up, so we set about our 'adventure'

Harry had got his Peppa and George tote bag to collect his items in, we kept suggesting leaves and encouraging him to pick them up, he wouldn't he had a bit of a freak out, i don't think he was too taken with the texture of the leaves! So that's leaf printing out the window for now!!

 We went down to the lake and fed the ducks, then they decided to follow us! 

this one was perfect for Halloween, he seemed to have skeleton feet!

We have been here loads of times with Harry, but hes been in his pushchair previously, this was his 1st time walking and exploring properly. In the wooded areas theres lots of trails for walkers and if you choose the right path you can find the old bridge or 'castle' as we call it. Harry and his daddy were kings of the castle and i was the dirty rascal as the song goes!!

 We found some lovely big trees and told harry that the fairy's live the the gaps in the trees, and wild mushrooms are for them to sit on :) it was lovely telling him of a magical world that seems a million miles away from normal every day life.

He didnt want any pictures! just wanted to explore!

Harry took a rest on a fallen branch before heading back down to see if we could find some conkers and pine cones.

We came across a pair of walkers who stoped to chat, they asked harry what he had in his bag, we said how he had nothing at the moment and they said that we would be lucky to find any acorns as the squirrels had been and taken them all and there wasn't many conkers about either :( never mind.

On the way back down we had a rest on a bench, i asked Harry to have a photo with me, just look at his face, Kevin the teenager just 11 years to early!!

We carried on back and came across a lovely tree full of pine cones, Harry played hide and seek (we didn't actually hide anywhere, he just counted to 10 and 'found' us) and Gareth managed to get Harry 3 pine cones, which he loved!! He put them right in his bag!

We had a lovely few hours out in the country, Harry really loved it, were hoping to find some conkers in the field opposite our house in the next few days (if the school kids haven't taken them all!)

Hope you all had a lovely weekend

Lucy x