Living Arrows 2021 – Week 9 – Mummascribbles

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”

I have missed a couple of weeks of this because we moved house! I think the first week I missed because I was so busy in the final stages of packing and the laptop got put away! And then second week, we didn’t have WiFi so I couldn’t post anything at all! We are settled in now though and we finally got WiFi at the end of last week which was a huge relief. The 4G where we have moved to is bad and I found myself hanging out by the windows to try and get the best reception I could get!

So, we have moved from Hertfordshire to Cambridgeshire which has been a pretty big move for all of us. But we are all so happy to be surrounded by even more gorgeous countryside, and living in such a pretty and friendly little town. It is more like a village really, although the locals will be in dismay at that because it is most definitely classified as a town! The boys are so happy though, and they have loved exploring as much of the area as we can in lockdown. Luckily we can walk to a fab playpark and some of the fab countryside, and their little legs have been getting used to walking miles. It is what I have always wanted for them!

Something that we haven’t done in so long is go to a play park. The one near our old house was rubbish and it just didn’t seem worth it. The others were all a drive away. We are now totally spoilt as we are surrounded by parks that we just haven’t been able to avoid because they are everywhere we walk the dog. It has been wonderful to see them having fun again and it’s been quite easy to social distance (even though they have spoken to the odd child).

My photo of Zach this week was taken from the still of a video, but it was an important conquering moment for him. The park round the corner to us has a skate park and he is obsessed! He took his scooter over there for the first time at the weekend and he was pretty nervous and took it easy going round. With a bit of tutoring from another boy, he was soon trying to get up the ramps and he managed it without the scooter going all the way up with him. The next day when he tried again, he did it! Him and the scooter all the way up and a big fist pump in celebration! He was so chuffed with himself.

Oscar’s photo this week shows another bunch of determination on the rope net. He doesn’t stay safe that one, and he makes his way to the top level and climbs along all by himself. He’s like this with a lot of the equipment – he doesn’t need help, we are just there as a safety precaution. I love his face in this photo though. The will and determination that he can absolutely do this by himself!

I hadn’t realised how much they needed this. We have kept them from doing so much throughout the pandemic and they have suffered for it. It really is wonderful to see them having so much fun and doing something so enjoyable again!