Our weekend happy – A park trip, an Easter trail, and a trip to Nannie's – Mummascribbles

It started out as a usual early morning. The other half had been out the night before, so we left him in bed for a while before I needed to get ready to get Zach to swimming. Once we were ready, we jumped in the car and he had his lesson, and then we popped to the cafe with his friend where they had a treat each to share, and then we went home.

The other half popped into the shower when we got back and I had some brekkie, and then we went up to the park. It was a bit chilly, but every time the sun came out, it was quite pleasant. Zach is really desperate to learn to ride his bike without stabilisers and so he had gone on his bike, and we took both scooters too, knowing full well that they would both want to use them.

When we got to the park, we discovered the other half had brought the wrong spanner with him, but luckily I had a brain wave and we went to the animal bit to find out if they had one, which they did! So it was stabilisers off and riding practise. He did really well and the other half actually managed to let go of him for a couple of seconds without him realising. He will get there eventually but it’s going to take time for him to get the balance and confidence. It doesn’t help that he gets distracted at every little thing going on around him!

Once he was done with that, the boys both wanted to go to the cafe and so we got a treat of biccies, hot chocolate and babycinnos.

It never takes us long to eat and drink in there because the boys start messing around, and so we went back into the animal bit as there was a tortoise talk on which the boys loved because they got to stroke her!

We had a wander around looking at the animals and then we decided it was getting pretty darn cold, so we started to head home thinking Oscar would go to sleep, but we were wrong. He totally wasn’t up for that, and skipped his nap completely!

We had lunch at home and then the other half popped to the barbers to get his hair cut and Zach spent an age screaming that he wanted to go too. Eventually he managed to calm down and it wasn’t long before the other half was back.

The rest of the afternoon was a bit of a blur. Oscar was tired and moody, Zach was moody, and we were struggling with parenting. Zach and I popped over to the shops, and then when we got back, the boys played in the garden for a while, the other half cleaned the rabbit out, and then I started cooking the lasagne for dinner. Which we then ate, and very quickly got the pair of them to bed!

I spent the evening in front of the TV, the other half played computer games, and then we went to bed – well, I was summoned to bed by Oscar, but it was bed time anyway!

Sunday 14th April

The boys woke up early but I had been promised a lie in, and so I very quickly sauntered off back to bed for a couple of hours, drifting in and our of sleep until the boys came and jumped on me!

Up I got, had my morning cuppa, got ready, the other half got ready, the boys got ready, and we all jumped in the car. We hadn’t initially had any plans but we decided to go to Cammas Hall Farm which is about 40 minutes away from us. They have an Easter event on, mostly consisting of an egg hunt through their nature trail, and some crafting too. But they also have a cafe, a farm shop, and an outdoor play area, so we figured it was worthy of a trip. It’s also not far from my Mum and so we decided we would pay her a visit as well, as it’s been a while since we actually went to her house (she comes to us every week).

Oscar had a little nap on route, we drove through some rain, and then we arrived, woke him up, and they were both super excited! In we went, paid for the trail, they had a quick go on the big slide, and then we went off to the nature trail to find the hidden eggs. Zach had his sheet of paper where he had to match the number chick to the design of the egg, and he had to work out which egg didn’t have a matching chick, to which he and Oscar would win a treat.

They enjoyed it so much, and Oscar (who had the benefit of height from being on Daddy’s shoulders), spotted a fair few himself which he was pretty chuffed about.

We found all ten chicks, discovered which egg didn’t have a match, and took it back to the farm shop where Zach was given a pack of mini eggs and Oscar some Oreo eggs. We then went into the cafe to get some lunch which was thoroughly enjoyed – especially my cream tea! The boys also did some crafting to keep them busy!

Once we had eaten, we went to the outdoor play area where the boys had loads of fun on the slide, swings, and tyre mountains.

It then started to get really cold and so we decided it was time to head to my Mum’s. We drove the short journey to her house and spent a couple of hours with her. The boys love going there because her garden is so epic, and they had fun out there, and in the house too.

Once they started causing chaos though, it was time to go, so we said our goodbyes and drove home. And as soon as we got there, dinner went on, we ate, and the boys showered and went to bed! To which we then sat and watched The Victim that has been on BBC1, and then went to bed!

I won’t pretend that the weekend was all roses – our boys pushed us to our limits at times. But when we were out and about having fun, it was pretty lovely 🙂