It’s October and Autumn feels in full swing already. Today we ventured to Rougham Estates Pumpkin Patch in Suffolk to get our Halloween pumpkins (and gourds…just can’t resist the little ones). It was great to venture out as a family and spent time outside exploring. I thought I’d share our thoughts on our day out….
Category: Autumn
How to Make Microwave Playdough.
Today is a rainy day and we’re looking for something fun to do indoors. So we decided to make playdough. I usually make it on the hob but as I wanted my 5 year old to help I decided on the microwave version instead. For this recipe you’ll need/ Tablespoon of oil 1 cup of…
Alternative Ways to Celebrate Halloween This Year
A lot of celebrations have had to change this year. Coronavirus has meant that birthdays, weddings and now Halloween have had to tweaked and rearranged to fit in with the new rules and safety guidelines. Our usual way to celebrate Halloween is to do fun crafts, choose a costume and go Trick or Treating on…
How Star Wars Supports Learning (and Autism)…
Today is May 4th (be with you) which of course means ‘Star Wars Day’ is upon us again. I wrote a couple of years ago about Star Wars day and J’s love of all things Star Wars. I also shared all about J’s obsession/fascination/special interest (whichever term you personally prefer to use). Now J is…
Kids Activities: Things to do with conkers
It’s now October and the horse chestnut trees have started to drop the conkers for us to collect and enjoy. ‘Conker picking’ has always been a sort of annual event for us. We’ve taken J to the same three trees ever since he was old enough to walk. This year there was a huge abundance…
Days out: Undley Farm Pumpkin Patch, Suffolk
Today we went to Undley Farm for their yearly Pumpkin Patch adventure. This is our fourth year of going and it didn’t disappointment. Each year it seems to get bigger and bigger… Undley Farm is near Lakenheath in Suffolk. It’s easy enough to find with a sat nav and there are signs dotted about. I…
Autumn Adventures: Things to do with my preschooler.
It is officially Autumn now. In all honesty it’s felt like Autumn for a couple of weeks now as the weather has certainly turned. I am definitely more of a sun lover, however every Autumn since becoming a parent I have found more and more fun things to do and explore. Here’s some of the…
World Kindness Day: a big thank you & a chance to get involved.
Today is World Kindness Day. It amazes me how it seems like every day is ‘world something day’ or ‘save the world sunday’. Most of them I don’t really pay attention to unless they somehow affect me or my family. However World Kindness Day is a great one to celebration. Earlier this year I did…
The 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month…how we remember.
Remembrance Day is an important day of the year. It is a time to reflect on those people who risk their lives for the safety and freedom of others. This can be armed forces, police, the health professionals on front line and many, many more. My family was an RAF family. I was born on…
Tips for surviving fireworks with a child with Autism…
When my eldest, J, was younger he was having nothing to do with the whole fireworks celebrations. We had to leave his first display after a few minutes as J was really struggling. Back then we didn’t know J was Autistic (although I had an inkling) so I just thought he didn’t like it in…
Our Halloween Day of Fun 2017
Well our Halloween went slightly different to my original plan. J became poorly yesterday and still poorly today. So trick or treating was out the question. Instead we had fun indoors from the sofa! I had made a ‘Halloween Box’ full of bits to do over the day. Despite J being under the weather we…
Our Halloween Sensory Tub Ideas…
Woohoo, Halloween is not far away now and I am excited to explore it with J. This year J is not far from his 3rd birthday so he’s been getting a bit more into the Halloween spirit when seeing things in the shops, TV shows with Halloween theme etc. I don’t think he quite ‘gets…
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