Think 'Big'

This week, I believe for most of the country, is half term. Quite a few of our dangerous boys were with their big sisters or on holiday... but a few were out in force on this beautiful Autumnal day!

Benji who became a big brother this week to Freddie also joined us which was very exciting... another boy to join The Club!!!!! Yippppeeeeeeee!

So our activity this week was to gather things and then look at them through a magnifying glass. Each cost about 70p from Amazon and although I thought this would be great fun... if I am honest, the boys didn't really get it. Maybe magnifying glasses, like telescopes need a certain way to look through them... like with 'one eye' or something??? and maybe because none of them can wink, it was bit wasted? Oh well.... magnifying glasses will definitely work in a few months I am sure.

The LEAVES however... well there is a story!!! The boys LOVED the dry autumn leaves and were rather hysterical when we simply spent some time throwing them in the air! In fact it was me who interrupted their fun by making them look through small glass things... it just shows, doesn't it, that the simple things in life, are not only free but often more fun.

I also took HUUUUUUUUUUGE pleasure in watching Tiger fall, get dirty, and then jump right back up again.... THAT my friends is progress!!!! Mud + Hands = Good!!

Bye-Bye Tractor

Midway through THE DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS a tractor arrived.... I informed everyone that I had paid for it to come and see us (I didn't.... it's a lie!!!) BUT the boys.... were transfixed.... this is them saying good bye to the lovely red tractor and the lovely man who spent at least 10 minutes circling the boys and dropping off leaves!!! Thank you (even if you were showing off to a besotted fan club - hehe)!!!

Rainbows in Fog

A few years ago Bristol fell in to a deep fog... I loved it. It was like living an epic Jane Austin film. All I needed was a handsome man to arrive on a black horse through the mist and I would surely have then died of consumption... or something like that.

Anyway, we have been day 3 of a deep fog and it is beautiful. The fabulous Autumn leaves were the focus of our DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS. We collected different colour leaves to create our rainbow of colour. I was a little bit gutted that the fiery red leaves seemed to have 'passed on', but enough of mourning over dying leaves (because that's the whole purpose of Autumn...is it not?). The boys collected browns, yellows and greens which we then pinned to a tree to make our pallet of colour

We then took out our rainbow cups and had babycinos... YUM!!!

The boys took to jumping and falling over and really did very well at getting muddy hands and not freaking out too much! gosh they are cute... being a DANGEROUS BOY is fun!!!

High (Muddy) Five... see you next week!

Benji turns 2

My toes were cold, my heart was warm!!

We British love to have a jolly good chat about the weather... not because we are dull, but because the weather changes from day to day. We live in an erratic climate and therefore it makes for an unquestionably good and safe subject of conversation... does it not?!?!?!?! 

Therefore, might I say that the season has definitely changed. The sky was a perfect blue but MAN ALIVE was it cold. I have purchased a cute little bear suit for Wilber, because bears are 'dangerous' but also snuggley. This week I will make it my mission to find some thermals for all of us... I must not be defeated by the cold! Although if I am honest I am wondering what the heck to do come the full-on winter time... ideas anyone?

Benji, a delightful little boy, who is an excellent climber, a prolific smiler and the worlds most lovely boy, turned 2 and so today we celebrated his birthday... Danger Style!

Benji's parents took on THE DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS - and excelled!!! I loved it, it surely is every boys perfect 2nd birthday party. To be surrounded by loads of little lads, to get filthy, to have snacks, find bugs and eat cake! 

The birthday party was simple... collect bugs and leaves and stuff to gain the clue to the treasure. The treasures were little blue boxes with snacks in. 'Simple' is almost an exaggeration, but truly this was one of the best birthday parties I have been to. 

A few things have struck me this week at the CLUB...

1) Tiger is slowly becoming more comfortable with getting his hands dirty... I think something a lot of 2-3 year olds find distressing!... we are getting there!

2) I am becoming more comfortable with getting my hands dirty.... something a lot of Mums find distressing.... I am getting there... thank  you!

  3) We are all treating bugs like they are friends.... Me, Tiger and the   boys!! 

I will leave you with a conversation Tiger had with a spider:

Tiger - "Ello Spider... what you doin? Off on holiday? Going on an aeroplane? How you feeling? You being naughty? See you later, I'm off on holiday!" 

The boys with their boxes of treasure

Stones!

This week a friend told me that a hall-mark of the 2's-3's can be a tendency to get mildly fixated on things. Last week I took my boys for a walk and we filled a small bag with sticks, stones and conkers. Since then Tiger has gripped one of these stones and has taken it absolutely everywhere with him. He eats, sleeps and even talks to his very precious pebble like stone.

So today, running with his love of all things stones, THE DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS, went on a sort of fossil hunt (sort of, meaning I think they were all just stones, but who knows? One of them may be the start of the real Jurassic Park??!?!?).

I purchased a whole load of tooth brushes (x2 for 18p from Wilkinson). I gave each little boy a bowl and set them of on a stone, I mean fossil hunt. 

We all gathered back with our findings and using soapy water, we cleaned the stones ready to look at the shapes and colours. Interestingly the boys took great delight in brushing their teeth with the muddy water which we were all grossed out by, but equally deemed it to be quite DANGEROUS, and therefore rather apt for the Club!!

An Ugly Bug Ball!

This week has been good... 'World Exclusive'... THE DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS is officially changing me!! Tiger, Wilber and I have been on several walks this week and I found myself doing things I would never normally have thought to do. Instead of a buggy I took Wilbs in a back pack, instead of walking along paths I chose the grass so we could find 'stuff', we walked on walls... and even at one point I scaled, what felt to be, a cliff face (in reality this was probably a steep path) but with the Force on my back I nearly wept as we reached the summit/top of the small hill!!

This week we did a BUG HUNT! Please don't tell my children, but bugs slightly freak me out... 'Fake it to, make it' is my new motto... and we thus had a ball. We turned jam-jars in to bug hunting receptacles using string and brown tape, and off we went.

Based on almost scientific evidence, did you know that Bugs can smell when you are fearful and only like to engage with you if they can take you by surprise? If the lesser spotted bug is not on your mind it will leap - right into your mouth... but if looking for the bug it will chose to remain hidden!!! We did find bugs eventually although it did require a bit of hunting. Woodlice, worms, beetles, slugs, slugs, snails, slugs and a spider. It was actually not to scary... and the boys loved it!

No animals got harmed in the making of todays DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS...  except one woodlouse which got eaten.

 
  

Checking out the Great Finds

Spare a thought this week for poor woody-louse who is no longer with us!