A Dog, a Duck, a Girl, a Moustache!

An interesting title for a boys club?!! This weeks DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS started, from my side, with chaos and complete and utter lack of good decision making... a quality I hate in people let alone myself! The rain started to come down and most people had told me they were unwell and unable to come along today so I ummmed and arrrrrhed until I almost lost my voice, I texted and re texted, I changed locations and venues and activities... MAN ALIVE I irritated myself..... Finally though, we ended up where I had originally started and we had the BEST time!!! A lesson learnt me thinks, 'make a decision and go with it!!'

Because of all the indecision we ended up with a few added extras... beautiful Borris the DOG and even more beautiful Lottie - A GIRL!!! 

Our activity was so simple... find big sticks and go fishing for rubber ducks in gigantic puddles... it was very cold, very wet and great fun and worked really well... simplicity all the way! around the next corner we did a smartie treasure hunt followed by biscuits on the steps.

Finally we went into the Manor House of Ashton Court and had the most inappropriately large BabyCinos....

High on milk, and covered in milk moustaches, the kids played hide-and-seek and entertained all those who were looking for a quiet drink in the country... hehe...!!

Coughs and Rain and Feeling Rough

OK. So in the world of delicious blogging and 100% perfection, I would tell you that all of our Dangerous Boys has scaled Everest this week and shot their first bear... not so i'm afraid.

We have been thwarted with illness, poor sleep (to the point of desperation), and the worlds fattest, coldest, rain storms EVER!! My intention to hold a marvellous DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS was destined not to happen - I suppose sometimes you need a kick of reality to remind you to keep things real.

One by one, all of the Dangerous Mums, texted me to tell me their little kids were unwell and that the weather was too hideous... which it was. I had been stuck in our house for 5 days by this point with a poorly Wilbs and an even more poorly Tiger.

I decided last minute that I would dress in all my waterproofs and go to the zoo. It felt so important to get some fresh air and to see some animals... The zoo is a 10 minute walk away, so my friend and I wrapped up our sick babies and took our toddlers out for a wet romp around the zoo... it was 100% perfection in all of the ways I would not have imagined. We saw a lion have a pee, a crocodile, some blue frogs, pink birds and we looked at the fish.

When we came back I thought I cannot blog about THE CLUB because it didn't really happen... but actually it did... 4 little boys went to the zoo, they got wet and so did we and it was good!

Wilber at midnight struggling to sleep!

(I wonder why?)

The Great Bear Hunt

Do you ever feel a little high? Like you have slipped some sort of happy pill and your heart skips a beat and a little tiny bit of pee comes out? THAT my friends is how I feel today!!

Todays DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS was my favourite so far, we met in a beautiful estate, with a huge English manor house (which is sadly painted mustard), deers running around and autumn trees lining the steep hills. Add in 13 cheeky little boys and you have yourselves a happy morning.

All the boys brought scooters and bikes along with them. The younger boys cottoning on how to use such contraptions and the older boys delighting in leading the way and conquering steep hills!

Humungous great puddles lined the pathways and we would stop as the boys splashed, jumped and rather frequently fell over head first. It was so cute, the boys could not have bee more wet and muddy if they had tried!

One of the Mums went ahead and hid a whole load of teddy bears in the woods... the boys were told

"we are off on a bear hunt... who is brave enough to find the bears?"

They walked the woods discovering bears and sharing them out for cuddles before locating more puddles to jump in and more bears to find.


I think there are several reasons why today was so special. Firstly, the activity worked... another simple treasure hunt style game where the boys were trying to find something. Secondly, we went on a journey... the more energy expended the better when it comes to these little boys. Thirdly, the scootering was something we could dip in and out of so it was active and fun. Fourthly, you cannot go wrong with enormous muddy puddles. And finally... and this is where for me it was a happy pill moment... the boys really properly all played together... all of them hysterically, joyfully and muddily, playing with each other. Which I think, it's why today has been my favourite DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS yet!!! Bingo!

  WHERE'S THE BEAR?! 

Kicking Autumn Away

It is my humble opinion, that when the clocks have changed and one finds themselves needing to clothe the windows in cling film and occasionally wear boots to bed... that winter is finally upon us. This has happened uncharacteristically early, with the coldest Autumn in 14 years! So I thought today we could say goodbye to Autumn and welcome the Winter in!













Now if you are a parent you may have faced this dilemma before... what do you do when your kids are ill?

1. Do you stay at home?
2. Give a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down?
3. Soldier on?

Today I did 1) and 3) I am wholly unconvinced that i did the right thing, but there we go.

We all met... 13 little men, in an area where there were a lot of leaves. The task for today was to make a huuuuuge heap of leaves and then kick and throw them everywhere.... 'Kicking Autumn Away'. It was beautiful.... except that my two children cried perpetually from start to finish. I subsequently realised that 3) did not particularly work... so we moved on to 2)... SUGAR!!!

The next activity - I had purchased 3 bags of gold Chocolate Coins, a perfect treat to hide for a treasure hunt. You feel rich finding it and then you get a chocolate rush as you eat it, perfect! The boys particularly enjoyed this activity and all sat eating their coins, very proud of themselves! Again I realise that these simple hide & seek games are proving to be the best. 

Back to my boys.... We went home and they both practically put themselves to bed. They are not well, either of them... it is good to soldier on, but right now, I write this with them tucked under blankets just being a little bit poorly, which is ok!

Good bye Autumn, see you next year!