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?!