A List for Autumn

Autumn is my absolute favourite season, closely followed by Winter. I love everything about it; the cosy evenings in, the spiced apple scented candles, the falling leaves, wearing wellies on walks…and everything else that this season brings.
I decided to make an Autumn-themed ‘bucket list’ of things we want to do this Autumn as a family and as a couple.
This season we want to…

1. Go for a long walk at Wyre Forest
2. Collect Autumn leaves, conkers and acorns to make a sensory tub for Sophia
3. Visit Top Barn Farm in Worcester for a tractor ride and to choose a pumpkin from their Pumpkin Trail
4. Plant our bulbs ready for Spring
5. Make a start on our veg patch
6. Choose an Autumn-scented candle
7. Carve a pumpkin
8. Make pumpkin soup and homemade rolls
9. Make pumpkin spiced lattes to enjoy on chilly afternoons
10. Make an Autumn garland for the fireplace
11. Go for walks in our wellies and rain coats
12. Go to the library to choose some Autumn books
13. Watch fireworks, even if it’s just from the window
14. Take Autumn pictures of Sophia
15. Go to Bells Farm to ‘pick your own’ apples
16. Make an apple crumble or pie
17. Make orange play dough for Sophia
18. Make bird feeders from pinecones
19. Help Sophia to make handprint Autumn art
20. Go to Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway

Hopefully these will keep us busy in Autumn! We’ll be updating the list and taking lots of pictures along the way!
If you can think of anything else we can do in Autumn leave a comment below :)

(A random picture of Sophia with her Uncle Joe and Auntie Maisie just because I don’t like picture-less posts!)

Stourport Park

On Monday we decided to take Sophia to Stourport park for a picnic and walk. The weather was glorious! It was such a warm and sunny day and was the perfect way to spend my last day of maternity leave.

The perfect blue sky.

Playing on the swings.

Having a yummy picnic.

Having a long walk by the river and an ice cream.

We had a lovely day!

A Sweet Surprise

This week I decided to link up in my first ever blog link. And who better to link up with than Katie at MummyDaddyMe – one of my very favourite blogs.

Katie’s link is dedicated to sharing ordinary but beautiful moments.

 

This weeks ordinary moment was taken at Sophia’s grandparent’s house in Birmingham on Wednesday.

We don’t get to see my in-laws as often as we used to. For years we lived right around the corner from them but now we live about a 45 minute drive away. We moved out of Birmingham to a smaller town to be closer to my family when we had Sophia. We’re now exactly halfway between both!

That morning I had been to lunch in Birmingham with two of my work friends. We had some time to spare after seeing them so I decided to surprise Sandra and Dennis with a little visit, knowing we’d be the last people they would be expecting.

They were so surprised and happy to see us! They scooped Sophia up and spent about an hour just playing and laughing together. It was like they just wanted to drink her in and make the most of every second they had with her.

This picture was taken when all three were sharing a book together, I just love Sophia’s little face full of interest. The shot isn’t good quality, its grainy, has motion blur and was just snapped on my iPhone. But even so you can clearly see so much love shared between them and I just love it.

I think, as a parent, you love your child more than anything. But when you see someone else showing them so much love; it just makes your heart burst.