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Part of our Easter traditions is an Easter egg hunt.  With some nice weather we decided to head out into the garden and have a practise egg hunt.  Hidden in the garden was 7 objects from L.O.L. Surprise!  The girls and dogs were ready and waiting to take part and some may have had sneaky peaks as I was hiding the objects.

We began by looking around the garden.  The dogs running around with the girls, eagerly looking for objects too.  When one of the dogs found an egg in the grass.


No idea how it had got there, or from where but he seemed very happy with his discovery.


Not to be out done by his brother J wanted to find an egg too.  He hunted high and low.


His brother just seemed very happy with his find, and walked around with a huge smile on his face.


Meanwhile the girls were hunting for their objects, but could not see them.


Some hidden more creative than others.


Eventually they found their first object, the L.O.L. Surprise.


My youngest daughter now desperate to find something like her sister had.


Soon enough every item had been found, except one.  I watched as the girls kept running past its hiding place.


Then they both seemed to spot it at once and it seemed a race to reach it


My youngest daughter just beating her sister to it!


The girls then settled down to look at their prizes and open the L.O.L. Surprise.  Each layer was carefully opened by the zip image.  Each layer a different colour to show you had only removed one.


Each layer had a different surprise, from jokes to stickers and cryptic funny images.  The girls could not wait to see what was next.



Some layers revealed secret hidden compartments which then contained larger objects like hair clips, or an accessory for a doll. 


The girls love blind bags and loved that the hidden compartments contained blind bags for them to open.


The girls loved their practise Easter egg hunt.  Not only did they get to have some fun running around in the garden but they also said they loved the special pass the parcel.  I think they mean their L.O.L. Surprise!  Even better they said they got some blind bags to open.  They loved their day!

This day I love a L.O.L. Surprise Easter hunt

Items for the hunt were provided in exchange for this post 
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At 7am on a Sunday morning I was awoken by two children requesting to ride their bikes.  Hardly focusing and struggling to wake up, I got the girls their breakfast before agreeing to take them out for the morning to ride bikes.  As my eldest is still building her confidence on two wheels I picked a local park to ride around which is nice and flat and usually quiet.  I also know it is possible to run around the lake in 15 minutes so figured it would be a nice route to ride around, and one suitable for both girls.


We started off around the lake, the girls riding through the muddy puddles and giggling as the muddy water splashed up their legs. 


As they cycled around the lake they stumbled upon wooden characters from Room on the broom.  They would both drop their bikes in a very excited fashion and run over to the characters to see which one they had found.


Before quickly jumping back on their backs again to see who else they could find. 


Our cycle ride took longer than originally planned, but it was a lot of fun hunting for the different characters.  The reward at the end of the ride, well to see if there is room on the broom!


Yes, there was room on the broom for two!

After a wonderful adventure it was time to ride into the sunset and head home!


This day I love is there room on the broom?
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Sunday

The Easter bunny paid a visit and left the girls Easter eggs all over the house.  My Mum came over and we took the girls to the local park for an Easter egg hunt.  They managed to find the eggs and won prizes on the tombola.  There was even a surprise visit from the Easter bunny himself.

Easter Egg Hunt

Monday

We had a day in the garden and the girls and the dogs had rather a lot of fun digging holes looking for worms.

digging for worms

Tuesday

My eldest and I spent the day playing in the garden and generally enjoying the nice weather.

My eldest

Wednesday

I took my eldest to an event at Eureka put on by ao.com.  The event looked at allergies and it was really informative.

allergy event

Thursday

When the weather is nice there can only be one option for dinner, a picnic!

picnic lunch

Friday

The girls are really enjoying using their CleverStix.  We had some fruit as snack in the garden and it was the perfect opportunity to use them.

Eating berries

Saturday

You cannot beat a game of dominoes in the garden

Playing dominoes in the garden

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It is no secret my girls love the Gruffalo, you only have to follow my Instagram feed to see that.  I saw online that the Forestry commission had opened up their Gruffalo trails and I knew I had to take the girls.  I searched online and discovered that some of the trails have a Gruffalo statue, there are 15 in total, and I wanted to find one near to us.

We chose Sherwood Pines and set off on our journey.  Having never been before we were not sure what to expect, we drove into the car park and parked our car.  There was a charge of £2 for parking but there were plenty of spaces.  I was amazed at how big it was.  It was clearly busy but yet it handled it very well.  The girls immediately began exploring.


We bought each girl an activity bag from the Rangers station and began our Gruffalo adventure.


The girls ran around the forest looking for Gruffalo, mouse, fox, owl and snake.  There were letters hidden on some of the signs and my eldest daughter wrote them down on the activity sheet.  They loved exploring and finding Gruffalo dens.









But then in the distance we spotted something,

He had terrible tusks and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws


He had knobbly knees and turned out toes


A poisonous wart at the end of his nose


His eyes were orange and his tongue black


and purple prickles all over his back


Oh help! Oh no! we found a Gruffalo 


But we were the scariest creatures in the woods and the Gruffalo was scared of us


We had a lovely time exploring Sherwood Pines and searching for a Gruffalo.  It made for a perfect Autumn day walking through the leaves and exploring the woods, best of all it was free to do so!  The girls had a really wonderful time and my daughter took the activity pack into school for show and tell.

The girls had so much fun Gruffalo hunting that when we came home they had the story for bed time, well we had to really.


This day I love A Gruffalo Hunt
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The girls and I love exploring outdoors to see what we can find.  I have thought about giving her a list of things to find but at the moment she is still a little too young, instead we play the rainbow game.  My daughter knows the colours of the rainbow, she can both sing and sign the song, and loves the fun of exploring whilst out.  

The game is simple whilst out try and find something in nature to match each of the colours of the rainbow.  It is great because it gets children looking and exploring nature and even young children can play, as there is no need to read or match pictures.

Red

We found some red berries high up in the tree which my eldest pointed out and some bright red leaves on our Acer tree

red acer leavesred berries in the tree


Yellow

We also found a bee and some buttercups.  We managed to find quite a lot of yellow today.

yellow flowers

Pink

We searched high and low for something pink but could not find anything.  We even dug holes to find worms but to no luck.  We will look this weekend for something pink.

out searching for something pink

 Green

My eldest found a green fly.  She loves picking up bugs and creepy crawlies at the moment.  Taking a photo of a green fly with your phone whilst your eldest wants to play with the green fly is rather tricky.

holding a green fly

Purple

My eldest pointed this out, she was fascinated by the shape.  I had to explain not to touch.


purple thistle

Orange and Blue

The orange sand and the blue of the lake was just to beautiful an opportunity to pass up.  Our dog loved swimming in the lake whilst my eldest played in the sand.  

playing in the sand

The rainbow game is a great way to introduce colours and to get children looking and exploring whilst out and about.  When she is older I could be very specific like find plants and flowers or animals but at the moment its things whilst we are out.  We also don't do the colours in order at the moment as this would make the game harder too.  It is a lot of fun and my eldest enjoys the search and fun of finding the colours.

This day I love finding the rainbow

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My name is Leyla, also known as Mum to my 3 humans and dog Mum to J. I have a passion for the outdoors and love to run. I can often be found off road exploring the trails and fells and covering distances all the way up to 50 miles. As a family we love travelling and discovering new adventures, as I try and run around the world!

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