Robinsons Get Your Skills on Challenge

When the Robinsons Fruit Shoot, Get Your Skills On challenge was first announced, I dismissed it. Not because I thought the challenge wasn't great, but more because the boys are so sporty that I thought I would struggle to motivate them to do the smaller skills. How wrong could I be? 

Both the boys have the odd fiend that is addicted to games consoles, that never get out in the garden and kick a ball or climb, but they are just not like that. Yes, they do have games consoles and they do use them. But they prefer the big outdoors. 

So I had sort of discounted the merits of the challenge, however the last week of depressing weather changed the mood of our home. The boys went from loving every bit of summer, to a bit fed up and sick of staying inside, and going to the cinemas. I kept trying to motivate them offered to take them to the cinemas once more, but they were not keen. Don't get me wrong they have had a great summer, but one week can make all the difference cant it?

Then I had an idea, I asked them to help me with this blog post, they had to learn and practice the skills, make videos when they achieved each goal. Then edit into a 60 second movie. They were so excited; firstly we all sat down and they chose the skills they wanted to practice, and display, and off they went to practice with their list. I took my phone and we spent a good couple of hours in the garden in the gale force winds with them completing the Robinsons Fruit Shoot Get Your Skills On challenge. The next day they continued and did so until they had completed all the tasks.

Heinz Alphabetti Book Quotes.

No, your eyes are not deceiving you, I have made a picture with letters from a tin of Alphabetti pasta. Why I imagine you are asking yourself. Please read to the end, I will explain some more.

The Ideal Home Show, Manchester.

On Friday I was fortunate enough to be given tickets by Dulux Bedroom in a Box, to the ideal home show in Manchester. I asked my Mother-in-Law Sheila to accompany me and she like me is mad about interior design. It was a beautiful sunny day and as we arrived just in time for the grand opening a brass band was playing to greet the guests.

The show was split into areas, Outdoors, Food and Housewares,  Home improvements, and interiors and Technology.There was had a special guest to host each area. Last time I visited the ideal home show was around 15 years ago, so I was really looking forward it.

Great British Home Quiz, My Shelfie

This week I took GREAT BRITISH HOME QUIZ the with Victoria Plumb bathrooms to find out my home style. It is part of a home style initiative and actually the result was quite funny. What would your shelfie say about you? Click on the link above to have a go,and win £250 in the process! 

My Results are:

You are Mrs Elegant
YOUR STyle IS MOST LIKE LADY MARY OR LORD GILLINGHAM FROM DOWNTON ABBEY.

Day and Night On Our Door Step in Spring

Recently I received an email detailing how to enter the Center Parcs and Tots100 May Challenge. The grand prize is to become a member of the Center Parcs Family Blogger Club. I know wow, we are massive Center Parks fans, and the boys have been every year since they were born. I really believe Center Parks is the perfect family break.

So I have hunted through my blog as I have taken lots of spring snaps, and wrote a list of what's missing to fill my inspired post.  I have looked at Pinterest and was inspired by the beautiful picture of the tree, from this I decided to post about a day and night on my door step, the Lancashire countryside.

I have always loved the countryside and have been snapping away since I started my blog, I have noticed things I never notice before. It has made me appreciate it so much more. We also went on a picture finding expedition to ensure we had just the right pictures for this post.

The problem is; we found too many, we tried to shortlist and couldn't so we all agreed we would make a collage for each subject we wanted to show,when discussing our idea of Day and Night on Our Doorstep.