Tuesday, July 24, 2007

School Holidays - Kids activities that don't cost the earth.

Its only the second day of the School Holidays and what bliss. No more getting up at 7am to get breakfast, sort out drinks bottles, make sure the book bag has the right book in it and of course drive to the school and try to find a parking space. Its been quite peaceful in the Green Eyed Frog house in the early mornings. I have been getting up at a leisurely 8am hung washing out and doing over an hours work before the children even appear at 10am. I just get too tired in the evenings trying to fit all the household chores in, ironing for the cottage and catching up on voluntary work.

I have some ideas of things I'm going to do with the children that won't cost a fortune, are educational and hopefully they will enjoy!

Nature Trails
Take the children on walking trips in the town or country. We will be exploring the footpaths in our village. Now that my youngest is three he can hopefully walk for long enough before getting bored or tired. A list of things we will be taking:

  • Binoculars - for looking at the local wildlife and identifying birds. My eldest son thought he saw an Eagle in the garden the other week!
  • Usbourne spotters guides
    Very handy little books on wildflowers, wild birds and insects
  • Digital Camera
    For taking photos of the bugs and creatures we may see
  • Notebook and Pencils
    For drawing the insects and flowers and writing notes about them
  • Blanket
    For mummy to sit on
  • Water bottles
This all sounds very nice doesn't it but we have yet to go on our nature trail as its been raining too much. I'll let you know how it goes.

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Rain, Rain go Away

Its been raining for so many weeks now and the flooding keeps getting worse. I wonder just how much of this can be attributed to climate change and global warming. Fortunately, in Suffolk we have been OK. Green Eyed Frog and family live on a high plateau which has been earmarked for a windfarm closeby so I know that the only flooding we are likely to get is localised on the roads as the water runs off the fields. I feel so sorry for the people who have lost their homes and possessions, I just hope that the water will soon subside and people can get back to normal and start repairing the damage.

Our cottage in Mundesley, North Norfolk, is close to a Beck and small stream. When it rains the water follows a path down the side of the house into the ditch at the bottom of the garden. Our holiday makers are having a very wet but enjoyable break at least they can still hook up to the internet and read the blogs!

A break between the rain at the beach in Mundesley!

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Green Eyed Frog in Sunday Mirror

A few weeks ago the Sunday Mirror asked for some photos of our organic cotton string bags. We queued up for our copy of the newspaper the following Sunday but no bags were mentioned. Today we have had a growing number of orders for bags and have since found out that Green Eyed Frog were in todays Sunday Mirror. If anyone out there has a copy of the Sunday supplement with the 'bag' page please can you send it to me or scan and email across.


The first copy I receive will get a FREE string bag! (remember to include your contact details).