All Garden Fun

It's been lovely to be able to let our children run about in the garden in the sun. While I'm making tea I put a big bowl of water out for the 2 little boys (and whoever joins in!), and they fetch the water pistols and beakers and they spend the next half hour charging about the garden like maniacs - mainly missing each other or getting direct hits to the eyeball or eardrum! It's been nice for my partner to hear them squealing and laughing while he is spending so much time in bed recovering.

We have a little old wooden house that they play in during the warmer months, and they like to eat their lunch in there as a 'picnic tea'. It's really old and we have it 3rd hand, so it's got damp in the corners and a leaking roof, and the door won't shut properly. I assumed they'd cost hundreds, but I was really pleasantly surprised when I saw this pretty little house for £161.95

I couldn't help but smile when I saw the Radio Flyers. For me they will always be synonymous with camping and holidays and festivals. If you have small children and are going to a music festival they are worth their weight in gold. They are your carry-all, your pushchair, your child's bed, your way to keep a child out of the direct effects of the weather and the saviour of your back!

As I was thinking about camping I looked to see what barbeque equipment they have. We use a fairly small barbeque with 2 halves (veggie on the right, meat on the left). I've been quite jealous when some friends of mine have discussed some of the amazing things they've cooked on a barbeque recently, and we've discussed buying a paella pan. I think it would be lovely when we're away to be able to throw a load of fresh ingredients into a huge pan and let it cook over the barbeque. It's all too easy to resort to packets too much when you're away, although my children would go mad if I didn't let them have at least one Pot Noodle....

You have to look at your dream item, right? It's a thing....

When I was a child some friends had an amazing swing set and I thought they must be millionaires. I was so jealous, I loved playing on it, I felt it was like having a park at home. Turns out you don't have to be a millionaire, and in a year or so's time when the little ones are a bit older, I'd love to find the room for something like this one from  All Garden Fun

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