Holiday Fun with Friends - Lyme Park

The Summer holidays has been a bit strange for me this year, previously I was a SAHM, and spent everyday trying to entertain the children, this year I went back to work and it has made a very different holidays.  It has ended up that I have the boys 2 days, my hubby has 1 day and the other 2 split between the grandparents.

Being down to 2 days a week has meant I have made days out more special and made plans with friends.  So far I have met up with Stacey from Mummy M's Memories and her girls and my other good friend Vicky from Mummy3 + 1dog and her girls.

We went to Lyme Park with Stacey and the girls and completed the Gruffalo trail, it entertained the children for a while but wasn't as good as other trails we had done. 

Along the route, the boys were off climbing trees, seeing how high they could climb, then there was the barefoot trail, and once i caught up i came to a pile of shoes and socks and the boys half way round, lol.

J, O & S aka My 3 little monkeys....

We enjoyed a picnic lunch in the garden and then they (the children) were off rolling down the hills and investigating the games that were out, leaving Stacey and I to chat in peace... It didn't last long. 

Staceys youngest S found a worm and kept scaring the boys and giggling, it was funny to see the boys running off.  

We then moved on from the gardens to an alternative trail where you can build dens, the dens had just been taken down, so lots of fresh branches to chose from and a fresh den was made.

Teamwork

We all had great fun building the den and the boys didn't want to leave and are keen to return for more den building fun.

J, O & S and the finished Den

Thanks for reading. x

Glasses and a 5yr Old

Today we had an appointment with the orthoptist with S, due to a referral whilst being checked at school.  We had this issue when O was checked but he was fine, and it was put down to getting distracted during the test, was half expecting the same with S as I know he can be distracted very easily.

S completed the tests required, but he seemed to be struggling with his right eye, which corresponded with his school results, he now had to have drops (a dye) put in his eyes, wait 30 minutes to then see the optician.  I thought we would only be 10-15 minutes, guess I was wrong.

After 30 minutes we were called in, his eyes were checked and it was confirmed S needed glasses.....  This is now all new to me, as he is the first of my boys to need glasses, but as I had to go to work, it would have to be dealt with later.

Once the hubby was home, S and I nipped into town to go and pick some glasses, he was worried that people would call him names, I was shocked as he's only 5, but after some reassurance he was happy.  We went into a couple of shops, but nothing that suited and when we found 1 he liked, I was informed if they were broken it would be £20 everytime for fixing, I decided to try somewhere else.

The third and final place he found 2 frames he liked which fitted, he's only small so we struggled with finding small enough ones that suited his face.  He tried them on and was happy, we now have to wait till next week to get them.  I'm just hoping that maybe his clumsiness might calm down, I suppose I can live in hope.

 We have now collected his glasses and he now looks even cuter.  Trying to get him to wear them in a bit of a battle but its getting easier, and no breakages so far.... fingers crossed.

S looking super cute in his glasses

Thanks for reading. x