Autumn 2023

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It's definitely getting autumnal around here. We're back in our 'school year' routine, which is familiar and regular on the whole - exactly what we need after the action filled summer months.

That said, the seasons move on and we're fully into Autumn, pumpkin picking and carving, and dressing up! We went to a pumpking picking farm where Cody met a pig for the first time (he shook like a leaf as he tried to sniff it!) and the kids found enormous pumpkins, then enjoyed equally enormous marshmallows...




Roasting...





Watching over the fence...

We also took part in a few community activities as it was half term - getting dressed up for a Halloween party, cooking and baking with pumpkin, and of course some pumpkin carving as well.



Carving time


The perfectionist kept at it for aaaages

Bit of physical playtime

Learning to make sweet pumpkin treats at our local community centre

Pumpkin decor to hang in the windows!

A big highlight this month was attending a live concert of Andy and the Oddsocks! The kids are big fans, they were moshing at the front the entire time and then they even got to meet and greet them in person...



October is both the anniversary of the kids' baptism (in 2020) and my birthday, so we had some celebrating to do - for my birthday, I had a Wild Place membership for the whole family so we've got that to go to whenever we want to now, for the next year!

That Rosary was fun to pray - yummy!





Another fun day out we greatly enjoyed was spent with friends, in glorious sunshine at St Fagan's outdoor museum in Wales - actually not far from us!









...and finally, lots of crafty activities happened.

History of Bristol and chocolate workshop at the M-Shed


Dinner at Saltshakers craft afternoon

Creation of marshmallow and toothpicks


A building for lego men

Obligatory autumn craft involving conkers


... and their minds are already on the season to come!


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