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I’m pleased to say this ended as I had hoped - d

I’m pleased to say this ended as I had hoped - dry 😀.⁣
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With playgrounds having been shut for weeks, we are eternally grateful to whoever fixed the rope swings over the Little Avon River - a new, delicious countryside discovery (thanks @bobbacon80) not far from us.⁣
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It was the perfect outing for one of the UK’s most cracking blue-sky, green-leafed summer’s days, and we barely saw another soul.
Counterbalanced of course by two tiny tearaways trashing the house and emptying our only two bottles of hand gel all over their bedroom, one sister ‘accidentally’ knocking over an entire bottle of water into the sleeping other’s bed and putting Velcro balls in her hair (which I had to cut out last time and will be spending most of today trying to remove) 😫🤯. ⁣
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Hope you had a lovely Bank Holiday ☀️

The discovery of a water fountain and my lack of s

The discovery of a water fountain and my lack of spare clothes/shoes could only lead to one thing when we popped over to @kingsweston_house the other day...two tiny sopping wet creatures 🦆🦆. ⁣
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Luckily, my parenting skills ran as far as to make sure it happened at the END of the walk round this pretty estate in Bristol 😂.⁣

Taken just before she insisted on only walking in

Taken just before she insisted on only walking in her knickers...knickers that were stuffed with all the foliage you see before you...😬⁣
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Also taken just before a massive heron took flight right in front of us 🤩 .⁣
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This was the first time we’d ever been to Eastwood Farm, Brislington - I’ve walked on the other side of the river here (from Conham River Park) but didn’t know about this sneaky little, countryside-feeling green space. ⁣
We had a picnic by the river, looked longingly at a closed @beesesbristol and I thanked my lucky stars for all Bristol’s greenery, which has saved our lockdown asses mentally, and which is a joy to explore. ⁣
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Have you found anywhere new in your local area since lockdown began?

This time at home has really given me a chance to

This time at home has really given me a chance to hone my makeup skills 🤪. ⁣
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Not really, this is what happens when you attempt a 0.0045 minute lie-down in the hammock with a face paint-obssessed 4 year old around 😂. ⁣
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To be fair, it kept her entertained for at least 20 minutes and I made her use the nice stuff (rather than the red slick that we were unable to remove completely the other day 😬). ⁣
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The design is apparently a ‘golden bird’, although I felt more like an 80s clown? 🤡

I’m ashamed to say I was a Trooper’s Hill virg

I’m ashamed to say I was a Trooper’s Hill virgin before yesterday. I’ve written about the place nuuuumerous times for work, but never actually been there...whhaaaaaaat. After weeks going to the same place, my visit was all the sweeter and I’m a little bit in love with the place. ⁣
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I took the littlest one with me - we find that the ‘divide and conquer’ tactic is currently the best approach in the morning.⁣
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Homelearning has been reduced to sending the 6 year old upstairs to sit next to Doug while he works and I give into to a sh*t ton of glitter and glue with the 4 yr old maniac downstairs 😬. ⁣
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She turned feral pretty quickly yesterday, so I took her out ASAP and the one-on-one walk was a completely different experience to trying to herd the two of them, quite calm in fact! ⁣
There was hardly anyone else around as we clambered up and down the burrow-like nature reserve, gazed over a very green-looking Bristol for miles and delved into woods I never knew were there. Lovely @friendsoftroopershill.⁣
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Photo credit: little S💫 ⁣

Restrictions on exercising might have been lifted

Restrictions on exercising might have been lifted slightly, but we’re pretty happy exploring our same local patch of green space. ⁣
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Part of me longs for a change of scene and another part just wants to be close to where we feel safe. ⁣
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Most of yesterday can be summed up in 3 words: non-stop bickering. And kids muttering expletives - not intentionally, turns out ‘currants’ sounds a lot like something else 🤣. We hit a groove around 3pm, and by that I mean the girls took themselves off and played nicely on their own for a couple of hours. ⁣
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Yes, they trashed their bedroom, BUT they tidied it up afterwards (in exchange for the promise of a movie). It’s only taken 8 weeks (plus the rest of their lives), but that there is the WIN!
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