Since Boo was a tiny baby, I quickly understood the importance of fresh air. The days I took her out in her pram, she slept better at night.
Fast forward to the toddler years and it still stands.
Thankfully we live on a farm now (we didn’t when she was born) so there is fresh air in abundance, if you excuse the occasional ‘farm smell.’
Boo loves the outdoors. I went a bit mad last summer and bought quite a few outdoor toys-a sandpit, a water pool, a mini trampoline and a basket ball hoop.
The trampoline was a great success.
To be honest though, living on the farm has taught me one great lesson, little ones do not need ‘stuff’ to have fun.
Boo enjoys picking blades of grass to feed to the animals. She likes playing with straw and hay and making a bit of a mess with it. She likes jumping in muddy puddles (Peppa Pig style) and going seeing all of the animals. Even on very cold days we go on one of our farm walks.
Somehow we’ve got into a little routine-chickens, rabbits, dogs, horses, sheep. In that order. Sometimes we go back-say if the rabbits need water or the chickens need food.
It is so much easier in the summer.
In the winter it takes 20 minutes to prepare to go out.
My biggest tip here is layering.
Boo usually wears a vest then whatever outfit she has on. If we go outside, she wears another layer-maybe a cardigan or a gilet, her coat. Hat, scarf, gloves and wellies.
I do find wellies quite a cold shoe but with the addition of wellie socks, they become toasty and warm.
At weekend I found a mouse balaclava in the sale at Monsoon. It is a great addition to our winter wardrobe here.
It is very hard to get Boo to go in. I usually have to bribe her with something-shall we go and have a hot chocolate, go and watch Peppa, go and see Minnie (her favourite toy).
In the summer I don’t bother. We have a fenced off area so I know she is relatively safe.
We are very lucky to live where we are and I don’t ever take it for granted.
I hope Boo will grow up with a sense of freedom and to love animals and the outdoors. I also hope she realises how lucky she is.
That looks pretty much perfect to me-I love the photo of her in her nappy pushing the pram! I agree, you can just pop out in the summer whereas just now it’s a military operation to get ready to go out and then you have the mess and delay erring once you’re in again. Fingers crossed Spring isn’t too far around the corner 🙂
So many lovely photos. I think you’re absolutely right, they (and us!) do need fresh air, and it needn’t be loads of toys, though my pair love their little trampoline, as just wondering around and discovering the world out there is adventure enough for them. Loving that hat, too 😉 #CountryKids
Looks like a fantastic place to grow up. I didn’t live on a farm when I was a kid but we had loads of animals and I still have fond memories of those.
What a lovely collection of photos – thank you for sharing! And it certainly looks like the outdoor toys were money well spent.
Thanks for linking up your lovely post – Boo is definitely a Country Kid and a very stylish one too. Like you I am a strong advocate of getting outdoors and enjoying what nature has to offer and it looks like Boo embraces that wholeheartedly too. Our children also enjoy the freedom of where we live which gives them great opportunities for wonderful play, I also hope they realise how fortunate they are. Thanks for coming over and sharing with Country Kids.
I want a go on the quad bike with all that mud hehe! A lovely location to live x
It looks like your daughter has a lot of fun! #CountryKids