Chloe Ridgway

Fruit Picking at Canalside Farm

What a summer!  I don’t know about you but I’m exhausted (in the best kind of way!).  It’s been full on and intense and challenging and brilliant fun all at the same time.  The girls go back to school in two days time so we’ve been spending time looking at our Summer Bucket List this morning and…

Project Happy {Year 4}: Days 171-180

The end of the summer holidays is upon us. The next #projecthappy post will be once the girls are all back at school and we’re firmly settled back into the routine of school runs, after school clubs and homework.  It’s been a lovely final burst of adventures and as I look back through all the…

Summer Afternoons at Shugborough

We are very lucky to have several National Trust properties within about an hour of where we live, which is partly why we decided to invest in an annual pass – there are so many places nearby that we want to explore that it seemed silly not to really.  The closest one to us (literally…

Little Loves: August 2017

We’re currently coming to the end of Week Five of the summer holidays and it’s certainly been a month to remember for all sorts of reasons. Here are all the little things I’ve been loving lately throughout August… READ I’ve not read very much this month at all.  We’ve either been out and about having fun or I’ve…

Project Happy {Year 4}: Days 161-170

And just like that we’re over two thirds of the way through the summer holidays, with less than two weeks left before the girls go back to school.  I really don’t want them to go back.  I know I keep saying it but I honestly don’t know where the time is going.  2017 seems to…

Fun In The Sun At Trentham Gardens

I have written several times before about how much we love Trentham Gardens – it seems that no matter how many times we visit there is always somewhere new to explore and something new to discover.  We spent the afternoon there one sunny Saturday near the beginning of the summer holidays, making the most of the…

When Ella’s Dream Came True: Meeting Jacqueline Wilson at The Foundling Museum

I’ve been blogging for about 18 months now and, whilst I’ve not earned a single penny for my work (yet), I have been able to create some fun experiences for my girls to take part in.  They may not pay the bills but they are teaching my daughters many valuable lessons: to say “yes” to having adventures; to grab opportunities with both hands; to…

Inspiring Learning with Lucky Gecko Discovery Boxes

Just before the summer holidays started, the lovely team at Lucky Gecko sent the girls some of their Discovery Boxes to review.  They arrived on a busy mid-week morning amidst a flurry of end-of-term excitement – all three girls were so surprised to have had parcels delivered that were actually addressed to them that they wanted…