Sunbeam Hats

Central Coast, NSW We're just back from school sports day. Dressing up race, always a favourite! We noticed just how many children don't...

Sometimes it's tough being the littlest explorer. Mini legs and arms can't quite keep up with big brother's running, climbing and...

'Twas a weekend of strawberries! And raspberries. Nom nom nom. We've already gathered our dandy dandelions earlier this year, and cordial...

Hours of sandy fun - marble run, but in the sun. Winner. Endless tracks... have a nosey at Instagram to see our more ambitious efforts!

The sun keeps teasing us, but we've still not packed away our winter coats just yet! However, this week we've loved making the most of...

We've fended off the birds. The rabbits. The slugs. The snails*. But nothing, NOTHING, can fend off a toddler from a strawberry patch....

A kind ship mate (Babs), told us about this coloured-water experiment with flowers. So, we enjoyed a happy half hour gathering white...

Apparently it's "No mow May"....there's certainly lots of dandelions around. We've made our dandelion biscuits and now we're onto fun...

Oh the wonder of growing things with mini explorers! But sometimes it's a bit of a wait to get to the good stuff (ripe strawberries and...

Rumour has it there's some holibops abroad going on...Malta, Greece, Crete...we're very jealous but so thrilled you and your little ones...

A cheeky aside from stories of little people activities. I was chatting to a stranger at the beach this week, mentioned that we'd lived...

The simple pleasure of having a sift through some new gubbins. Crinkly seaweed, a scratchy cuttlebone and a smooth limpet shell or two....

A bat, a ball, some stumps and absolutely zero understanding of the rules. Much like their mother!

The elderflower has kept us busy these past few weeks. Always some to pick. And so easy to make into cordial. And then pop in the...

This is a magic summer-time activity for wildlife loving explorers...watching a caterpillar turn into a butterfly. We'd watched our tiny...

Not all explorers live near the sea... so we navigated a river instead. We hired a boat. We took a Captain's hat. AND sun hats. We...

No originality here, when it's sunny, we go to the beach. And it never fails to please. We built a line of pebbles ALL the way to the...

We almost forgot to go see the bluebells with this drippy weather but they're as magical as ever, we've been back a few times now. Lots...

Every explorer needs hard tack (ahem, biscuits) for the long journeys! We grazed the dandelion fields of sometimes-sunny-England and made...

We're taking a long time to get anywhere at the moment...so many ladybirds to stop and say hello to; or save from the perilous path of...