Day 30 - Reflections

When I first set out to do 30 wild things I thought it would be easy but I found it  hard to fit in wild things everyday on top of things we would normally do.  We are lucky because we cycle to and from school, weekends are often spent walking in the country or playing at the park, but to do more on top of this was hard to fit in with homework.

I really enjoyed geocaching - that is something to do again! I also enjoyed the BioBlitz and am looking forward to that next year.

I would also like do more for wildlife in our garden but I think that is going to take planning.

Day 29 - Teddy Bear's picnic

Today we took out our teaset and teddies and had a tea party with recipes from Mud Pies and Other Recipes. 

Day 28 - Have a picnic

Today whilst E was at gym competition we found time to have a picnic outside.  We sat under a fab oak tree (sheltering from some a few drops of rain) to eat and the girls enjoyed playing on and around it.

Day 27 - look at trees

Today we looked at the different trees growing in our garden by comparing leaf shape and colour, height, fruit and whether they are evergreen or deciduous.  We also enjoyed feeling the different leaves.

Day 26 - bedtime stories outside

Today we read bedtime stories outside (just before it rained!).

Day 25 - look at bees

Today we went out and looked at bees in our garden.  Disappointingly we didn't see that many but it was late in the day (after school).  We saw a couple of honey bees, a bumblebee (I think it was tree bumblebee although the only photo I got of it was quite blurry so not uploaded) and what I think are Ivy Bees (but am happy to be corrected!)

Day 24 - examine a tree

Today we looked at the apple tree. The girls climbed it, looked at the bark and apples growing, saw ants on the bark and looked at the top and bottom of the tree. We tried to reach round its trunk and estimated its height.