It looks like our Summer weather may be returning, so more hot sweaty sleepless nights preceded by great days out which end in really tired toddlers, result!  Sunny days can only mean one thing it’s picnic time in my household J

 

Picnics are the perfect way to spend some time together with minimal fuss, which is what I’m all about these days! You don’t need to spend a fortune either – make food, pack food, get in car, GO! I’ve jotted down a few notes which will hopefully help you have a great picnic.

 

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I took last Friday off to spend the day with my little boy Kian, I had the day planned out we’d go to the park, slide down the slide 100 times, play in the garden with the dog, water the flowers and generally have an outdoorsy day.  Last week Monday through to Thursday was 75 plus degrees and blistering sunshine, however, the gods clearly anticipated my plans and when I was ‘gently’ woken at 6.30am by the musical tones of my 18month old I looked out the window to what I can only describe as ‘the end of the world’ weather, rain, thunder, lightening, we were just missing a plague of locust to round it off! So desperately I was wondering what do you do with ‘my heir to the empire’ when it’s pouring down outside? There’s only so many chocolate rice crispy cupcakes you can make before you feel like pulling your hair out!

 

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