The children loved Packwood House today with Nanny and I. Making dens in the yew hedges, looking for water boatmen in the sunken garden, climbing to the top of the sermon on the mount, admiring the tapestries, doing jigsaws (H) and practicing writing (A) in the activity room. It was freezing cold, especially during the picnic, but fresh air is always good. Alfie was thrilled to find a thick carpet of snowdrops in the spinney

Alfie was very tired when we got back and chilled watching CBeebies for a while, giving me some girl time with H to read books and do jigsaws