Galway
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Rescuing a starfish
Today we got to be real-life Octonauts! Ari was splashing around in a tide pool and we spotted a large starfish slowly moving around on the sand. The pool was already dozens of meters from the receding tide, so we sounded the Octo-alert and in the absence of a sweet Tweak-designed GUP, we managed to… Continue reading
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Photowalk Scavenger Hunt: Signs of Spring
Ari, Ada and I went for a walk today in Barna Woods. When we got out of the car and I got Ada settled into her sling, I handed Ari his camera and told him we were going to have a little scavenger hunt: he had to take photos of as many signs of spring… Continue reading
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Winter photowalk
Ari and I regularly bundle up for what we call “a lap and nap”, whereby we do a lap of our estate and Ada gets in her last nap of the day. Today we decided to turn it into a photowalk, as it was such a crisp and gorgeous winter afternoon. Things we photographed: the… Continue reading
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Question: What do you want to remember about today?
Today was Ari’s first day back after the Christmas break. I asked him “What do you want most to remember about your first day back at school today?”. I used to have a teacher called Neela but I don’t anymore. Ari, 5 I also asked him if he was sad about it but he said… Continue reading
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Question: What was the most surprising thing about the fog today?
That the smoke from the chimneys on the houses mixed with the fog and made it even thicker so you couldn’t drive through it. Ari, 5 This was a good one! It was a very foggy day, but manageable. We were trying to drive down to a local playground and had to take an alternate… Continue reading
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Baboró 2023
Galway’s got a lot going on for such a small city, and this time of year there’s a children’s festival on called Baboró. Since we arrived right before Covid struck, (and last year Ari wasn’t the right age for any of it) we’d never been, but this year we pounced when the programme was announced… Continue reading
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Real life Octonauts in Galway
Today in Ari’s class’ parents WhatsApp group, someone mentioned that a scientific research ship was moored in the Galway docks and was open to visitors. Nathalie quickly booked a couple of free tickets and when the time came, we told Ari that we were going to visit a boat that sailed around the world studying… Continue reading
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We’re at Barna woooooooods!
When Ari was just a lil baby we got him his own camera, this is one of a series of posts of photos from his camera. Titles by Ari! Continue reading
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Apple picking
We visited friends today in their new home, and it had the most gorgeous apple tree. They kindly invited Ari to pick some and we came home with quite the tasty haul! Continue reading
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A picnic of plums and hot chocolate
Plums hot choc quote The Enchanted Wood, Enid Blyton After we recently explored one end of our newly renovated local lane, Ari had the idea to bring Ben down it and surprise him with a picnic at the end, as there was a lovely big tree and grassy patch there. We’ve been reading Enid Blyton’s… Continue reading
