4. Tropical fruits

Another saturday spend at home but we wanted the kids to learn to appreciate different foods and not be scared to try them, so we headed to asda and had the kids pick out as many fruits as they wanted to try, we ended up with 2 types of melon, dragon fruit, sharon fruit, pomegranite and a coconut. It was fun watching the kids (and our) reaction to new fruit! Dragon fruit was a definite fav!

3. We're making bug soup

After a crazy few weeks we weren't entirely settled into our new house so we decided to spend a few weekends at home so we could get a few jobs done. So we headed out into the garden. Steve took the older two out back and they went exploring! They made a basin of bug soup and learnt all about the art of composting.

2. Leeds Castle

We were headed to Maidstone for the weekend as my best friend was having a gathering and we were throwing her a surprise baby "sprinkle". So we decided to head to leeds castle the place Steve and I had had our engagement pictures taken nearly 5 years previously! It was absolutely freezing but it wasn't raining so we loaded up the side by side and the baby carrier and started the epic walk towards the castle. Jensen insisted on being carried around the entire castle but they liked seeing where the king used to sleep. We headed towards the maze and play area and as we looked up noticed the blackest clouds moving quickly towards us, so we turned straight around and decided we were willing to pay the £1 to get us all back to the car park on the train :). We did manage to get a quick family picture before the downpour started!

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1. Tiptree Jam museum

Seeing as we only moved into our new house on January 18th we decided to keep Saturday 25th January a little low key, we headed to Tiptree Jam Museum. We were expecting to actually see how jam was made or get to have testers so we were slightly underwhelmed by the room filled with jam making equipment! The kids seemed to enjoy picking out some jam pots and buying them with their own money! We also found some delicious cakes that we bought two of and they were amazing well worth the trip to tiptree! :)

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The challenge.....

We are setting ourselves the challenge to try new things and get out of the house every Saturday and do something to get get kids away from movies/tv/iPad. We will be using this blog to keep the track of this challenge and our life in general! It's pretty crazy most of the time but we wouldn't change it!- most days :)

Who are we....

The dad.... Steve, 27, auditor for EY, massive arsenal fan, pretty big lakers fan, newly pledged Philadelphia eagles fan. Served mission in indonesia, graduated with a Bsc in accounting from Oxford Brooks. Loves reading, playing sports and spending time with his family.

The mum... Liane 28, stay at home mum. Loves eating, baking, crafting. Bs in home and family living from BYU.

The big sister... Tayla nearly 4 loves dancing, parties (she has been planning her 4th birthday party since her 3rd was over), baking. A massive personality in a very little body, thinks shes 16. Does NOT stop talking. Loves her friends, watching betty crocker kitchens, costa and girls night. 

The boy... Jensen aged 2 copies EVERYTHING Tayla does, has recently found his voice. Loves to walk around covered in his blanket. Loves to help and a massive fan of cuddles and costa. 

The baby... Hallie 11 months old. This little girl is a dream, she still has no teeth likes to just scoot around after the big kids. A happy little girl with the best giggle.

So that is us.... The Mateers.....