Having been a climber even before she could walk, we always presumed POD would relish taking to the trees. But her first experience of a treetop adventure, at Center Parcs last year, didn’t quite go to plan. She had to be rescued after accidentally letting go of a zip wire rope which led to her dangling mid-air. The heavy rain that followed didn’t ease the situation that’s for sure although she was back to her usual chirpy self after a hot chocolate.
You may remember just over a year ago the Premier League launched Primary Stars. It was a wonderful campaign to be involved with at it is a curriculum-based initiative designed to inspired children (aged 5 to 11) across PE and Sport, English, Maths and PSHE. The Primary Stars programme is backed by over a hundred Premier League and English Football Clubs along with industry experts like Edcoms, the PSHE Association and the National Literacy Trust, giving children the opportunity to learn, get active and develop life skills. The resources are free for teachers to use.
Goodness me how is it May already? The weeks seem be flying by at brake neck speed don’t they. No sign of summer yet (apparently it’s coming!) but we’ve made the most of the great outdoors when we can. POD recently took on a treetop adventure with Go Ape which she absolutely loved. She was so brave and went round the course so fast, she ended up doing it four times. And that included dangling mid air to check her harness would let her fall to the ground. She was perfectly safe. Much as she enjoyed the whole course, the zip wire was certainly her favourite part.
Those of you that have been following PODcast for a while will recall our previous school place challenges. Back in 2015, we’d expected POD to join the local school when she started reception. Everyone told us we’d get a place and we’d have nothing to worry about given the school was just up the road. We were well within the catchment too. As it happens, we were all wrong as POD didn’t get offered a place. We appealed against the decision but it was a battle we were never going to win. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, isn’t it?
The past month seems to have flown past doesn’t it? I’ve no idea how we’re in April already although we’ve had a busy few weeks with work and trips. It was great to see some snow in Surrey finally, POD relished the chance to build a snowman. We didn’t get masses of snow though so she actually ended up building three small snowmen instead. Her Daddy got to whizz her around the garden too which she loved. Hard to believe she’s only just experienced this at the age of seven. We’ve also managed to escape to some of our favourite National Trust sites including the Devil’s Punch Bowl where the photo above was taken.
Everyone loves Disney, don’t they? We certainly do so when the Disney Collection Plushes arrived, you can just imagine the excitement. POD had carefully opened the white box and peeled back the tissue paper to reveal Mickey Mouse, Snow White, Eeyore, Simba, Bambi and one of the dalmatians. There was a squeal before she announced she adored them all.
We all know The Tale of Peter Rabbit, the adventurous but somewhat mischievous hero created by Beatrix Potter. The book was an instant bestseller when it was originally published in 1901 and it continues to delight generations of readers.
Being huge fans of PJ Masks, we were thrilled to hear about the arrival of Season 2. It airs on Disney Junior from Wednesday 28th March at 4.30pm. To celebrate the forthcoming launch we got to have a peek at the first couple of episodes and have our own PJ Masks themed viewing party. You may remember we hosted one of these parties last year.
The Doves are a family of adventurers and we love to explore the great outdoors whenever we get the chance. Seven-year-old POD always enjoys creating treasure maps too so she was thrilled to hear we were going on an #OreoCookieQuest. If you’ve not heard about this yet, delicious cookie brand Oreo has launched an exciting on-pack competition and interactive cookie quest – you can play just by purchasing a promotional pack of Oreos. You could win a VIP trip to San Fransisco, explore the Wonderfilled city and experience the technology of tomorrow at GooglePlex in the Silicon Valley! Not only that, to celebrate those wonderfilled family moments, we’ve re-created our own scavenger hunt in this post which could win you a £100 Virgin Experience voucher!
We finally have snow in Surrey! Admittedly we’re not knee deep in the white stuff but heavy snow is said to be on its way. Having arrived on a white Christmas in 2010, we’re really hoping seven-year-old POD will get to build her first snowman, make snow angels and have a proper snowball fight. She thought the garden looked like Lapland when we had a light dusting so I cannot imagine how excited she’ll be if we get a proper covering. Fingers crossed, it would make her so very happy.
