A teddy bears picnic

One of the things we wanted to do this summer was a teddy bears picnic. We were lucky enough to find one was being organised as part of our local carnival, at a beautiful park local to where we live. So our theme this week has been about picnics and the summer (a good job as it feels like the weather is starting to feel a little more Autumnal!).

This week we have been reading 

1. Skip through the seasons - a beautiful looking book by a company called Barefoot books, by Stella Blackstone and Maria Carluccio. We have a couple by them out from the library and they are very visually inspiring. I think this one in particular I am going to buy as a book to help the boys learn about seasons as they grow up - it is also great for them spotting things in the pictures.

2. We're going on a picnic - by Pat Hutchins. Although I loved some of the illustration, this hasn't been one of my favourite books - that's definitely the advantage of trying to find specific things through the library or second hand.

TIP - when you are buying books on Amazon you can often get new or used books slightly or considerably below the full price. Just remember to consider where they are being posted from, and postage costs.

We had a fabulous time at the teddy bears picnic! We took our teddy bears with us and there were lots of people there. We had a teddy bear themed picnic including this lovely recipe for cheese biscuits that I got from Pinterest.

Although the boys didn't go on anything they loved the music that was playing in the bandstand and seeing everything that was happening around them. I'd definitely go back next year, and hopefully take part in the teddy bear parade. Shortly after the picnic the boys were ready to be off and playing so we packed up and went to play instead.

The boys loved their teddy bear biscuits! And they even tried a bit of egg which they haven't been bothered about before. It was a good reminder to keep trying foods with them.

We haven't done so many crafts this week but we did manage to do some colouring at the end of the week and used a teddy bear as our shape to bring the theme to a close.