Frog Marching!

 Today I took the girls on a march of a different kind - a frog march!!

It was organised by the rangers in one of the parks and basically involved a lovely, long (well very long) walk.  We walked through the vast woodlands in the park, moving from pond to pond looking out for frogspawn and frogs.

Masha'allah the girls did so well.  Fifi walked all the way and only asked to be picked up a few times.  The others in the group were ven impressed with her, especially when they found out she's just 2 years old.

Nur on the other hand did complain. 

She complained of the walking, of the mud and of the bushes in her way as she walked!! 

I'm hoping more outdoor activities like this will actually build her resilience to these things.  I'm sure deep down she does enjoy it, being out in the fresh air even if she does look forward to another episode of Peter Rabbit when she gets back.

In the next few days i'm going to be getting organised for these excursions which means buying another backpack and maybe some wellies, what do you think?

(By the way the odd colour socks are a happy compromise that was reached after fighting over which colour socks to wear whilst getting changed in the morning - I was impressed!!)