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Summer family days out: Story Bus Tour

15 Wednesday Jul 2015

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Are you always looking for different ideas for days out with the kids? We did the Story Bus tour on the 4th July to Russborough House in Wicklow and thoroughly enjoyed it.

We met the bus at the Ibis hotel near the Red Cow Inn on the Saturday afternoon at 2 pm. Lots of kiddies and parents on board of all ages. On the journey to Russborough House, the fairy story begins as the Katie the narrator tells the story of the fairies with lots of actions and interaction from the children and parents.

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On the bus

On arrival at Russborough House, each child is given a map and a special mission relating to the story they have just been told.  The adventure and mission led us to a cute little ‘fairy’ village.

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Entering the fairy trail

After accomplishing the mission, we all enjoyed a Fairy picnic with Fairy juice and treats organised especially for the 4th July tour.

At the end of the journey, back on the bus where the story is concluded and all the the little kiddies are given a mission for the summer. You are dropped back to your car at 6pm.

I was  surprised at how much the story and tour captured Freddie’s imagination (he’s almost 4) and how much he got the whole concept and enjoyed the day. They say it is suitable from 2 years plus but i think the best ages for the tour are 3 – 7 years. Reilly was with us too but being 21 months hadn’t a notion what was going on.

Overall, it was a really great day out and so nice for the four of us to do something together and have family time with the added bonus of getting to visit somewhere that we have never been to before. Russborough House is stunning, we will be paying it a return visit over the summer.

Story Bus  have some tours planned in Cork, Galway and Dublin in August that might be of interest, the details and special offers are on their website www.thestorybus.com.

Dublin Mummy x

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Summer reading list: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

09 Thursday Jul 2015

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I have been reading lots of thrillers recently so decided to change things up and try a different genre. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline is an epic story of an rich elderly Irish emigrant and a troubled teenage girl, an unlikely pair brought together by circumstance, only to find their life stories have alot in common.

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Children waking too early during the summer months?

08 Wednesday Jul 2015

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I don’t ever want to moan about summer, summer is great but there is just one negative in our household….my two little fellas wake quite literally at the break of dawn with the bright mornings.  Continue reading →

Second baby syndrome

02 Thursday Jul 2015

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I got a rare opportunity last week to have the morning off with just my little man aged 20 months. Childcare broke down and my plan B and plan C were off on hols and so i had to take a day off work last week and it was great. I got to play at being at a stay at home mum for the day.

The day started with me getting the chance to drop my little boy (aged 3) off to playschool, a super rare occurrence. I often feel very envious of all the ladies in their jeans dropping off their kiddies off to school as i battle my way on to the luas for another rat-race day. But today was different, i was be-jeaned and part of the school drop-off gang.

Being a mum of two, i never get to have time just with the youngest fella. So i brought the ball of chubby cuteness swimming for a mother and toddler swim in a nearby swimming pool.

Reilly in his swimcap

Little man looking apprehensive before his big swim

As much i treasured this time with him , i was overcome with ferocious mammy guilt. His older brother was enrolled in water babies as soon as he was 6 months and a big production was made of us bringing him every Saturday (he hated it by the way, only did the one course), but poor baba number two is 20 months old before he sees the inside of the pool.

I also realised with a terrible shock that i don’t know him very well and it felt strange just for us to be on our own together which is really very sad. Sure, i know him as part of a duo with his brother but i don’t know him on his own and as an individual.

Although my stay-at-home day didn’t end up as i had hoped. I am grateful that my childminder had to take the day off because now i know that i really need to work on my relationship with my beautiful little boy and get to know each other better.

Mid-year resolution, give them both more one on one time!

Have you ever experienced second baby syndrome where you feel they are not getting as much attention as their older sibling?

Dublin Mummy x

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