Chaperone duty today for my daughter (9) my son and a couple of his mates (12). Its almost the end of Summer hols and I decided to get them away from their devices for the day to "touch the grass" (I'm learning the latest lingo!), was a lot of fun.
Of course, this meant responsible green-laning (litter pickers and refuse sacks) to some of our local byways. Chasing the hundreds of baby pheasants up the lanes and sending the kids ahead for beater duty to up and away the particularly stupid ones (stupid pheasants, not kids). Lots of deer around too!
Fresh air, beautiful countryside, questionable picnic (Im no Nigella), lots of running around and plenty of laughs.... its 10pm and they're actually sleeping at a sleep over!
I wonder if they'll remember days like today, or the (sadly) many more hours sat playing video games?
*edited to add* - I seem to have picked a photo where they're all looking particularly miserable though
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