Half term has been lovely

Unseasonably warm

And we have made the most of it

A couple of trips out toward the end of the week

But mostly long, lazy pyjama days at home

Filled with plenty of play

Our Tuff Spot has been a pumpkin patch farm

One side soil and one side hay

Esther and William planted pretend pumpkins

Before digging them all up and out again

I used a orange glass beads

And yellow pom poms for pumpkins

I set out lots of little plant pots

And some plastic gardening tools

William very quickly decided he needed

Both a digger and a dumper truck

To help him with his work

Esther was keen to get her hands dirty

Taking pumpkin pom poms and planting them in the pots

Her and William worked together to take down

And rebuild the stone wall

It is lovely to see them act out scenarios like this together

Really playing together

Rather than just alongside one another

Esther soon decided that she wanted to play differently

While William was happy to keep on digging and mixing

Breaking and fixing

He was in his element

Totally and utterly in it

Esther decided that she wanted to make the hay into hay bales

So we searched for string and began tying

She then brought her ponies out to play

And her Godmother showed her how to feed them

And make a stable for them

Using hay as bedding

It was very special watching them play together

Esther also found some shells in the garden

From a previous small world play

And started to make shell gardens

Inside the little pots

She was very proud of her creations

And so was I

I was proud of how both my children engaged with this pumpkin patch play

ps) Do you like Esther and William’s pyjamas? They are Hatley Henley Stars. Made for us! And bought from the rather wonderful Little Sunflowers