7. Having our kids grow up in the country.. If you haven’t worked it out yet, we are now living in a shed on a nice patch of dirt not far out of a lovely town in New Zealand. We feel so lucky to be able to offer a country childhood to our kids.
We have only been here a couple of months.. and often I think it’s far easier and more enjoyable for the kids than it is for the adults – especially mummy who has to soak and wash the three outfits they ruin daily, go round killing at least a hundred flies a day, and cook with a benchtop oven and camp stove – but the kids have enjoyed such a variety of experiences that they just would not have got in town.
In the last 2-3 weeks alone we’ve watched the tractors making hay bales (climbed all over hay bales), found out about clicker bugs (loved a number of poor clicker bugs to death), explored a local forest (hid rocks there too), meet a friendly eel (they don’t like cereal), played in the mud (hosed off all the mud), met some donkeys (and a baby donkey!), found out about mist (explored in the mist), and went to the local ‘field day’ show to see wood-chopping, animals and tractors galore.
The kids are just going to think this is normal, but for us, we know it’s a very different life than the one they’d have had if we stayed in our comfortable house in town.
Let’s just hope living in a shed doesn’t drive mummy mental in the meantime.. 😉
February 17, 2018 at 8:50 am
What an awesome way to bring your kids up. They will look back on their childhood with the best memories ever! You’re doing an ace job.
Hayley 😊👍❤️
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February 17, 2018 at 11:14 am
I hope so about the memories! Hopefully they don’t remember mummy whining about all the washing haha.. Thanks for visiting 🙂
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February 18, 2018 at 8:44 am
A country childhood. Surrounded with city buildings, that’s a dream for me. How blessed.☺
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February 18, 2018 at 1:51 am
Yes we are lucky. Even when we lived in town we made lots of trips out, so one day it was like? Why don’t we see if we can buy out here?! The start of a journey…
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