I love this picture, aside from the awesome wellies! I asked Reuben to let me take some pictures of him and in classic Reuben-style we degenerated from examining the flowers (which you can see in the picture below) to rolling in-between them for ‘fun’. I hadn’t thought to put his waterproof trousers on as it wasn’t wet out, but boy did I wish I had after the mess he made!
April and May are always the months when we start to get a little bit more into our outdoor explorations because the weather is generally warmer, but unfortunately there is also more rainy showers in these months and we always end up caught!
Where we live there is a beautiful National Park called Dalby Forest, its so pretty and full of promise for adventures on bikes or foot (with some really awesome play areas for the boys to go crazy too). The only problem with heading up to Dalby forest is that the boys have a tendency to get really muddy and wet after a few hours, especially if we get caught in the rain or if it has rained a lot the previous night and the ground is still damp – you know, kids will be kids and rolling around on the floor is pretty much a daily must do!
What I love the most about the wellies is the super soft furry lining and tie top. Firstly, the lining keeps Reuben’s feet really warm and it means that he doesn’t complain that his toes are cold (which he does – all the time when we are out and he is splashing in puddles!) but for me the tie top means that they don’t fall off when he is climbing and rolling about.
This was the original picture of Reuben, before he got roll happy!
To add to our rainy season must have bag we’ve just been given some gorgeous wellies and waterproof trousers from Muddy Puddles.
I am absolutely in love with these fab spring must haves! What I love the most about the wellies is the super soft furry lining and tie top. Firstly, the lining keeps Reuben’s feet really warm and it means that he doesn’t complain that his toes are cold (which he does – all the time when we are out and he is splashing in puddles!) but for me the tie top means that they don’t fall off when he is climbing and rolling about. That’s something I’ve found all too often with ‘normal’ wellies, and it is guaranteed to happen just as he climbs to the top of a climbing frame, which means I then have to climb after him – no easy feat with a baby strapped to your front!
As for the waterproof trousers, unlike most, these are easy and comfortable to wear. There isn’t that horrible scratchy feeling around his legs (do you remember them from your childhood? I do!) and they are so easy to just wipe down. Perfect. If they get truly filthy – which of course they do, he wouldn’t be doing his job right if they didn’t – then these ones are machine washable at 30C too (just don’t use any fabric softener or washing liquid on them – it coats the waterproof lining and damages it). Reuben will be getting a lot of use out of these because he needs them for when he goes to ‘big boy’ school full time in just over a week (which I’m sure I will be writing all about over the coming weeks!). Reuben’s school is classed as a Forestry school so there will be a tonne of outdoor activity… I’ll definitely be writing all about Forestry schools and what it entails in the months to come.
Harriet x
