Tis the month of illness here. My little family and my extended family and circle of friends have been hit by bug after bug after bug. In our house alone over the last 10 days we have a rather nasty cold virus and a stomach flu. Chloe has also been teething and sleeping as poorly as ever so it’s fair to say we are all a bit drained.

Yesterday was easily a day which could have been spent curled up under a blanket with us all feeling rather sorry for ourselves but we forced ourselves to get dressed and out into the crisp autumn sun for some fresh air.

We weren’t out for long but it definitely made me feel more awake and the kids seemed to enjoy. We popped on our wellies and jumped about in some big puddles down near a local coastal path:

We also hit the beach and studied the large piles of driftwood and seaweed which would have made for far prettier photos but we were having too much fun to take any!