Return to the Motherland: Picnic fun at the Botanical Gardens

I’ve learnt that the best way to organise a social get together is to find one other family that will definitely be able to join us … and then throw out the invitation far and wide for others to join us. I did just that this week. I arranged with Annelie and her 3 boys to join us for a lunch-time picnic at the Botanical Gardens, and then invited every other homeschooling family I have contact details for.

Wednesday was a lovely sunny day and the perfect day for a picnic. The botanical gardens makes a perfect venue …….. There are lots of nooks and crannies for the little ones to explore and animal life to discover, some nice green grass to play and run around on and lots of trees to shade our picnic mats. I counted 8 families that came to join us, with a total of 25 children who were either playing cricket or feeding fish or on outdoor expeditions galore. It was a wonderful afternoon. It was great connecting with other moms too – most of us haven’t seen each other since before Christmas!

Here are some photies of our time together …. Just a few!