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Chalking and Geocaching in Kooties Coveralls

July 1, 2019Posted in Geocaching AdventuresTagged art, blog, blogging, caching, daddy, doctor, experiment, family, fun, Geocache, Geocaching, Kooties, Kooties Coveralls, life, Mummy, paramedic, Riley, Rob, Robyn, sophie, The Gilmours, travel, treasure, video, weekend, youtubeLeave a comment

We were gifted a Kooties coverall a couple of weeks ago and we have spent some time trying it out with Robyn (3).

WE WENT GEOCACHING, keep reading to find out our caching fun.

Robyn absolutely loves to pretend to be a doctor and make everyone better. There was an obvious choice when deciding which coverall to go for, you can choose between: fire fighter, construction worker, paramedic and police officer.

Kooties are a worlds first coverall that combines messy play and role play.

We have three children and so this is perfect for us as our washing machine is always on the go when they have been playing outside with chalk, painting with water or in the mud. Our kids seem to get covered in all sorts and so I was excited to see if it would reduce our in the week wash down with Robyn’s school uniform.

Robyn’s first impressions was that she couldn’t wait to get in them, she loved that she could be a ‘doctor’ and fix everyone back together again. Robyn is 3 but 4 in November, we decided to go for a size 3-4 because she is on the tiny side. We were pleased that the Kooties coverall had plenty of space to grow but it didn’t matter that it was a bit big her her because of the elastic on the wrists and ankles. Either way they offer a lot of space making it easy to get the coverall over all of Robyn’s clothes.

The first thing we did was let Robyn chalk away and it proved useful because it meant her school clothes were kept clean. The chalk was easy to wipe off the coveralls as well. Find out about the chalking in the vlog (keep reading).

Whilst out Geocaching Robyn enjoyed searching for someone in need and running to help as well as running to find the cache. Often when we are out Geocaching we wear old clothes because we don’t want to get them muddy or grass stained, the coverall is a perfect alternative for the kids and it means we wouldn’t have to worry as much.

Robyn was very happy playing in the Kooties coveralls, you can see for yourself in this short video we put together. See what Geocache we discover…

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Friends On Every Street

June 29, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged art, blog, blogging, business, events, family, Friends On Every Street, Fruit Market, fun, Hull, Hull City, Hull City Centre, Humber Street, Instagram, kids, Kingston Upon Hull, Levy's, life, Look North Mate, Peter Levy, pop up shop, pop up store, Riley, Robyn, sophie, sun, The Gilmours, weekendLeave a comment

This afternoon we enjoyed the sun and went along to the first day of Friends On Every Street pop up store. To be honest we have been excited to go along to this event since we discovered the reason behind the ‘Peter Levy Changed My Life- 29.06.2019’ when I posted our family feet pic on Insta. Glad to say that this photo has been used by Friends On Every Street and the Fruit Market as well.

As soon as we walked down Humber Street we could see where the pop-up shop was because of the people crowding around the entrance, we soon found out that Peter Levy himself was present. What a fab turn out and soon you could see a sea of people wearing the iconic shirts.

Anyway, we decided we couldn’t miss it and with the build up on social media it has been enticing. The kids were also intrigued to find out what all the fuss was about. There’s lots of photo’s to come because there was so much to take in, we have narrowed it down but it was difficult. It is well worth the visit if you don’t have anything to do tomorrow or just go anyway, it will be the last day and open from 12 midday. There’s refreshments and music which gives it a brilliant atmosphere.

There was a lot to observe and it felt like an alternative art gallery, there were lots of photo opportunities and with directions and instructions we couldn’t go wrong.

We were particularly excited about this photo opportunity, Robyn our youngest wanted to pose for the camera but Riley was taking the mick out of me because I had a snap taken laying down before (cheeky thing).

A snapshot of the wall’s and what there is to see, we spent a while observing and having a nosey around. As I mentioned before, it felt like an alternative art gallery that expressed the love of Hull (its people, places and slang).

Peter Levy was present and so it only felt right to grab a photo with him. We had met him last year at the Freedom Festival and Sophie had a picture with Peter then, Sophie wasn’t shy to let him know of this and I mentioned she had his signed sticker on her bed frame. It made it more memorable and Sophie won’t forget it, she gave him a hug which was quite sweet.

Sophie says “Peter Levy is a very nice guy who is very intelligent. The wall art was amazing because it had all the colours of the rainbow”

It wouldn’t have been complete without an Insta wall with a lot of the fun gimmicky work of Friends On Every Street. We spent a lot of time giggling to ourselves and perhaps sniggering as well, even coming home and looking back on the photo’s we found new re-created logo’s we hadn’t spotted before.

We couldn’t resist splashing the cash to buy some local swag and investing in a Levy’s shirt, pin badge and sticker pack! We congratulate Friends On Every Street for their genius work and have enjoyed seeing their journey so far, we look forward to seeing what’s yet to come.

My MacBook has had a make over and I certainly feel ‘cool’, yes I said it. My hubby has been subtle with his placement of his sticker as you can see, clearly didn’t want to potentially over kill it (like me).

Thank you so much for a fun afternoon and there will soon be another feet family photo on social media, keep your eye’s peeled and nose’s pinched.

Jennifer

Fun Science Workshop

May 27, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged blogging, Competition, East Yorkshire, events, experiment, family, fun, Giveaway, half term, Hull City, kids science, life, rockets, Science, science hull, Science Workshop, spectacular-u-lab, The Gilmours, video, winner, workshop, YorkshireLeave a comment

In the last half term the three little Gilmour’s went to try out their first Spectac-u-lab workshop. We had in fact won a giveaway for one of their places and it was something we had seen online but hadn’t had the chance to try it out. We paid for the other two spaces so all three children could go and enjoy the workshop together.

We had selected the rocket workshop and was excited to find out what this would entail. Not only would they create the rockets but they would find out the science behind them. Katy is the owner of Spectac-u-lab and she is creative with the science. The children could understand why the reaction would create the result.

Table’s prepped, rockets selected, stickers at the ready. Oh wait and…

…Well equipped.

I have to say it was a huge success and all three kids enjoyed it, they continued to explode their rockets and create at home.

If we were closer to the venue we would certainly go to the Spectac-u-lab CREST Award, it’s perfect for my eldest.

The workshops are affordable, fun, creative, interesting and educational. Thank you Katy for a memorable morning.

Workshops are usually priced at £5 per child per workshop, each workshop is an hour.

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This half term:

28th May: Bath Bombs – Winterton

29th May: Egg Parachutes – Beverley

We plan to go to the Egg Parachute workshop and this time bringing Daddy with us to enjoy the fun.

Did you spot us? #ITVTonight

May 25, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged after, Asda, Asda Hessle Road, blog, current affairs, experiment, family, filming, Hessle Road, ITV, Itv Tonight, result, shopping, television, The Gilmours, Tonight, Tonight ProgrammeLeave a comment

Last week we were on the ITV Tonight programme, did you see it? Full info on our previous blog.

We have to report that since filming we have managed to keep our shop to £60-70 a week which is simply fantastic for us. We have managed to keep our Lurpak replacement, which I thought would never happen.

Here’s the link to the programme on the ITV Hub.

Also, something you didn’t see on the filming is that there is the Asda Farm Stores range and an Asda Growers range. When out shopping, the Growers selection is what your eyes’ are guided too.

I went out with Rob for the first time shopping after the filming and showed him the different ranges because initially I thought I was shopping the more basic brand. There were times he picked up the Growers range thinking there wasn’t the equivalent, I then pointed where the Farm Stores range is placed. You have to work hard to see it because sometimes it’s as simple as a different label, sometimes it’s on the next shelf along, sometimes on the opposite or in a different isle altogether. Now we have got used to looking and give more time for our shop it has become a lot easier. I would encourage you to have a look when you are next out shopping, to be it feels like a tactic so you don’t see it the Farm Stores range because they don’t want you to buy it.

Let us know what you think and what you struggle with OR are savvy at.

Jennifer

Tonight on ITV

May 16, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged Asda, blogging, current affairs, experiment, family, Fiona Foster, fun, Hull, ITV, Jennifer, Jennifer Gilmour, kids, life, mum, mum of three, programme, Riley, Rob, Robyn, sophie, Supermarkets, television, The Gilmours, Tonight, Tonight Programme, TV2 Comments

Tune in this evening when The Gilmour’s feature in the Tonight programme at 7.30pm on ITV.

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All about supermarkets and how we shop as a family, but my husband and the three children had no idea that I swapped their food for the basic brands. I swopped the cereal boxes over so they wouldn’t find out… and cooked just like I normally would.

What were the results?

What were the findings?

Did Rob, Sophie, Riley and Robyn find out?

Did the notice a difference?

Find out tonight on ITV, 7.30pm.

Jennifer

Egg Rolling Geocaching Event

May 5, 2019Posted in Geocaching AdventuresTagged blog, blogging, Decorate, Easter, Easter Egg Rolling, Easter fun, egg rolling, events, family, Family fun, Free, fun, Geocaching, GilmourFamily, kids, life, Pokemon, Riley, Robyn, sophie, The Gilmours, travel, weekend, Wonder Woman, youtube, youtubersLeave a comment

So we mentioned the Egg Rolling Geocaching event in a recent previous blog post and we thought we better share what we got up to with you all.

We went along on Easter Sunday and it was our second year to visit this much loved event. It’s so much fun and the kids were looking forward to it. We decided to get rubber eggs this year, a tad naughty, we just wanted to have some extra fun. Each of us decorated our eggs as you can see, they are placed in age order as well.

Both sides were decorated, above are the reverse of the eggs. I think you will agree that we all put some great effort into them.

Egg Rolling is basically to roll an egg down the hill and to see which one gets the farthest. We wanted to share the fun with you so have put together a short video for you all…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7xoKHpu9wQ&w=560&h=315]

Unfortunately I had an influx of work and had to do some traveling but now I am back I am able to update you on our happenings. I have a few draft blog posts ready to go and so you should hear from us again soon.

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Jennifer

The Little Welly

March 30, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged blogging, Cheshire, family, Family day out, fun, June, kids, life, Little Welly, Mud, muddy, Muddy fun, Northwich, obstacle course, plans, Riley, Robyn, sophie, The Gilmours, The Little Welly, travel, weather, weekendLeave a comment

We are excited to be going to The Little Welly for the first time this year.

We plan to attend on the 29th June and share our experiences with all of you, unless you are coming along then do feel free to join us in our muddy adventure.

Sophie, Riley and Robyn are super excited to be going along

FIND OUT MORE HERE

Let your kids Go Wild, Get Muddy and have a ‘Best Day Ever!’

The Little Welly Lands in Northwich, Cheshire

Get ready for a whole dollop of outdoor, muddy fun as The Little Welly – the UK’s largest obstacle course for children – arrives at Arley Hall and Gardens, Northwich, Cheshire on 29^th and 30^th June.

Especially created for kids aged four to 12, The Little Welly obstacle course has more than 30 challenges over a 3km route. It includes climbing walls, a huge water slide, scramble nets, balancing poles, foam pit and of course, lots of mud! This unique, interactive experience provides an exciting, energetic adventure in the great outdoors and promises to create family memories to last a lifetime.

Sophie (9), Riley (7) and Robyn (3) are super excited to be going along and have an adventure of a day. We haven’t seen anything like this before and want to share it with all of you.

Let us know if you are going to try and make it.

The Gilmour’s

Snowday Funday

February 10, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged blogging, daughter, East Yorkshire, family, Frozen, fun, GilmourFamily, hubby, Hull, Jennifer Gilmour, kids, life, love, montage, Riley, Robyn, sledge, sledging, snow, snowball fight, snowballs, snowday, snowing, snowman, sophie, The Gilmours, weather, weekend, youtubeLeave a comment

Last weekend we had so much fun in the little snow that came to us in Hull, East Yorkshire. Grabbing the sledges out of the shed that we had bought on offer last year it was time to finally use them… and what fun we had!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utL3dvYAue0&w=560&h=315]

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Geocaching Appreciation Week 2019 – #IHeartGCHQ

January 27, 2019Posted in Geocaching AdventuresTagged Cache, caches, daughter, East Yorkshire, family, family cachers, fun, Geocache, Geocachers, Geocaching, Geocaching Appreciation Week, Geocaching HQ, GilmourFamily, healthy, hobby, Jennifer Gilmour, kids, life, love, Riley, Robyn, sophie, The Gilmours, therapy, trail, travel, walking, weekend, youtube2 Comments

This blog was prompted by The Geocaching Vlogger, his video on declaration of an appreciation week for Geocaching HQ. We wanted to join in somehow and so the least we can do is write a blog post. In fact it’s the first one of 2019, we need to get back in on it. The Gilmour’s have done plenty of New Year Caching after all.

I’m going to try and not be so sentimental but I think it’s unavoidable. Here’s my message to Geocaching HQ…

Thank you doesn’t cut it for us because Geocaching has brought a lot to our lives. We have been caching for almost 2 years, in fact as soon as we discovered it we went out to cache. At first we enjoyed it, we couldn’t believe this was across the world and around us and then after time went by we realised what a difference it’s made to us. The time we went out caching was a way of escaping the reality of our lives at times, a way to get healthy and a way to spent time working as a team in our family unit. I used to laugh at those shirts that said ‘Geocaching is my therapy’ and then I came to realise that we could even relate to this. Escapism from my reality was important and still is at times, still recovering from an abusive relationship from some years ago. I do love nature and used to go walking a lot but it became difficult as it ended up thinking over situations etc all the time. Geocaching gives you a focus. Not many people know about my connection with Geocaching like this, so it’s quite personal. Thank you again HQ.

Our three children growing up with caching, this photo was from a couple of weeks ago.

This was a first family photo on our first Geocaching trail back in 2017.

Find out more about the Geocaching Appreciation week from Joshua himself…

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We have some blog posts ready to share so watch out for those coming out soon. Subscribe if you haven’t already so you don’t miss them.

Jen and the rest of the Gilmour’s

Merry Christmas from The Gilmour’s

December 27, 2018Posted in Family Adventures, Geocaching AdventuresTagged blog, blogging, Christmas, Christmas wishes, Elf yourself, Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, New Year, The Gilmours, video, youtubeLeave a comment

We wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!

We cannot wait to blog more and we have a lot in store for you all.

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The Gilmour’s