Hylands Park - Flint Cottage

With my Chelmsford marathon now only 3 weeks away we decided to scan out part of the course with a visit to Hylands Park which features heavily in the route. This was an opportunity for the boys to have a play in the park and to get some fresh air whilst we familiarised ourselves with the park itself and figured out where is best for Tina and the kiddies to position themselves to watch me on the day. It just so happened that on the day we visited the Park there was also a free dog show on and we thoroughly enjoyed watching the doggies going over the obstacle courses and parading around the arena.

 

For most of the day I was carrying Holly around in the baby harness and for the first time we noticed that she was returning waves at Joshua as he waved to her from the other side of the park. It was so adorable to watch.

 

Holly in the harness enjoying a giant swing with Daddy.

Joshua offers a helping hand with a push as Holly chuckles away in front of me.

Story time as me and Holly take to the "Once Upon A Time......" chair.

It was great to watch Joshua off enjoying himself cycling through the woods and around the park grounds.

Hylands Park seemed to have loads of ways to keep the kids entertained in addition to the fantastic castle playground area. This is good news for Tina as it means she should be able to keep them busy whilst I am running around Chelmsford for over 3 hours. Whilst we were there on Sunday we found the Flint Cottage, Hyland House, some beautiful gardens and an art trail.

Joshua and Brandon in front of the Flint Cottage.

All 3 kiddies enjoying Hylands Park. Next time we visit here it is safe to say I will be in pain with 26.2 miles of ground to cover!

Nice picture of Joshua exploring the gardens on his bike.

 

Brandon on the art trail and finds this metal dude chilling on a park bench.





Having been swimming earlier in the day and then spending all afternoon at Hylands Park the kids were all very tired and subsequently fell asleep really easy on Sunday evening. However we were woken throughout the night first by Holly and then by Joshua. Holly you kind of expect, but Joshua was a bit surprising as he woke up crying having had a bad dream. Tina went up to see him to find out what was wrong and he said that his bad dream was about Daddy dying instead of his Nanny. How upsetting.