So I'm a bit late planting our daffs this year - but Mami likes to see them every Spring, so we're back in the race to get them showing their heads by March 1st (competition every year with my grandparents).

I like going for long walks on the beach and we went to Ogmore by Sea today to explore and look in rockpools.

We had a lovely outdoor long weekend recently at Bluestone, a resort in Narberth (near Tenby) that offers the fun of camping without having to camp.... only in November as we'd camp otherwise!

What to do on a rainy Saturday? Hmmmm, our initial idea was rained off, so Dadi (the driver) headed to Mumbles, Swansea for some traditional Welsh fish n chips in the rain. As we headed West, the clouds cleared and it even brightened up a bit. Mumbles is lovely - miles and miles (and miles) of a bike/walking path along the beach and you can even go as far as walk or bike to Swansea city centre.

If you're including Pembrokeshire as part of your family days out, then you really have to ask Mummy and Daddy to take you to Folly Farm! There's a zoo with over 200 exotic animals (and chickens, giant bunnies, horses with foals, goat milking......and a life-size wooden cow to sit on).

We spent Bank Holiday Monday on a typical South Wales family day out - at St Fagan's National History Museum, just off the M4 near Cardiff. It's great as it is free entry with a nominal car parking charge (usually about £3.50 for the whole entire day!). There is lots to do at St Fagans, especially on a Bank Holiday and this visit was no exception.

Four adults, two children and a baby. By about 10am we'd worked out that this equals LOTS of stuff to take to the beach. Sun shelter, kayak, paddles, swim gear, spare swim gear, towels, bodyboards, spare towels..... well, you get the point. The Daddies got together and decided that the clever thing to do was to transport everything from the car to the beach ON the kayak (well, they did buy one with wheels on, good job Daddies).

I was so excited about my first camping trip. We found a lovely family-friendly site where some friends of ours have been before. We arranged to go with some friends so they could help us out on our first family camping trip (although Mami and Dadi are seasoned campers this was a new experience).

My Mami and Dadi enjoy kayaking and canoeing and since I was a small baby I have always watched practices and events. Now I am a big boy of 1 I get to sit in boats to get used to them. I completely love paddles and I am very useful when there is lots of equipment around as I try everything out!

I love helping my Mamgu and Tadcu in the garden and soon I will be big enough to get my own box to plant things in. All of the family grows food in the garden and I want to plant runner beans, potatoes, radishes and some onions in my vegetable box.

Safety on the water is everyone's priority, so Mami and Dadi thought I should acclimatise to my new lifejacket. I love going on the boat but don't like my lifejacket so much.

So what better to do on a cold, pouring wet rainy Sunday in South Wales? Oooh, Open Farm Sunday of course. Open Farm Sunday is an annual, national event that allows the general public to visit farms to learn about the countryside and way of life.

Here's a little secret, Little Trekkers. Dadi has been building a sea kayak from plan since before he met Mami... and when she came along he stopped for a while but now I'm here he has been encouraged to get it finished and out of the garage.

So apparently there's this amazing "Go Ape" site at Margam Country Park near where we live. Dadi said you get to go and be a baboon and swing from trees and scale the highest heights.

Unfortunately - and despite various protests - I am still too little to go out in a playboat on my own, but I did go on an adventure with Mami and Dadi to see if I could go in the open boat with them as I now have a fab lifejacket and lots of gear.

On family recommendation, Mami and Dadi took me in my pushchair around the circular Marine Walk (Goodwick - Fishguard).

This morning we went to an allotment owned by one of Mami's friends. It was amazing – it’s a large plot and I met ducks and chickens and saw how they had planted vegetables. They had made a pond for the ducks from a sandpit just like the one I want. Some broody hens had little chicks as well! Perfect, in time for Easter. Some were born on the Royal Wedding day - I suggested they were called Will and Kate.

Another sunny blog from South Wales this week as a warm April day saw us get together with the Bridgend Countryside Volunteers team for an Animal Tracks and Trails event at Bedford Park, a 40-acre site where under the expert guidance of Dr Gareth Parry from Swansea University, we learnt how to recognise animal droppings, tracks and trails.

We very rarely get hot, sunny days in South Wales (as we usually class "hot and sunny" about 12 degrees with no wind) so last weekend was the ideal time for some outdoor fun.

Well, M's Teva Logan booties have definitely been put to the test. Last week was outdoor adventures and this week indoor play centres for some birthday parties. Cue lots of enquiries as to where "he got those cool booties" and how Mami "always finds such cool things on the Web".

The Wales v England football traffic putting paid to our plans to visit Cardiff International Whitewater Centre for their 1st birthday party, we decided to stay closer to home and test M's new Teva Logan booties at Bryngarw Country Park.

The sun is shining and the sea is blue. Ok so it is March but we are used to this in Wales so off we trek down to Porthcawl for a walk along the prom, chips for lunch and Maelon's first experience of building sandcastles (essential purchase of a blue castle bucket and spade - £2.50, even out of season).

Our biggest adventure to date was taking our 4 week old on a family holiday to France. Mami and Dadi are keen kayakers and bikers and while we couldn't do this with a 4 week old, it won't be long!

"Can I come too, Dadi?" was not a phrase we expected from our 7 month old (and in all honesty, we didn't get it) but it was clear that M wanted to join in the fun when Dadi was trying out his new kitesurfing harness.