Fun in the Sun with Capri-Sun. It Goes Everywhere we Do!

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I remember Capri-Sun from when I was little, and I am glad it's still around for Aaron to enjoy.

Regular readers will know I avoid aspartame, so clearly Capri-Sun doesn't contain any nasties, else I would not be writing this post.

We have chairs for our garden and a swing for Aaron, but getting out a picnic rug the other day, gave the garden a whole other dimension, and Aaron couldn't get enough of it.

So Sunday for the first time in years, there was only one thing for it, I tried some yoga :-) Out on the rug, in the great outdoors.

After that we headed to Asda to stock up on Capri-Sun and I was amazed. The selection has grown. We had a few to choose from.

When I say a few to choose from, I don't mean the 3 flavours above (which can be found here: Capri-Sun Fruit Crush), I mean that the whole range "Fruit Crush" is new to me, and is in addition to the traditional Capri-Sun and incidentally even the traditional one now comes in a range of flavours. 

Fruit Crush pictured above is their healthier range which is 75% fruit and 25% spring water and forms 1 of your 5 a day. So healthy that whereas the normal Capri-Sun is currently (at Asda) a pack of 10 for two pounds (I know, bargain right?!??!) these ones are a pack of 5 for two pounds, but well worth it. So if you have a little one, who normally drinks water and you don't want to give them a sugar rush, then this is just the ticket for you.

Whilst doing our Asda "shoppertunity" I could not help but notice the tents on display in the foyer on the way in, so ended up buying this!

We were in and out to the play pop-up tent all evening Sunday, after the food shopping - what a glorious evening it was too.

At one point Aaron said "take your places" and I said "Is that a stage?". He seemed shocked but yes "yes"! So I said: "Do you want to do a puppet show?". He'd recently seen one in the Zoo so readily agreed.

I did one, but Daddy was inside so it was not recorded (shame, as it was GREAT if I do say so myself), but I recorded three of Aaron's attempts. We'd all just consumed a 10 inch pizza that was only 3.70 pounds in Asda, but I fancied something sweet, so I set myself up, theatre style with a drink and a snack on my rug. The trumpet is how he wanted me to announce the start of the show LOL! So his performance started with a toot toot rather than a drum roll.

So I had the above Capri-Sun during the show, on my rug. Aaron had his when he went inside for some hydration. The little Puppeteer needed a drink:

So, all you want to see is the video right. Let me shut up and show you. It's only taken 3 hours to upload and edit:

So, after him expending all his energy in the garden, he wanted to veg in front of the TV for a bit. Who was I to argue? :-)

So, now that I knew the "secret" to having a great day in our garden, I decided to read the book. I read it years ago, but know very well I need a refresher. It went very well with a Summer's evening cup of tea, in my favourite chipped mug:

After this glorious sunny day, we woke up to rain on Monday, so decided to head off to soft play.

That would mean four pounds on buses and seven pounds on entrance, so I wasn't about to add the cost of drinks to that. I know Aaron gets VERY thirsty at soft play as he runs around so much so I packed THREE.  He drunk two whilst there and the third on the way home on the bus - well done Mummy. Bit of frugality always pays off :-)

There was a birthday party at the soft play and Aaron adored meeting the Pirate Bear albeit very briefly:

He normally does all of the difficult climbing as good as any 5 or 6 year old, but Monday he seemed to gravitate to the baby area. I loved it when he made this path:

No matter how carried away he gets playing, he always comes over to my table for drinks and snacks. Don't ever have to worry about his hydration as he knows himself when he's thirsty:

Tuesday night I started making dinner in good time (whilst Aaron was at nursery as he comes home ravenous). As I made the bolognese it dawned on me that he would go mental about the tomato lumps and pieces of onion, so I tipped the whole lot, once the mince was fully browned, into my Vitamix.

This is how I did it, and if you watch till the final slide you will see that he washed it down with Capri-Sun. An adult portion and he asked for seconds.


SPAG BOL without the lumps!

See our Capri-Sun has been keeping us hydrated inside and out; outdoors and indoors!

This post was a very enjoyable collaboration with #CollectiveBias