Wild Wandering Tribe

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  • VAN RENO 🚐 I wasn’t planning on the van renovation taking so long, but as usual life doesn’t give a crap about any of my grand plans. We were excited to discover a solar panel on the roof which wasn’t listed when we bought it, but turns out it’s only a 15W which won’t give us anywhere near enough power, so we’re waiting on the bigger ones to be delivered, plus the gas to be signed off, and the bike rack 🤦🏻‍♀️ just when I think we’re nearly done! So far I’m finding this bit way more stressful than backpacking India with the girls. /// #wildwanderingtribe #vanlife #vanlifekids #honestvanlife #ourhomeonwheels #vanlifefamily #travelfamily #travelmadfam #travellingwithkids #travellingfamily #familytravel #wanderers #havekidswilltraveluk #adventureswithkids #familyadventures #unschooling #wildandfree #travelokido #worldschooling #loveyourtimetogether #lifewithoutschool #wildandfreechildren #backpackingwithkids #exploringtheworld #ourfamilytravels2019 #freechildhood #wearetravelmums #heartfelttraveller #havekidswilltravel #littletravellersnetwork
  • VAN LIFE 🚐 Here’s the finished (almost just 2 small speakers to fit in the back!) living area of our van. At night it turns into the bed where Will and I sleep, under the benches is all the storage and our clothes go in the overhead cupboard. It’s amazing what a lick of paint and covering the cushions can do. We’ve gone for a jungle theme because it reminds us of our time in Asia, plus nature is our happy place and we wanted to bring the outdoors in. I really don’t like the brown plastic window trims but they do an important job of blinds and mosquito nets so they’re staying. She still has no name though, any suggestions? /// #wildwanderingtribe #vanlife #vanlifekids #honestvanlife #ourhomeonwheels #vanlifefamily #travelfamily #travelmadfam #travellingwithkids #travellingfamily #familytravel #wanderers #havekidswilltraveluk #adventureswithkids #familyadventures #unschooling #wildandfree #travelokido #worldschooling #loveyourtimetogether #lifewithoutschool #wildandfreechildren #backpackingwithkids #exploringtheworld #ourfamilytravels2019 #freechildhood #wearetravelmums #heartfelttraveller #havekidswilltravel #littletravellersnetwork
  • FATHERS DAY ♥️ Hands up if you find today proper tricky 🙋🏻‍♀️ we don’t really do Father’s Day in our house because this guy is awesome everyday and we like to think we show and tell him all the time. It’s just us 4 today, we have no grandfathers, and no fathers in our lives for different reasons. We think of them all the time and celebrate them in our own way. When we were out the other day there were some Grandads playing with their grandkids and we felt a twinge of sadness because we miss that. We feel lucky to have each other and the girls have 3 awesome Uncles who fill up some of the holes in our hearts that have been left. And this guy here (@willgoodacre ♥️) he more than makes up for what we’re missing! We love you, you smelly crazy bearded man ♥️♥️ /// #fathersday
  • NEW BLOG 💜 It’s finally here... Part 2 of all the reasons why travel sometimes sucks is on the blog. Click the #linkinbio if you wish to once more laugh at our misfortunes or read more over sharing of toilet incidents. Enjoy folks! /// #gottagivethepeoplewhattheywant #thathashtagwasforyou @willgoodacre #familytravel #realfamilytravel #travelsucks #travelwithkids #fulltimetravelfamily #worldschooling #wildwanderingtribe
  • LONDON BABY 🇬🇧 An awesome couple of days exploring London for Bonnie’s 8th birthday bucket list. • See Buckingham palace ✔️ • Ride on a big red bus ✔️ • Visit Hamleys ✔️ • See the mummies at the British Museum ✔️ • See the Globe Theatre ✔️ Plus so much more (including cheap tickets to watch Wicked - they loved it!) It reminds me that my biggest source of joy in life is seeing the wonder in our girls eyes when we explore the world with them, whether that’s here in the UK or further afield. Our cups are very much full again and I’m so eager to start our road trippin - if only van renovating didn’t take so long. /// Also just noticed the bus behind us says “fantastic we” I have to agree big red bus we are pretty fantastic 😜 /// #londonbaby #wildwanderingtribe #travelfamily #travelmadfam #travellingwithkids #travellingfamily #familytravel #wanderers #havekidswilltraveluk #adventureswithkids #familyadventures #unschooling #wildandfree #gofurther #travelokido #backpacking #worldschooling #loveyourtimetogether #lifewithoutschool #wildandfreechildren #backpackingwithkids #exploringtheworld #ourfamilytravels2019 #freechildhood #wearetravelmums #heartfelttraveller #havekidswilltravel #littletravellersnetwork #wetravelwt #familybackpackadventures
  • Unschooling 💚 I always get tons of messages asking about how we school the girls. What does their learning look like? What’s a typical day? Well we unschool, which means we live life with them as active participants, they learn what they need as we go. It doesn’t mean we have zero input as parents and let them do anything they want, feral kids some may say, that’s a ridiculous assumption fuelled by fear from mainstream media. We facilitate their learning by sharing beautiful books, engaging activities, stimulating equipment, and most importantly tons of diverse culture and natural space. We answer their questions and guide them to make the right choices for themselves. Today unschooling looked like lugging a heavy bag of books and food to the park for a picnic. Before we left the girls made the lunch and labelled the sandwiches. Whilst there we read books together about Harriet Tubman and other abolitionists, we discussed the slave trade after watching Huckleberry Finn yesterday. We did yoga, climbed trees, whittled sticks, drew in nature journals. The girls sat on a bench together and wrote a story. We laughed, we talked, we played and we connected. So in short unschooling to us is just “doing life” with your kids along for the ride, it’s not for everyone living life this unstructured, but we seem to thrive in the chaos. /// #unschooling #homeeducation #wildandfree #lifewithoutschool #homeeducationuk #homeschooling #worldschooling #thisiswhathomeeducationlookslike #wildwanderingtribe #travelfamily #familytravel #fulltimetravelfamily #todaysdoseofnature
  • GO BAREFOOT 🌿 It’s Day 1 of the @thewildlifetrusts #30dayswild We kept it simple today and did one of our fave things going for a walk, barefoot. We are officially Nelipots (as coined by @barefootfive ) /// #barefoot #nelipot #wildwanderingtribe #travelfamily #unschooling #todaysdoseofnature #getoutdoors #naturewalk #family @willgoodacre #fulltimetravelfamily #wildandfree #lifewithoutschool
  • FAMILY ♥️ I’ve been feeling a bit weird lately about the whole having to come back to the UK thing. Having to change our plans really sucked. But today I felt so grateful. William received amazing care - love our NHS so much. The lump was removed via local anaesthetic with a couple of stitches, whereas the Malaysian doctor told us he’d need a general anaesthetic and he didn’t know how badly it would scar, plus our insurance wouldn’t pay out. So it was 100% the right decision to make for us, but at the time it still felt crap. But now with hindsight this impromptu break in our travels has been a gift. Today I was also grateful to have our amazing mums, mine for looking after the girls and letting them take poppy dog for walks, and William’s for driving us to the hospital and keeping me company with a good giggly natter. Our health and our family is everything, I’m so grateful we have both tonight ♥️ /// #family #amazingnhs #grateful #healthiswealth #fulltimetravelfamily #wildwanderingtribe @willgoodacre @jaynegoodacre @tizzywizzy53