Helen Skelton revealed her life has been made after catching her son watching the show that shot her to fame - Blue Peter. The presenter, 41, starred on the iconic BBC children's show from 2008 to 2013 and during her time on the programme she kayaked along the Amazon river, completed the Namibian Ultra Marathon, and cycled all the way to the South Pole.
![[In a heartwarming snap shared to the star's Instagram Story on Sunday, Helen showed off her son colouring on a large table, dressed in a dinosaur onesie with an episode of the hit show on in the background]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/15/93402599-14218927-In_a_heartwarming_snap_shared_to_the_star_s_Instagram_Story_on_S-a-4_1734880472317.jpg)
And she seems to have passed the Blue Peter bug down to her little boy Ernie, eight. In a heartwarming snap shared to the star's Instagram Story on Sunday, Helen showed off her son colouring on a large table, dressed in a dinosaur onesie with an episode of the hit show on in the background.
![[The presenter, 41, starred on the iconic BBC children's show from 2008 to 2013]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/15/93403369-14218927-image-a-3_1734880422078.jpg)
Over the snap, the Countryfile presenter wrote: 'Life made...watching Blue Peter'. Helen then shared a video to her Instagram of an episode where Anthea Turner and Gethin Jones could be seen running covered in mud. Helen Skelton revealed her life has been made after catching her son Ernie, eight, watching her old episodes of Blue Peter.
![[During her time on the show she kayaked along the Amazon river, completed the Namibian Ultra Marathon, and cycled all the way to the South Pole (pictured with ho-host Barney Harwood in 2011)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/15/93403349-14218927-image-a-6_1734880490730.jpg)
In a heartwarming snap shared to the star's Instagram Story on Sunday, Helen showed off her son colouring on a large table, dressed in a dinosaur onesie with an episode of the hit show on in the background. The presenter, 41, starred on the iconic BBC children's show from 2008 to 2013.
![[The cute Instagram post comes after Helen joked that she needed a nanny for herself and not her three kids after embracing the fun side of life since hitting 40]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/15/92683381-14218927-It_comes_after_Helen_joked_that_she_needs_a_nanny_for_herself_an-a-7_1734880539164.jpg)
The clip then panned to Ernie who stood transfixed by the show and the blonde beauty wrote over the video: 'Let me tell you about this one time son...Blue Peter legacy going strong'. The cute Instagram post comes after Helen joked that she needed a nanny for herself and not her three kids after embracing the fun side of life since hitting 40.
![[The TV personality shares Ernie, Louis, six, and two-year-old daughter Elsie, with ex-husband Richie Myler who she separated from in April 2022 and shortly afterwards the rugby league ace, 35, started a new romance with Stephanie Thirkill]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/15/89483387-14218927-The_Morning_Live_presenter_was_married_to_Richie_for_eight_years-a-8_1734880566817.jpg)
