Tots100 Film Club – The Secret of Moonacre
Last month for the Tots100 Film Club we chose to review The Secret of Moonacre. I have to say, it wasn’t a film I’d heard of before but it sounded like the sort of film the girls would like and I’m always in favour of them trying out new things. When the girls are watching...
Forever Nigella #17 – Sizzling Summer
This month I am really excited to be hosting Forever Nigella for Sarah from Maison Cupcake. I enjoyed taking part last month with the Afternoon Tea theme hosted by Fleur – check out her round up to see all the yummy entries. I had several ideas for this month’s theme and, whilst it might not...
ASDA Price Guarantee
We live fairly close to the Eastleigh Asda store and do visit it occasionally but, as a busy Mum of two and I always think that shopping in a large supermarket is going to take me forever. So, when the PR for Asda asked me if I’d like to try out the Asda Price Guarantee,...
Forever Nigella – Easy almond cakes
I have been meaning to join in with the Forever Nigella Blogging Event, which is run by Sarah from Maison Cupcake ever since she started it. But, as with everything, I am rather disorganised and forget to blog the recipe or to actually make anything! Well, this month I was determined to join in, especially...
CCC Eastleigh – Drink Up!
Today we held the third Eastleigh Clandestine Cake Club meet up. We are a small, but perfectly formed group, and today was great fun! After holding the first couple of meetings at home, I decided it was time to branch out and find a venue for us to try out. I had seen that Nicky...
Father’s Day Trophy
It’s been a long time since we’ve made anything for Dale to add to the collection of lovingly made items in his office! And it’s been quite a long time since we’ve done some crafting. So, Grace and I thought we’d make a trophy for Father’s Day. After hunting online for inspiration, we found some...
Mini almond puddings
These mini puddings are perfect to whip up last minute and cook in the microwave. We ate them with ice cream but they’d be fab with custard too. You can use any jam you like, but I always think cherries and almond are a winning combination. Shame we didn’t have any cherry jam in the...
Jubilee baking
I know, I know, there’s enough Jubilee related posts flying round at the moment, but I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon too! At the beginning of the month, Grace’s school held a Jubilee celebration. It was great fun, with children from all the classes taking part in dancing, singing, parades and much more. There...
The Birthday Lion
At the beginning of the month it was Dale’s birthday. A few days before, the girls asked him what he would like for his birthday. He told them that he would really like a lie in. So, the big day arrived and Faith bounced in excitedly first thing in the morning. After wishing her Daddy...
Tots100 Film Club – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
This month we were very excited to review a film that we hadn’t seen before, and one that really appealed to us all. I’m sure you all know the story behind Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, which includes golden tickets, unpleasant children, Oompa Loompas, glass elevators and, of course, lots of chocolate....
Happy holidays
This Easter holidays we spent another week down in Mudeford in my Dad’s caravan. I say caravan, it’s more of a mobile home – except it’s not mobile… Anyway, whatever you want to call it, we had a fab time and I didn’t want to come home! It’s such a wonderful area for a family...
Apple crumble and custard cake
A few weeks back we had the first meeting of the Eastleigh Clandestine Cake Club, which was really great fun. Our theme was fabulous fruit cakes and we had a great mix of flavours to try. After a few last minute cancellations, there were five of us and enough cake to feed about 50! Everyone...
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