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...
Successful cyclist
It feels like we have been trying to get Grace to ride her bike without stabilisers forever! To be fair, we hadn’t really thought about a good approach and hadn’t put any sustained effort into it, so we decided that the Easter holidays provided the perfect opportunity to try properly. So, after a little research,...
My vintage daughter
While digging round in the loft, my Mum found several bags of clothes that I used to wear when I was a child. There was loads of great stuff (and a few not so great!) and most of it 30 years (or more!) old. Quite a lot of it is M&S – or St Michael...
Fabric Crafts with Yellow Moon
Crafting time has been sadly lacking in our house recently, with big plans for lots of craft activities over half term being scuppered by my nasty bout of flu. So when Yellow Moon offered to send us some fabric crafting kits and craft supplies it was the perfect chance for us to get creative again....
My first trip to Borough Market
I’ve been wanting to visit Borough Market for ages, but every time I’m up in London I seem to run out of time or be rushing to get back home. So when Dale took me to London last weekend as a belated Christmas present we decided that we’d definitely plan it into our schedule. We...
The hat scarf thingy!
Ever since I started knitting this for Faith it has been known as the hat scarf thingy! You see, it is a hat but it is also a scarf. I supposed it could be called a hooded scarf or maybe a harf or a scat… Anyway, whatever you want to call it, it is...
Winter walks
The weather may have turned chilly but we don’t let that stop us getting out and about for walks in the woods! We’ve discovered some really lovely places to take the children, both in our local area, and up where my Mum lives. The girls love getting their wellies on and kicking the leaves around,...
Cologne Christmas Markets – Highlights and Giveaway
Following on from my mammoth post about our trip to the Christmas Markets in Cologne courtesy of Germanwings and 9Flats.com, I thought I’d share some of our highlights and I have a great giveaway too. Food It will probably come as no surprise to you that one of the first things I was looking out...
Merry Christmas everyone!
Hope everyone has had a fun filled day! We’ve been busy cooking up a feast, opening presents and generally sharing lots of laughs. Hope we still have room for a slice of Christmas cake….
Cologne Christmas Markets (Part 1!)
Last week we were incredibly lucky to fly out and visit the Cologne Christmas Markets, thanks to Germanwings and 9flats.com. I visited some German Christmas markets several years ago and fell in love with them then, but never had the opportunity to take the children. Needless to say, their excitement was as great as mine when...
Handmade Christmas wrapping paper
This year we have made lots of our Christmas gifts so we thought we’d make some wrapping paper to go with them. Faith has some handy Christmas themed stamps, which we used with ink pads but you could cut shapes out of potatoes using cookie cutters if you don’t have any ready made stamps. I...
Tesco Real Food Christmas Dinner Challenge
Last month, along with 3 other bloggers, Tesco Real Food set me the challenge of creating a Christmas Dinner menu for four people for £40 or less. Always one for a challenge, I accepted and was fairly confident that this was entirely possible. I love a good traditional Christmas Dinner menu so I opted for...
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