Posts tagged "family"
Little Dish Cookbook

Little Dish Cookbook

I adore cookbooks and have quite a few on my shelves (which were specially built to accommodate all my books!) So I was very excited when Little Dish asked if I’d like to review their Little Dish Favourites Cookbook and fresh fruit and vegetable pouches. Little Dish make all their products from 100% natural ingredients...

No hope

Those of you who follow me on twitter may have seen my sad tweets today, when I had to condemn my tumble dryer to tumble dryer heaven. The engineer looked at it, took it apart and declared that it was the worst damage he’d ever seen! Not sure how I managed that, but we will...

Back to school: Lunch boxes

I wish the lunch boxes I sent off to school with Grace were as exciting as the one above, but sadly mine are a bit more basic! However, I do try very hard to make them varied and as healthy as I can, although I personally don’t think there’s anything wrong with a little treat...

Spoon People

Once Faith latches onto a craft activity that she enjoys we have to spend at least the following week doing just that! This week it has been decorating wooden spoons and paper plates to make spoon people and masks. It’s a great activity to do with pre-schoolers as it is fairly cheap and they can...

Well that’s gratitude!

As many of you already know, I have particularly troublesome, but loveable 2 year old, Faith. She drives me crazy, makes me cry and laugh in equal measures and generally causes chaos wherever she goes! But she’s still my cheeky little monkey and I love her. Since Saturday we’ve been struggling. Faith’s been brewing a...

Back to School: Uniform

Grace started school last year so we excitedly bought loads of school uniform from M&S. The tops, cardigan and skirts were great and hardly show any wear – in fact Grace can easily wear them again this year. However, I was really not impressed with the trousers and pinafore, which washed really badly and shrank...

Back to School: Breakfast

I am very lucky that both my girls never complain about eating breakfast, but I know it can be a big battle for some parents. Whilst the girls are happy to stick with a bowl of cereal or a couple of slices of toast, I like to vary what they have to keep it interesting....

Bank Holiday Fun

Isn’t it lovely just to have a whole extra day of family fun, especially when the sun is shining? Well, that’s exactly what we did on Monday. No stressing about mess, rushing to get the washing done or hoovering the carpets! Just fun. We started with a trip to the fruit farm to pick our...

Who makes your birthday cake?

A while ago I was tagged by the lovely Julie at Ice Maiden Cakes, who posed the question to fellow cake makers “Who makes your birthday cake?” Baking has long been a tradition in our family with my Mum, Grandma and Great Grandma all being fabulous bakers and that is certainly where I got my...
Potato printing

Potato printing

I have to say that, on balance, I’m enjoying the school holidays. Yes, the children have moments when they fight and wind each other up, but they are also having great fun playing together. They are at an age where they can actually play outside, make tents, build lego models and do craft activities together....

The Gallery – Nature

The girls and I just love to be outdoors. The first thing I do every morning is rush round opening all the curtains and windows to let the outside in, and the girls always ask to go and play outside. Being outside lifts our spirits and gives the girls so much freedom to run around...

Chocolate Weetabix Review

I have to admit I was a little excited and curious when I received a secret squirrel email from Weetabix about their new cereal, and immediately clicked on the link! A couple of weeks later a huge parcel arrived packed with fabulous goodies for the children, including stickers, outdoor toys and a craft kit, as...