Welcome to part fourteen of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’. How is your Christmas shopping going? Are you struggling to buy for anyone in particular? Have your children written a list yet? What sorts of things have they asked for this year? I love it when I come across things that all the children can play […]
Let’s make it in a minute
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that we do quite a lot of crafting and the children love making things. I wrote recently about that here. We have been doing some Halloween craft this last week. You can see our little pumpkins below. We told you a while back that […]
Keeping the children entertained when school’s out
Making sure that your children are entertained when school is out can be difficult. It’s not impossible though, and here are some ideas for you to consider. Go Cycling Tiring out the children by getting active is always a good idea. Cycling is a way of combining fun with exercise, so this is probably the […]
Christmas gift guide: part seven
Welcome to part seven in our ‘Christmas gift guide’ series. How is the Christmas shopping going? How far have you got? What sorts of things are you thinking of getting for the children this Christmas? I always like to get a few gifts that involve the children making things as they love to craft and […]
What’s in your Christmas Eve box this year?
Do any of you Santa’s helpers or elves get involved in creating and delivering a Christmas Eve box to your little ones? If so, what sorts of things do you put inside? Here are just a few ideas: A Christmas movie Candy canes and marshmallows to add to a hot chocolate on Christmas Eve Christmas […]
Winter family fun: part one
Welcome to part one of our series on winter family fun. I love winter, the frost and snow, Christmas time, wrapping up warm, drinking mulled wine and hot chocolate. There always seem to be lots of wonderful things to do as a family in the winter, and we love the magic of this time of […]
Christmas gift guide: part six
Welcome to part six of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’. I hope we haven’t put you off by mentioning the ‘C’ word too soon. You will no doubt be either really excited or totally put off having seen the title of this post but it is actually only a few weeks until Christmas. I’ve officially started my […]
How to have a safe Halloween
Have you any big plans for Halloween? Lots of readers have already shared their plans and it seem there are lots of parties happening and lots of dressing up planned. We have started our preparations and my awesome foursome have crafted these cute little pumpkins. In the lead up to Halloween and Bonfire night we […]