I’ve always made the children’s meals myself. I enjoy cooking and meal planning and like to know what’s going into their little tummies. As parents we all have the things that we fixate on a little and sometimes that might seem strange to outsiders, but that is just part of being a parent. What the […]
Share With Me #24
Welcome to the Share With Me Blog Hop where I have enjoyed linking up for a long time now myself. After almost three years, the lovely Jenny from Let’s Talk Mommy has decided she needs to pass the reins due to work and family commitments. I’m the lucky girl who now has those reins and […]
Movie night with toddlers
We love family movie nights. We’ve manged a few with the six of us as the youngest member of the family is just about at the stage where he will sit and watch something all the way through. The big kids like to have popcorn and a few treats during movie nights, but it’s often […]
Share With Me #22
Welcome to the Share With Me Blog Hop where I have enjoyed linking up for a long time now myself. After almost three years, the lovely Jenny from Let’s Talk Mommy has decided she needs to pass the reins due to work and family commitments. I’m the lucky girl who now has those reins and […]
Party food serving ideas
When it comes to children’s parties it always helps to have a few useful things to serve the party food in or on. For tiny tots parties you can’t go far wrong with some brightly coloured plastic bowels full of tasty bits and bobs. These are great because they are just the right size and […]
Star Wars inspired party food
I love birthdays. Not mine but everyone else’s are always lots of fun. May kicks off birthday ‘season’ for us and this year a Star Wars party was requested. If you are a regular reader of the blog you might have read about some of the planning around the Star Wars party. At the point […]
Making frozen treats
Do you remember Mr Frosty? I never had one as a child but a friend of mine did and I used to love making flavoured slush each time I went over to play. Back then it was these brightly coloured artificial sauces that you added to the slush and I always went home with a […]
Avoiding “system overload” in little people
I’ve eaten a wheat free diet for almost 15 years now. Wheat and I just don’t get along. We probably never did but it took me a while to realise that. I used to feel like I was walking around with one of those weighted balls you get in the gym lodged in my stomach. […]