Detoxing teas

miss fit tea

There have been some quite shocking reports from a range of media outlets over the last few months about the dangers of detox teas. Instagram is a wash with before and after pictures of people using a range of detox teas and insisting that these teas are the way forward for weight loss and to […]

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Bonfire Night Craft

Guy Fawkes

This time of year is such fun, with Halloween, Bonfire Night and then the countdown to Christmas. It’s a great time for inspiring baking and craft activities with children and there are so many possibilities. After already doing a spot of advanced Halloween craft last month, this weekend we decided to use our Bostik supplies to […]

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Down on the farm

farm

It is an early start at the farm today, the cockerels are singing and telling everyone it’s time to wake up and play…or was that the toddlers? It’s another busy day with animals to feed, stables to clean and general farm activity going on. All the animals are calling for their food, the water buts […]

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Making present giving more fun

kids parcel

Giving a gift can be a bit of a headache sometimes. Perhaps you have a child to buy for who seems to have everything, or maybe a child who is hard to surprise, perhaps you are trying to buy for someone else’s child and you aren’t familiar with what they are into? Whatever the situation, […]

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Halloween Party Preparation

morph

We are approaching that time of year again…Halloween! Over the years the UK seems to have become more and more interested/obsessed with Halloween and each year there seems to be more and more Halloween stuff going on. Over the years we’ve had quite a few Halloween parties for the children with a few friends and […]

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My last baby

my last baby

A few weeks ago I took this photo of my youngest looking out of the window of a canal boat. The more I look at it, the more grown up I think he looks, and the more I realise that he’s really not a baby anymore. As the youngest of four he has a massive advantage […]

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