I don’t know about you but I’ve certainly noticed the prices of things during my food shop going up. Friends have mentioned the same thing. Each week there are more things that have gone up in price, increasing the overall cost of your weekly shop. Frozen foods can help.
After the cost of Christmas many families will be pleased to hear that Aldi have one of their spectacular baby and toddler events coming up. Hooray right? Lots of supermarkets have these types of events these days but in my experience Aldi’s is particularly good. According to research, the average British family spends up to £800 […]
Packed lunches or hot school dinners? We are a couple of weeks into the new term now and well into the routine of making packed lunches. I’ve always given my children the choice and whilst they’ve had the occasional hot dinner at school, they usually opt for a packed lunch. With episodes of fussy eating […]
This week has been Red Tractor Week. Red Tractor was established in 2000 and has grown to become the UK’s biggest farm and food standards scheme, covering all of animal welfare, food safety, traceability and environmental protection. Perhaps you’ve seen the Red Tractor symbol on food when you’ve been shopping in your local supermarket? Perhaps you’ve […]
Having a baby and raising children is an expensive business. It won’t have taken you long into your pregnancy to see just how expensive all the paraphernalia is, but often it’s the smaller day-to-day expenses like nappies, wipes and so on that you can underestimate. Over time, these can add on a considerable amount of […]
Having children can feel like a constant challenge, we try to cram in so much and tick so many boxes that sometimes time simple runs away with us. Childhood itself is filled with so many magical moments, especially when your children become increasingly physically active and start to enjoy the great outdoors, becoming aware of […]
Having a baby is an expensive business, there is no doubt about it. There are lots of big items to buy like car seats, cots, pushchairs and so on, but then there are all the other things you have to buy on a more regular basis like nappies and wipes that can dramatically bump up […]
The Easter weekend is fast approaching. How will you be spending yours? Ours is likely to be a mixture of project playroom, Easter Egg hunting and quality family time, finished off with a day out all together. Egg hunts are definitely something we enjoy doing and one of our Easter traditions, but I’m wondering if […]