When life is busy and hectic and everyone is dashing between school, work, playgroup, appointments, meetings and activitie it can sometimes feel as if you never get time to just be together. To just be a family. The children have been really excited this week about our impending trip to LEGOLAND Windsor, and I’ve been […]
Some parents keep well clear of messy play at home, claiming that their children do enough of that at nursery, playgroup or the grandparents. Entirely up to you of course, but I do feel it’s something we should do at home with children. There isn’t much that a baby wipe can’t get off and if […]
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 […]
As much as we look forward to a long summer break with our children and more flexibility away from the regular school runs, the summer holidays can leave many parents a tad fraught. Last summer I lost count of the number of parents posting Facebook statuses a week into the school holiday like “is it September […]
Apparently children do not usually have the required motor skills to use scissors until around the age of six. However, when your children spend lots of time in the kitchen with you, or lots of time engaging in craft activities, six seems rather old to just be teaching them how to use scissors. I use […]
The little boys love hunting for bugs in the back garden, it’s something we do quite a lot and we try to find new bugs each time to expand their knowledge. As it was so wet this weekend it was a great time to get out in the garden and look for bugs. As any […]
Our big girl loves a good festival. The chance to wear hot pants with wellies and funky hair and make up, is something she loves. Having fun watching performers, joining in a range of activities and generally having a ball outdoors is right up her street. Sounds pretty good to me too, I just wish […]
The thought of creating an Italian style garden can be a bit daunting for a lot of people. However, you will be surprised that by doing a few simple tweaks, you can easily turn your garden into your very own Italia. Do keep in mind that the secret to a successful garden, is one that […]