We’ve been learning about and discussing weather this week. We’ve chatted about it in the car on the school run and then I’ve carried that on with the little boys by talking about the shapes and colours in the sky. We talked about all the different kinds of weather we have and what their favourite […]
I recently read Help! I have a left-handed child by John from Dad Blog UK and it got me thinking about what being left handed really means and how is has affected me over the years. I’m left-handed. No I don’t have two heads, six arms or a green glow around me. I just use my […]
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. […]
Fancy living the fine life? Don’t we all, but what about just changing a couple of things that you can get more pleasure from? Following significant success in the US and five-star reviews on Amazon, The Fine Life is launching its highly popular Tea Infuser / Coffee Brewer and Oil Mister in the UK, simple […]
Toddlers love to help. I have two little helpers who love the vacuum cleaner, polishing, dusting, wiping and sorting out washing and drying. My two little shadows watch me doing things and the little chorus comes “can we help you Mummy?”. Most of the time they are really great at all this stuff and we […]
Weaning is an exciting, messy, frustrating and entertaining developmental phase for you and your child. I wrote a while ago about the different approach to weaning I have adopted with my third and fourth children, compared to how I used to do things. The main difference being that I relaxed a bit, didn’t panic if absolutely […]
When I was little and used to go to a pub garden with my grandparents during the summer my grandpa would ask me if I would like a ‘posh lemonade’. This is a memory of mine from around the age of five until eight when my grandpa or my ‘poppy’ as I called him died. […]
One of the things I hate most are dry, itchy, sore and cracked lips. I think I’d even prefer to have a spot than cracked lips. I loathe them. As this is a pet hate of mine, I’m always careful about what I apply to my lips. I never wear lipstick and I don’t use […]