Welcome to part nineteen of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’. We are into December now and people are talking about how many days there are until Christmas, instead of weeks, gulp! I don’t know where the time goes. How is your shopping and general preparation going? Who are you struggling to buy for the most? We’ve […]
The Amazingly Choctastic Christmas Gift Finder
Do you buy chocolate for loved ones at Christmas? What sort of chocolate do you buy? There is an awful lot of the stuff out there, so how do you possibly choose? Thorntons Christmas gift finder is the most ‘choctastic’ way to find perfect chocolate gifts. Whether it’s a sleigh full of chocolate from one […]
Tips for making moving house easier
We all know how stressful the moving day can become. However, there are lots of ways you can make things a little easier. These tips are designed to ensure you don’t lose your cool or feel frustrated. Find someone to look after the children The last thing you want to do is move house with […]
A little princess?
Do you have a little princess at home? My princess is nine now but she used to own every Disney Princess from the Disney Store and just about every costume as well. Sadly, we’ve reached the age when “princesses are for babies”and to be honest we probably did a couple of years ago. A girl […]
How to be…
“When I grow up, I want to be…” What would you fill this in with? What would each of your children fill this in with? I tell the children that when I grow up I want to be a spy. They have told me all sorts over the years including: A superhero A ballet dancer […]
Encouraging active children: part six
Welcome to part six in our series on encouraging active children. I am firm believer that if as parents we make being active part of every day life then it simply becomes the norm to children and not something that is a chore or ‘add on’ later in life. It is just part of normal […]
Dodging the sick bullet
I have tried very hard to dodge the sick bullet all my life. As a child I was terrified of being sick and tried so hard not to let it happen very often. In my first five years of life I had most things going: chickenpox; measles; mumps; whooping cough etc. Aside from those biggies […]
If babies could text
Baby 1 Yo, yo, how’s it going? Erm…Baby 2 are you receiving me, over? Baby 2 Sorry, couldn’t reach the phone, the old girl had it in her pocket Baby 1 No worries – did you see that thing on FB this morning about Baby 3? Why would you want anyone to see that? Baby […]