With the kids off school for six weeks, do you know how to keep them entertained throughout summer? Here we discuss how to beat your children’s boredom. “Mummy I’m bored.” “There’s nothing to do.” “I’m bored!” “MUM!” Sound familiar? If you are the parent of a child on their summer holidays, the chances are that […]
Why have holiday insurance? Insurance is one of those really annoying things. If we don’t get it, we need it and if we do get it we more than likely won’t need it. I totally appreciate why people choose not to take out travel insurance BUT I also think that when you are travelling with […]
Planning for a festival doesn’t have to be stressful. We always pack far too much with the six of us, but I’m sure it’s possible to pack light and just take the essentials, or have a few things that serve a few purposes. Keeping warm If you are doing the full on festival thing you […]
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 […]
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 […]
Do you remember Mr Frosty? I never had one as a child but a friend of mine did and I used to love making flavoured slush each time I went over to play. Back then it was these brightly coloured artificial sauces that you added to the slush and I always went home with a […]