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 […]
Christmas reads with the children
I love a good Christmas story. I try to make sure we have a few new ones to read together during December and the elves always pop one in the Christmas Eve Box as well. We are huge Julia Donaldson fans in our house and only today were out hunting for the Gruffalo. The Christmas […]
Let’s make it in a minute
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that we do quite a lot of crafting and the children love making things. I wrote recently about that here. We have been doing some Halloween craft this last week. You can see our little pumpkins below. We told you a while back that […]
Have a Nick Jr sort of Halloween
We took part in an action packed Nick Jr Halloween this week and had lots of fun – have you been watching the Halloween specials on Nick Jr? Tune in and check them out. You can also take part in some fun activities on the Nick Jr website – including Halloween inspired activities. Nick Jr. […]
Keeping the children entertained when school’s out
Making sure that your children are entertained when school is out can be difficult. It’s not impossible though, and here are some ideas for you to consider. Go Cycling Tiring out the children by getting active is always a good idea. Cycling is a way of combining fun with exercise, so this is probably the […]
Christmas gift guide: part seven
Welcome to part seven in our ‘Christmas gift guide’ series. How is the Christmas shopping going? How far have you got? What sorts of things are you thinking of getting for the children this Christmas? I always like to get a few gifts that involve the children making things as they love to craft and […]
What’s in your Christmas Eve box this year?
Do any of you Santa’s helpers or elves get involved in creating and delivering a Christmas Eve box to your little ones? If so, what sorts of things do you put inside? Here are just a few ideas: A Christmas movie Candy canes and marshmallows to add to a hot chocolate on Christmas Eve Christmas […]
A crafty Halloween
With half term upon us we have been doing lots of craft, and with Halloween fast approaching much of this has been themed around that. We seem to have had a run of bad luck on coloring things lately. Crayons snapping, pencils constantly breaking and felt tips drying our far too quickly. This week we’ve […]