You might have been reading our recent series of articles on preserving Memories. If you missed them you can read part one here, part two here and part three here. With Father’s Day fast approaching you might want to start thinking about gift ideas for the dads in your life. I think photo gifts make lovely […]
Father’s Day: gift ideas
As Father’s Day approaches, are you wondering what to get the Daddy’s in your life? Like any other gift buying time, you can go as over the top or as understated as you like. I tend to think that it is more about the sentiment behind what you have done as opposed to how much […]
Little people, big questions: part one
This is the first in a series of articles looking at the big questions, little people often ask. In the run up to the general election the big kids began to ask lots of questions. On the day of the election these questions escalated dramatically. I was really pleased that they had taken such a keen […]
Reduce, reuse, recycle
These were once the wise words from Bob the Builder in his project renovate song. How effective are you at these three things? I love having a good clearout and find the process quite therapeutic. The children like to re-discover things that were put away, we try to recycle as much as possible and donate […]
Little green fingers: part one
Welcome to the first in our ‘little green fingers’ series. I have recently discovered two of my four children love gardening. We have had the opportunity to get involved in a garden project at school this term and it has been really lovely. My big boy comes out from lessons one afternoon a week and […]
Encouraging active children: part two
You might have read our recent article on encouraging active children. If not you can read it here. We focused on all the low cost ways that you can encourage your children to be active and also be active with them. One of the activities we discussed was swimming. Swimming is popular in our family […]
Tackling creases in delicate fabrics
We’ve all no doubt got things in our wardrobe that either can’t be ironed or that we are scared to iron. Sometimes dry cleaning and pressing is the answer, but often it isn’t. Firstly, how many busy mums want to add a trip to the dry cleaners to their list of things to do each […]
Money saving tips for families: part eleven
You might have been reading our series of articles on money saving tips for families recently. There are a number of ways families can save money and we have covered several different areas so far in this series. If you have been following these articles, you will know that we have addressed everything from clothing […]