This gift guide is aimed at school aged kids but there will be a toddler guide coming soon! There’s also a pretty awesome giveaway at the end! Other gift guides already published: gifts for babies, gifts for guys & gifts for foodies, gifts for older children, children’s clothes & personalised gifts, with a few giveaways thrown in for good measure! When I asked…
A list of things my toddler has kissed recently… Her brother, lots. This I am fine with. Her ‘baby’, her lola doll, her stuffed dinosaur, her owl hand puppet, her pink bunny… again I’m fine with all of these. My welly boots that were sat outside our flat door in the hallway. Bit odd, bit muddy. Her welly boots that she…
Moving house can be fun, exciting and usually expensive. But it turns out reducing the cost of moving house is actually simple. Saving money is as simple as a little preparation and planning. The cost of moving house can be over £12,000, and even more in London. It depends on factors like the price of your new home and the distance…
The Write your own Recipe Book and the Great British Bake Off: Celebrations 2015 would be great additions to any kitchen I reckon! The first gives you a place to write out firm favourites and tasty new recipes for future reference, and the second is just full of delicious sweet treats! The ‘Slightly Overcooked Map of Tasty British Place’ names by Strumpshaw, Tincleton…
Our current home has a joint kitchen/living room which contains our dining room table, which is a fairly sturdy G plan table that I got on ebay for a steal. It’s a bit battered in places though and we have 2 sets of chairs that don’t match each other to go with it! In our new home the kitchen is…
I find men notoriously difficult to buy for, thankfully Sam and I don’t do presents but we still have friends and family to buy for! Here are a few ideas to help out if you are as bad at thinking up presents for guys as I am! Firstly the Segway, surely a boy toy that any dude would love! Sam…
Let’s face it, most babies would be happy with the wrapping paper and a box to play with, but I still think it’s lovely to give them a gift that will last as a first Christmas present! Here are a few things I’ve spotted that I think would either make perfect gifts, or great festive photo opportunities! Steiff Penguin …
It’s no secret Arlo doesn’t sleep through the night yet. It isn’t a huge problem really as he sleeps in a cot attached to my bed or in my bed so when he wakes up I just breastfeed him back to sleep and often I fall asleep before he does. However it would be lovely if he could sleep a…
This past month has seen some lovely developments in the relationship between Athena & Arlo. She is a lot more tolerant of him and I think this is because he’s a lot more active now so that she can play games with him (whether he’s aware he’s playing or not!) She spends a lot of time beckoning him to…
This months Parragon book is a lovely mini library of Mickey Mouse books, with their own little storage box to keep them safe in. Athena pounced on these as soon as I opened them and they’re actually sat on her bedside table now and we’re reading them as a bed time story in rotation each evening for her! She’ll often…
Panda and the Sparrow make gorgeous baby clothes from bamboo, meaning they are heat regulating (keeping baby cool in summer and warm in winter) plus Bamboo also offers a natural UV protection, and is hypoallergenic. Most importantly their clothes and blankets are just so cosy for babies! Arlo has been keeping cosy in the sleepsuit and hat, under the…
Who doesn’t love a roast dinner? We certainly do in this house though they’re few and far between! This weekend though we decided to start a new family tradition and from now on once a month we’re going to have a proper Sunday Lunch and a snack tea whilst watching a film together. At the moment Athena is still being…