This coming Saturday we will be going into Brighton to see a showing of Oskar’s Amazing Adventure at the Komedia in Brighton. We’ve been sent the book in advance so we could get used to the story and find out what Oscars adventure is all about. Both my kids absolutely love live performances but they also love reading so it’s really…
With the Christmas festivities fast approaching, now is the ideal time to start thinking about how you’re going to eat and how you’re going to stay healthy in the weeks ahead of you. We all know how difficult it can be to stay healthy when Christmas comes around because there are so many temptations on offer. Here are some of…
No matter how much adults try to keep ‘bad things’ from affecting children, there is always going to be a time when they have to encounter bad news. Instead of keeping it from them, you are much better off learning how to speak to them about whatever it is you need to. Of course, you need to use age-appropriate language…
Working from home has its advantages: close proximity to a kettle, the sofa & Amazon echo or the telly. It also has some disadvantages, proximity to the kettle, sofa and tv… I have got a little desk but until recently its been used more for storage of assorted stuff than for working at. I love the desk itself, its an ancient…
We’ve been properly getting into the swing of Christmassy this week! We put up our tree, made mince tarts, went to a panto and did some Christmas crafts! Aren’t these little Christmas trees cute? They’re so easy to make too! Vision Direct have made a downloadable template and you just need to cut out two tree shapes per tree and…
When you’re trying to buy Christmas gifts you’ll have to wade through a lot of useless junk before you get to anything good. It seems like companies will put a Santa hat on almost anything and sell it as a Christmas gift. Thousands of these things are bought every year and given as gifts, only to end up in the…
Sam and I filmed the Mr & Mrs Tag yesterday, we were feeling a bit festive after picking out our tree at the garden centre! After leaving it in a bucket of water overnight we’ll be fluffing it up and decorating it today, after seeing Athena in her nativity play this afternoon! It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas……
In a bid to spend less time with my phone I’ve started wearing a watch! I was finding every time I glanced at my phone a notification caught my eye and then I looked at that, and forgot to check the time! Then the process would repeat itself and I’d never actually remember the time, and waste half the time…
Christmas is a lovely time of year for reading, it’s cold so snuggling on the sofa under the blanket is something we do a lot of! Our Christmas book collection is growing year on year, and it’s now big enough to fill up the kids little book shelf in the corner of the living room! I’ve picked five current favourites…
December is finally here, and it’s time to start planning for and enjoying the festive season. Decorating the house for Christmas can be one of the most fun tasks of the month- from putting up the tree in the living room to wrapping tinsel around the stairs: it’s something which allows us to really let those creative juices flow. Image…
Another week of this year has shot by, this one on a blur of feeling dreadful and sleeping pretty much! We had a lovely day at Marwell last Saturday (here’s a video) but last Sunday I woke up feeling a bit rough and ended it with a fever in bed by 6pm. I’d fallen asleep with the kids for an…
Ickle Bubba is a brand I’m not familiar with so far, so when we were asked if we wanted to test out the Ickle Bubba Solar car seat we agreed! It’s a Group 1-2-3 seat, which makes it suitable from 9 months to around 12 years – height dependant – they need to reach 135cms. It can attach with an…