“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran. Family life this week was all about surviving the last week of term. I find this one of the hardest terms as there’s always lots of germs flying around and we’re always pretty exhausted. So I was relieved when we got to the end of the week with all…

World Book Day love it or hate it?  I really don’t mind the day that much.  Mainly because I don’t feel the need to go all out and try for costume of the year!  I much prefer to keep our costumes fairly simple and use things we can easily find that are homemade or are inexpensive to source.  It’s aways a bonus when they can…

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran.Large family life seems like an apt title for this weeks living arrows as we split the family in two and had very different weekends! After yet another very quick week, the big two and Dougie packed up their sleeping bags and rucksacks for scout camp. After one beautiful day,…

Easy Indoor Activities for preschoolers at home. These 5 activities promote open ended and independent play for your toddler or preschooler at home.…

I love cooking and baking for celebrations around the year, any excuse to bring more fun to the table and I’m there!  So with Valentine’s Day in a weeks time, I have been practicing making some easy sweet puff pastry recipes to dish out to all the family.  They are that easy I have baked a batch for our Scout group for their camp weekend.…

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran. Family life has gone by quickly again this week.  Florence and I have done soft play twice, as we got a pass for the Winter months. It’s not my favourite activity but it certainly provides me with a bit of adult interaction and coffee whilst she gets to play…