Living Arrows is a weekly bloggers link up kindly hosted by Donna at ‘What the Redhead Said’ “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran This week I have learnt that half term week and solo parenting aren’t for the faint hearted! With Dougie away for 8 days we’ve had laughter, cross words and tears. That aside…

Welcome back to my Monthly family Organising post.  I’m really enjoying writing these posts, as it also helps me to remember dates and plan ahead to be more organised each month.  June is one of my favourite months, a month where I think about eating strawberries, playing tennis and having picnics.  I find it’s often the nicest month of Summer, so I intend to make…

Welcome back to my meal planning post.  If it’s your first time over here then hello, we are a family of six and I blog about everything to do with parenting and family home life.  We love to try and live a slow life as much as possible for a large family. I find being organised in the home helps us achieve this as much…

It’s National Children’s Gardening Week! So with that in mind and seeing all the lovely gardens on display at Chelsea last week and watching the Cambridge’s playing in the Duchess of Cambridge’s back to nature garden, it has motivated me to share with you how we have been gardening with the kids activities this month. We are lucky to have a good outdoor space at…

I was gifted this beautiful children’s environmental title in exchange for an open and honest review. How to HELP a Hedgehog and PROTECT a Polar Bear is written by CBeebies presenter Jess French and published by Nosy Crow in collaboration with The National Trust.  This beautifully illustrated book is sure to have an impact on you and your children, plus it contains 70 simple things…

We are very much into gardening and growing at the moment with the summer on its way.  I have been keen to find ways to introduce my youngest daughter Florence to gardening, with adult supervision. Florence is already starting to role play and understand magic a little and gets very excited when we talk about fairies, especially as the tooth fairy has just visited her…