This maple and banana weaning biscuit recipe is perfect for older babies, toddlers and older children to help make.  With no refined sugar they are perfect for littles to snack on.  Simple to make and a little more interesting with the addition of maple syrup and then the warming spice of cinnamon to give the dough a simple festive taste. My youngest really enjoyed helping…

Welcome back to the last of this years meal planning posts.  I’m not quite sure what shake up I will have on my meal plan posts next year, I’m sure I will be making few tweaks to how I do a family food post each month, so watch this space… My December meal plans are a bit of everything this month; from breakfast lunch, dinner…

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran I keep repeating myself on how quickly the weeks have passed, but this week amazed me on how quickly it whizzed by!  The first few days of the week went in a blur and so on Friday, Flo and I had a slow day at home to catch our…

Quite a few years ago now we decided to welcome a Snowman called Wilbur to get up to mischief in our home throughout December.  When we relocated back home form Germany to the UK, Wilbur retired and we had a new mischief maker called Pickles the elf.   He has a full Christmas name but I struggle to remember it now! Fast forward a few…

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran This week just flew by for us, mainly as it was a 4 day week due to inset day on Friday. The kids were pleased to support Children in Need on Thursday and I managed to cobble together some T-shirts for them to wear as I’m never quick enough…

This summer just like the previous two summers prior, we have holidayed in Devon. Devon is the home of clotted cream teas and also clotted cream fudge!  Born in Devon and visiting there regularly,  I’m used to seeing a clotted cream fudge shop on just about about every street.  Although my favourite fudge this summer was found just over the border in Dorset, controversial for…