There’s always that one small room in the house that we struggle to make full use of. If it’s not the bedroom for the unlucky sibling, it’s used as some sort of dumping ground for bits and pieces which you just haven’t managed to find a home for yet. This is usually because no-one wants to spend too much time…
In a bid to reduce waste and give useful gifts this year will be the second year we’ve used a ‘fill your own’ advent calendar. Last year the kids shared one (though they got a surprise each) but this year they will have their own as we have been sent a wooden light up calendar from the Sue Ryder Online…
Some inspiration for (mostly) educational kids gifts, like puzzles, games and crafty things.
October was a busy one for us, Sam was away for a long weekend snowboarding as well as doing a lot of running! He did a cross country run and ‘The Great South Run’ in Portsmouth – the kids and I tried to spot him on the telly but didn’t have any luck! I took the kids away the London…
Ten months down, two to go! How crazy is that! It’ll be full speed ahead to Christmas now that Halloween is out of the way! Here’s a few of my favourites from October… Books I read these eight books in October, which took me over my target of 60! The Light Between Oceans was a must read, so well written…
[Gifted items. Words and images my own] If you’re anything like me then you will snap photos on your phone or maybe even a digital camera and then rarely do anything else with them. They’ll sit gathering dust in the virtual basement of your hard drive, or maybe in the cloud if you’re really organised. But that’s actually a little…
These items were provided for the purpose of this review. Geomags are new to us, though when the kids were younger they loved the preschool version, Geomag magicubes. These two sets are the more advanced style the original Geomag and are for ages 5+. We got to build a NASA Rocket and Rover set. I was surprised there was no…
The last two weeks have gone by so fast but I wanted to get them down ‘on paper’ as it were. Two notable events was Sam running the Great South Run today- a ten mile race around Portsmouth and the longest official run he has done yet! The kids and I tried to spot him on the TV but no…
This is a collaborative post. This week I packed away my birkenstocks and got my parka out of hibernation which can only mean one thing: Autumn is upon us and Winter is just around the corner! In turn, that means it’s time to swap all my clothes around! I’ve not worn a summer dress in weeks and my lightweight cardis…
Arlo loves trucks, diggers and tractors as do so many little kids. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we used to have to stop and watch every digger or dumper truck we saw when we were out and about, no matter if it was raining or super cold! This week, to coincide with some really wet weather we opened…
I think we’re getting into a routine at last now we’re almost at half term! Arlo pretends he doesn’t like school because it is “So borin’ and we do nothing” but he is normally happy to just head into the classroom. He’s also excited to tell me the letters he’s learnt and the numbers they’re working on each day. I…
The latest animated movie from Dreamworks is Abominable. It tells the tale of young chinese girl who finds a yeti on the roof of her apartment in Shanghai and tries to help him to get home, with a few distractions on the way! It’s a great family friendly film with lots of heart-warming moments as well as tales of bravery…