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… Read More
Seeing as Christmas is two weeks away I thought today would be a good day to answer a few Christmas questions! Polly from Our Seaside Baby tagged me to answer the questions below… What’s your favourite Christmas Movie? It’s got to be Home Alone, but I do also have a soft spot for Love Actually!… Read More
There is no time quite like Christmas. Almost everywhere you go, you are surrounded by reminders that “‘tis the season”. And yet, with such busy lives and normal to-do lists, it is all too easy to get swept away and distracted by daily life that you could miss out on getting into the festive spirit.… Read More
A few days ago we got right into the festive spirit with a trip to Marwell Zoo for their Christmas Experience. It didn’t disappoint and was the perfect way to kick start the Christmas season, though I definitely will not be putting up our decorations until December don’t you worry! Both Athena’s school and Arlo’s… Read More
I love giving personalised calendars as gifts because it’s something that will be used daily, and is a lovely way to remind the recipient of what you all look like if you don’t see them often! We send them to grand parents, aunts and uncles and sometimes god parents too. For the first time I’ve… Read More
Merry Christmas! I hope you all had a wonderful day, and continue to have a lovely Christmas break, if you’re fortunate enough to have one! We’ve had a lovely quiet day, mostly because Athena is pretty under the weather (you can tell she wasn’t really feeling a family photo on Christmas eve and just wanted… Read More
There are two types of people in the world; those that bestow gifts which look like they’ve fallen straight out of a magazine, and the rest of the population that are still struggling with sticky tape and string (that’s me normally!) It’s not hard to see that a beautifully wrapped present is a gift in itself,… Read More
I love choosing presents for people, I’m sure I don’t get it right all the time but I do try and put some thought into the gifts I give. It does make it easier now that I am older as I have less adults to buy presents for and more kids, who are infinitely easier… Read More
So now I’ve finished work for Christmas (I worked Saturday) I can relax and feel a bit more festive (although I am the manager ‘on call’ for my hotel and 5 others so fingers crossed for me that I don’t get a call, or worse have to go and help someone out with something drastic!)… Read More
Below are four festive recipes that I have spotted on some pretty awesome blogs over the last couple of weeks… do try them out over Christmas! [last year I posted about homemade eggnog, easy Christmas cookies and my mulled cider recipe] Nutella Hot Chocolate as made by Skye Chocolate bark at Bella Floreale (a… Read More