Parenting

Calling Time (Magazine) on the breastfeeding war of words

Calling Time (Magazine) on the breastfeeding war of words

Ah, the big Time Magazine Breastfeed Mom / Mum cover debate rages on! Surely, when it comes down to it, the most important thing any mother can do is to love her child and show that child love? Each and every one of us is different, that’s part of the joy of being a human. [...]

Debriefing! » andthenallithoughtaboutwasyou.com

Debriefing! » andthenallithoughtaboutwasyou.com

When we had Rhianna Lily we were told that there would be a debriefing around 6 weeks after her birth to go over both of our bloods, and any chromosome issues and her birth and pregnancy to try to discover what went wrong. We didn’t opt for a postmortem because after the birth it was [...]

Fingers and Hands A Tale of Baba’s Week »

Fingers and Hands A Tale of Baba’s Week »

This week has been eventful to say the least, I have been manically preparing for CRAFTfest and have been trying to work every moment that Baba has not been around to get on top of all the things that have to be made and keeping on top of helping the other stall holders in my [...]

Parenting FAIL – Naming and Shaming Myself

Parenting FAIL – Naming and Shaming Myself

Today, we got to nursery and Sausage’s keyworker asked me “Does she have any sunscreen on?” – Er, no, I had to answer. “Okay, no problem, does she have any in her bag?” – Errr, no… *feels (correctly) judgemental glare of keyworker* Despite everything that has happened to our family in the past three years, [...]

How do you know when you’ve got enough children?

How do you know when you’ve got enough children?

Recently babies have obviously been on the geekdaughter’s mind. A couple of times she’s said to me “I wish we had another baby Mummy. I really love my brother, but I wish we had another baby too”. My answer to her is always the same “Mummy won’t be having any more babies. Mummy thinks our [...]

Craft

Cute cards with knitted finger puppets.

Cute cards with knitted finger puppets.

Aunty Maggie is a knitting enthusiast and collects chickens (not real ones – the ornament version) so with chickens on my mind I set about my first card. A finger puppet chicken. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Mummy & Mimi

Dazzling Dragonflies

Dazzling Dragonflies

I am very excited to tell you how we made our beautiful dragonflies! I just made it up as we went along and it actually worked! I made my “example” at the same time the kids made theirs. I started by tracing dragonfly wings onto laminating sheets. (I used a coloring sheet from here as my [...]

How to make Jubilee Crown

How to make Jubilee Crown

We are having Jubilee festivities in two weeks time to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee and I have already discussed food and so now we are onto outfits! We are all going to have to wear red, blue and white. BB and I decided that to stay in true Royal spirit he needed a crown [...]

Nothing is impossible « A Smith of All Trades

Nothing is impossible « A Smith of All Trades

And inspirational free printable. Like this?Read more… Recommended by A Smith of All Trades

FREE Jubilee Party Pack

FREE Jubilee Party Pack

To celebrate the Queens Jubilee I have been busy designing this exclusive printable party pack. Best of all I’m giving it away FREE to all my lovely readers. The pack includes 3 cupcake topper designs, 4 cupcake wrapper designs, 3 juice bottle label designs and 4 bunting flag designs. To grab your free party pack [...]

Cookery

Maggi: So quick, easy AND tasty

Maggi: So quick, easy AND tasty

Have you ever watched Masterchef and thought how fantastic it would be to cook in a professional kitchen where all of the ingredients are set out, ready for you to get your hands on? Where every little dish, knife, board and utensil is just sitting there on the work top complete with a kitchen fairy [...]

Jubilee No Bake CheesecakeFishfingers for tea

Jubilee No Bake CheesecakeFishfingers for tea

Well I couldn’t let talk of picnics this summer go by without sharing a pudding with you. Especially when it’s in a rather patriotic red, white and blue. These individual no bake cheesecakes are just the ticket; quick, yummy and require very little effort. I decided to make mine in nutella jars. Do you keep [...]

Gluten Free Lasagne, homemade including the pasta.

Gluten Free Lasagne, homemade including the pasta.

One thing I know a lot of gluten free people miss is great tasting lasagne. Real comfort food that tastes so good, you don’t have to miss out any longer! Today I decided to set about making a gluten free/wheat free lasagne completely from scratch, feel free to adapt this recipe and use bought lasagne [...]

Sunflower, pecan and cardamon muffins, heart healthy, gluten free and yummy.

Sunflower, pecan and cardamon muffins, heart healthy, gluten free and yummy.

This is an adapted recipe from Green Kitchen Stories, it looked so yummy I had to try it. Plus they are Gluten Free and Wheat Free. Sunflower seeds are a good source of Vitamin E, Magnesium and Selenium as well as Like this?Read more… Recommended by Dietitian UK

Veggies!

Veggies!

I don’t normally post recipes- on account of being a really average cook. But I thought in honour of veggie week I should do something! Here are a couple of really easy, cheap-ish family meals. I don’t do measuring I am afraid! Like this?Read more… Recommended by The Ramblings of a Formerly Rock’n’Roll Mum

Humour

When The Postman Knocks.

When The Postman Knocks.

Picture the scene…….My new gorgeous rather expensive bathing suits have arrived, beautifully packaged with tissue paper and love. I have never ever spent a lot of money on swim wear but with the big holiday coming up this year I thought I would splash out (pardon the pun). Like this?Read more… Recommended by To Wax [...]

Bar joke.

Bar joke.

Two guys and a girl were sitting at a bar talking about their lives. The one guy said, “I’m a YUPPIE. You know, Young Urban Professional.” Like this?Read more… Recommended by Dribbling Pensioner

Newlyweds

Newlyweds

The newlyweds are in their honeymoon room and the groom decides to let the bride know where she stands right from the start of the marriage. He proceeds to take off his trousers and throw them at her. He says, “Put those on.” The bride replies, “I can’t wear your trousers.” Like this?Read more… Recommended [...]

Aircraft slams into 4 buildings

Aircraft slams into 4 buildings

Amazing photos show great detail. The pilot at low level had no control over his aircraft. It narrowly misses a crowd gathered for the air show and slams into four buildings. One can only imagine the horror of the occupants inside those buildings. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Dribbling Pensioner

Goblin joke

Goblin joke

One morning a woman was walking out of her front door, when she notices a strange little man at the bottom of her garden. “You’re a goblin,” she says, “I caught you and you owe me three wishes!”. So the goblin replies “OK, you caught me fair and square, what’s your first wish?”. The woman [...]

Photography

52 Fridays

52 Fridays

The Princess and The Pickle have been making the most of this week’s gorgeous sunshine, playing together on their trampoline and new slide… Like this?Read more… Recommended by The Princess and The Pickle

A Picture Postcard

A Picture Postcard

Over the course of three days we lost ourselves in the wintery magic of the Arctic circle. Just us, the huskies, our sleds and the snow, we spent our days travelling through pine strewn forests, sometimes hurtling at speed; when the dogs had just fed, sometimes gliding more slowly, as they tired towards the end [...]

Picture Postcard

Picture Postcard

A post card to read! Like this?Read more… Recommended by Multiple Mummy

Say Cheese!

Say Cheese!

HUGE thanks to the lovely people at Britmums and Boots, I have a new camera! It’s a ‘point and shoot’ but with extra whistles and bells and perfect for the novice photographer like me, who wants to take better shots but has very limited skill! Like this?Read more… Recommended by Hello Wall….

Silent Sunday

Silent Sunday

Silent Sunday Like this?Read more… Recommended by Mammasaurus

Education

Lego Union Jack « Pinkoddy’s Blog

Lego Union Jack « Pinkoddy’s Blog

I have been teaching my son about the alphabet (that post is still to come this week) and this week is the turn of J so as part of that we made a Union Jack for the Jubilee out of Lego. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Pinkoddy’s Blog

Re-purposed Chalk Table

Re-purposed Chalk Table

We had acquired a wicker coffee table last year, which I had painted white and put in our old bathroom as a stool for Jake to brush his teeth and wash his hands. Now we’ve moved we no longer need one. Ive recently been creating a new play space for Jake (and Poppy as she [...]

School Reading Schemes

School Reading Schemes

School Reading Schemes Posted on May 23, 2012 by Erica As regular readers will know, my son is in Reception class at school currently. His school uses a range of different reading schemes, and it can be difficult for parents to understand how the various schemes relate to each other. I think there are good [...]

GCSEeek

GCSEeek

It’s GCSE time in our house. My fifteen year old is mid-exams. And it’s me with the fever. Am trying to provide a healthy diet, and moral support, and encourage a sensible revision schedule. But having a huge age gap means I am often dealing with a demanding baby, I haven’t slept properly in 9 [...]

Button Sorting

Button Sorting

And that was that – a really simple activity full of learning and fun for toddlers and pre-schoolers. The key points of this activity are developing pre-math skills – shape and colour recognition, understanding differences and likeness, recognising numeric quantities, as well as encouraging logical thought – organisation and grouping. You dont need any special [...]