This post will not educate you. It will not make you deeply question your beliefs. And it will not provide you with any tips as to how to manage your life. It may or may not inspire your blog-writing. It will make you laugh. Especially if you are from Cheshire, Kent, the Cotswolds, or any [...]
We’re trialling a new LAB Bookmarks feature on the site at the moment. At the top of every post you’ll see a star icon with ‘Add to your LAB Bookmarks’ written beside it. If you click that it’ll save the post title and link on LAB to it on your ‘Your Bookmarks’ page which you [...]
For all who are feeling all patriotic here’s something rather nifty for you to turn your hands to. Lately I have read posts on making Union Jack bunting and icing Union Jack cakes biscuits, if like me you are feeling the effects of too much red, white and blue but want to get into the [...]
Save Every Step is a gorgeous blog written by the owner of the SaveEveryStep.com, a website where anyone can record their family’s defining moments on a timeline, with photos and stories. I often enjoy trawling through Helen’s (yes another Helen, but it’s a coincidence, and if your name’s Anita and I love your blog I’ll [...]
I love this post from new father Babberblog. It approaches the much discussed topic of parenting classes with a gigantic splash of humour. Brilliantly written in a way that makes you want to keep reading throughout. Lewis takes you through examples of different fathers and their imaginary opinions on what they are thinking about the classes. From James [...]
Every now and again I come across a post that I read. And then I go back the next day and read it again. And then the day after that I go back and read it yet again. A brilliant post. One that you hear other bloggers buzzing about for days. ‘Twitter is like‘ by [...]
I may not have an oven but I do love cooking – and eating and I’m a bugger for trying out new recipes. More often than not I tweak a recipe to suit my tastes and pass it on to a friend, who no doubt does the same again. When I came across a post [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
And inspirational free printable. Like this?Read more… Recommended by A Smith of All Trades
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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….
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
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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