I know it's only Tuesday and I usually hate wishing my life away but I'm really looking forward to this weekend. Mr Frugal is off work for the weekend (which is very rare), the weather is supposed to be nice (which is even rarer) so we're going to make the most of it and have a lovely family weekend together.I want to do something a bit different but at the same time, I don't want to spend very much at all.Which is why we'll be taking advantage of the National Trust Free weekend that's taking place this Saturday and Sunday. There's over 200 properties across the country so there's … [Read more...]
Step away from the computer – all of you….
Do you find it hard to limit your children's (and your own) screen time?By screen time, I mean time spent watching TV, playing on games consoles, the laptop, iPod touches, tablets - anything really that involves electronics in some way!I was struggling with this a month or so ago, mainly because I got a bit too laid back about it when we had the six week plague* at the start of the year. None of us had the energy to do very much at all so I took the easy way out and let them spend a bit too much time on their electronics.By the time we all started to feel better and actually … [Read more...]
Growing up too fast….
I walked past my daughter's bedroom this afternoon and saw this....She's sat on her bed with her teddies practicing how to put make up on by watching Youtube tutorials. Lately, she seems to be in such a hurry to grow up and I just want to slow it down a little bit but I'm not sure how to do that, if at all! Take the make up issue for example, she's not allowed to wear it outside the house (although she'd like to) but I do let her spend some of her pocket money on buying daft bits and bobs (have you seen the Superdrug clearance sections - she got loads of bargains there for between 10p … [Read more...]
Ten quick crafts for the school holidays….
My crafting skills leave a lot to be desired but as the mother of an eight year old boy who loves to get his hands dirty and his ten year old system who loves to make pretty things I've had to find crafting activities that even I can manage ;-)Seeing as it's the school holidays for a lot of us, I thought I'd share tenof my favourite easy crafts and activities with you.... Make a Family treeRecycle your crayonsMake your own mini bookMake a bookmark our of sweet wrappersMake a photo collageMake some story cardsMake your own board gameMake a pop up monster … [Read more...]
#CookItBlogIt – Chocolate Sponge Pudding with Chocolate Sauce….
<div align="center"><a href="https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/" title="The Diary of a Frugal Family"><img src="https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cookitblogit11.jpg" alt="The Diary of a Frugal Family" style="border:none;" /></a></div> It's great to see so many of you joining in with #CookItBlogIt every week.If you don't already know, #CookItBlogIt is the weekly recipe linky that Emma from Crazy with Twins take it in turns to host each week. You can share any recipe you like - old or new and we're gradually adding all entries to our … [Read more...]
No room at the inn….
Warning - Ranty post including over use of exclamation marks....What's the last thing you want after a four hour journey on your own with two children who are cold, tired and grumpy?To arrive at the hotel you've booked to be told that the hotel has been massively overbooked and there are no rooms available for you!This is what happened to me earlier in the week when we arrived at our hotel in London. And not just us, there were at least six other families scattered about the reception area in varying stages of annoyance/desperation when we got there - more by the time we got … [Read more...]
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