Are you the sort of mother who keeps every work of art that your child brings home or do you wait until they're not looking and throw most of it in the bin?What about if I told you that you could keep EVERY single piece of art that your children made without having boxes full of it around the house?Keep reading....I used to keep everything that they made and displayed it all proudly on the back wall of my kitchen, like a little art gallery. It was always the first thing that anyone visiting my kitchen would be drawn to and everyone always commented on what a lovely idea it was - it … [Read more...]
{Free Printables} Letter to Santa templates and how to get a reply from the big guy himself….
Writing our annual letters to Santa is one of our Christmas traditions and probably the only Christmassy thing that we do with the kids before the 1st December.We always do it at some point in November because (a) I like to be all bought and wrapped as early as possible so the sooner I know what they want, the better and (b) we generally send their letters to the Royal Mail Santa Service for a reply and their deadline is usually early on in December.This year is the first year that we have no Santa believers in the house so trying to get them to write to Santa with a wishlist didn't go … [Read more...]
What did we do before the internet….
We've just got back from a last minute weekend cheap weekend away and although we had an amazing time, there was no Wi-Fi and practically no signal anywhere in the whole area which meant a long weekend with almost no internet access. I’d love to be able to say that life without the internet was all good and that I didn’t miss it at all but I’d be lying!As a blogger, I really missed not being able to check in on here and make sure everything was ticking over and I obviously missed being able to check in on Facebook and share my photos with you all on Instagram but they weren’t the main … [Read more...]
Is it just me or has Christmas started even earlier than usual this year….
Almost before Halloween was over, the Christmas goodies started appearing on the shelves and the flood of Christmas adverts started as soon as we turned over the page on the calendar from October to November.Even the Christmas Costa cups are out and as cute as they are, I'd much rather they weren't brought out until the start of December.Don't get me wrong, I'm all about being prepared for Christmas and my own preparations start long before November the 1st but that's not the point. We don't start any Christmas celebrations or do any Christmas family activities until the 1st … [Read more...]
Homemade Rapidough Style Game!….
Last Christmas I went to my friends house for a bit of a girls night and we had a lovely home-cooked meal, drank a little wine, did some Christmas crafts and then played board games for the rest of the night!I know, how rock and roll am I?One of the games we played was Rapidough and I loved it - as I was playing it, I was thinking how I absolutely HAD to go out and buy this for us to play as a family.The next morning however, when I was trying to describe how much fun it was to the kids, they just gave me a look and said it sounded a bit babyish! I tried to talk them round but … [Read more...]
Has THAT ad really ruined Christmas….
Yesterday morning I got a message from one of my friends to ask if I'd seen what was going on over at the Paypal Facebook page. I hadn't but seeing as I'm nosey and don't like to miss out of drama I obviously headed over there immediately to find out what was going on.What I found there was a lot of outraged and upset parents saying that Paypal had ruined Christmas, broken the hearts of children and basically made sure that this year's Christmas isn't magical.And just how had they done this? With a TV advert that showed parents buying presents for their children.If you haven't seen … [Read more...]
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