I love travelling and exploring new places with the kids and we try to get away as often as our budget allows us to which isn't nearly as often as we like if I'm honest!As I've said a few times, we're planning to spend more time travelling in the UK over the next few years rather than going abroad so when we were invited to visit Wales for a few days last month we jumped at the chance. There are so many beautiful areas in our country that we want to explore and although we'd never been to Wales before, it's somewhere that we've said lots of times that we'd like to visit.Miss … [Read more...]
Make do and mend eleven year old style….
Miss Frugal is much craftier than me!I tried to keep up when she started to learn crochet and gave up when she taught herself to knit on YouTube! I was so impressed with the blanket she ended up knitting but we're still looking for her next project knitting wise as she wants to do something more complicated than I think she's ready for so we're arguing debating this at the minute.I do want her to keep up her knitting skills though because you can knit so much these days and it's not old fashioned stuff either - there are some really lovely patterns out there for knitted … [Read more...]
Teaching children the value of money – Learning through play….
It's been a while since I've written one of these posts isn't it?I really do believe that it's never to early to start teaching children the value of money and I strongly feel that it should be a subject covered in the National Curriculum both at primary and secondary level. But as much as I'm sure that most teachers try to cover this, it's not currently covered as a stand alone subject so it's our job as parents to make sure we help our children learn about finance and the impacts it can have on their life when their older. That's why I started writing these … [Read more...]
On Wednesdays we wear pink….
It's the 10th Anniversary of the release of the film Mean Girls today!Ten years ago I watched the film while Miss Frugal was just a baby and Master Frugal wasn't even thought about.Today, the film is 10 years old and Miss Frugal is 11 (going on 15). She's getting ready to start senior school in September where she'll no doubt face some, if not all of the teem traumas in the film.She's going to come across some mean girls (even meaner than some that she's already encountered) and she's going to learn that no matter how hard she tries, she can't please everyone. … [Read more...]
I’m not sure you’re ready for this – Mind reading by Master Frugal….
Last week we were sent a fantastic magic kit by the lovely people at Innocent and I'm not exaggerating when I tell you that Master Frugal's eyes almost popped on when he saw it. He shut himself away for an hour yesterday with it and then gathered us all in the living room for his 'show' and he actually did amaze me with some of the tricks he managed to pull off.He's even going to read your mind today to show just how good a magician he really is....Did he manage to read your mind?And if your children want to learn a quick and easy magic trick to amaze everyone … [Read more...]
A clean house is the sign of a wasted life. Right?
We've all heard (and some have probably used) the phrase ' A clean house is the sign of a wasted life' haven't we?And what about this one?Both great mottos for life and I actually kind of agree with both of them if I'm honest. But, even though there's nothing wrong with a bit of dust on the TV cabinet or a carpet that needs a bit of a hoover or even a skirting board that needs a clean, I do always feel happier if things are clean and sparkly as well as tidy.I'be been introducing more things to help me keep on top of a clean and tidy house lately and it seems to be working … [Read more...]
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