I was challenged to bake a family friendly recipe using Anchor Butter. I wanted to get my toddler involved as he loves baking so we made some yummy vanilla cupcakes. Ingredients: 125g Anchor butter 125g caster sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence 2 eggs 125g self-raising flour dash of milk Method: Cream the butter and sugar…
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The C word
I’m going to be brave and use the C word. There’s something about September that just gets me thinking about Christmas. I’ve written my Christmas wishlist (iPad mini please), been buying stocking fillers and joined in some swaps for Christmas crafting. Christmas doesn’t have to be all about the money. We’ll be keeping it simple….
Win a cookery lesson with Daniel Galmiche
I have details of a lovely competition for any foodies out there! The Ideas Kitchen are offering someone a chance to win a cooking lesson with the famous chef, Daniel Galmiche at his restaurant The Vineyard, in Berkshire. Greeted with champagne and canapés, 4 lucky winners will get a tour of The Vineyard’s impressive wine…
Organic Monkey review
I was delighted to be asked to try some products by Organic Monkey who make nappy balm, scalp oil for cradle cap, belly oil and massage oil. We tried their Cheeky Monkey Cheek Rub oil and Rock the Cradle cradle cap oil. My 10 month old has been teething for months but, just like her…
Mission:Explore Food
Did you know that this week is Children’s Book Week? We never need a reason to read books but it’s a great week to share with you a lovely new book we were sent to review – Mission:Explore Food, the latest in the series of Mission:Explore books. This book is unlike any other book we’ve…
Wishlist – one new kettle!
We’ve just returned from a couple of days at my mum’s house. We got to do all our favourite activities. I went round the local charity shops (more Bob the Builder toys for the toddler), the husband flew his model aeroplane from the top of the local beauty spot and my mum kindly looked after…
Books for autumn days
Do you love reading with your children? It’s one of our favourite activities and we love nothing better than snuggling up on the sofa and sharing our favourite books. The children have been sent some wonderful new books which are perfect for reading on these autumnal days. Did you know that everyone’s favourite children’s TV…
How to make the Troublesome Trucks
My toddler is Thomas the Tank Engine mad. He also likes making things so I thought we could combine the two. On a recent day out we saw the Troublesome Trucks and thought it would be fun to make them ourselves. We used some mini cereral boxes, which we painted grey. You can see I…
Win with Disney Club Penguin
I have a lovely competition for Club Penguin fans today, I have 2 x one month membership cards to giveaway. These which would allow the lucky winners access to exclusive member-only areas of the site; exclusive gifts at special events; access to style their penguins with new outfits; upgrades and decorations for their igloos and…