Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Now our Summer holidays have finally started I’ve been thinking up ways to keep my children busy. We have holidays planned but we also have lots of down time at home. Sometimes I think my children just don’t know how to be bored but I know that being bored is really good for them, because boredom sparks creativity. However, it’s always worth having a few ideas to spark their creativity just in case. Our kid-friendly garden (which us adults love too!) We have a reasonable back garden and we’ve done quite a lot of work on it…

Photo by Steve Huntington on Unsplash Are you looking forward to the children breaking up from school and the Summer holidays starting next week? This school year has just flown by and I am so excited about spending 6 weeks with my children at home. Having recently returned to work we are looking forward to spending some time on the house. House work is the first thing I neglect when I’m working outside of the home! Simple ways to refresh a family bathroom A few years ago we had a new kitchen put into our house, now we are looking at refreshing our…

Monday to Friday between the hours of 9 and 3 are very much ‘my’ time. This means it’s my time to do the food shopping, clean the house, change the bed sheets, and do all those jobs which come up each week. The busiest week included buying both children something red, white or blue to wear to their Royal Wedding parties at school, sorting out donations for the School Fair, tackling the ironing, making bunting for the Royal Wedding party at school, paying for the Greek workshop and picking up a new Cubs outfit for my son. After school revolves…