We all love a trip to the beach and loved our recent stay at Southwold with its amazing beach and colourful beach huts. The children wanted to spend all their time on the beach and we were lucky with gorgeous weather to enjoy it. the kids built sandcastles, hunted for beach treasure and buried each…
Monday Happy List {Week 351}
Starting the week by writing the Monday Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures. It’s a post I always love to write. Monday…
Wild flower meadow Ickenham
I was really keen to re-visit the wild flower meadows we discovered in Ickenham last year. I had a few comments about it on my Instagram and wanted to pop over to see if the same fields had been left as wild flower meadows. We’re lucky to have lots of open green spaces in Hillingdon…
Musings at the end of a school term
With three weeks to go I am hopeful that both my children will be able to enjoy the last few weeks of term. I am certainly looking forward to a 6 week break if we can get through the next few weeks. Unfortunately my son has had his Transition Day and Year 6 trip cancelled…
Easy no sew lavender bags
Our garden has really come alive this year. It bring the whole family joy and we all enjoy spending time, nurturing our plants! So far this year we’ve eaten homegrown peas, our sunflowers are growing tall and we have gorgeous lavender. We’ve crafted with it before and I couldn’t resist sharing our easy no sew…
Monday Happy List {Week 350}
Starting the week by writing the Monday Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures. It’s a post I always love to write. Monday…
Exploring The Gravel Pits, Northwood
After 7 years we are still discovering new places on our doorstep. This weekend we explored an area known as The Gravel Pits in Northwood. Exploring The Gravel Pits, Northwood Unsurprisingly the area got its name as gravel was extracted during the time gravel was used for road surfaces. By the late 1890’s the gravel…
Win Haribo Sour Sparks and Starbeams
Did you know that last year Haribo celebrated 100 years of making delicious sweet treats? They are a firm favourite in our family and we love the classic sweets, as well as the new products they are bringing out. Haribo kindly gifted us some of their new sweets to celebrate National Vegetarian Week. New for…
Gingerbread boy and girl line study for kids
It’s been a while since we added free printables to our site but I couldn’t resist these gorgeous Gingerbread boy and Gingerbread girl line study activities for kids. We’re huge fans of gingerbread and love any activities around the story. We are delighted to add this Gingerbread boy and girl line activity for kids. It’s a…









