• 5 top tips for weaning millennial babies
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    5 top tips for weaning millennial babies

    December 21, 2018 - By 

    Recent research by WaterWipes has reinforced what I already knew, that millennial babies have excellent taste in food. I loved the weaning phase with my millennial babies as they were so happy to try anything. WaterWipes conducted a new survey for their campaign all about messy menus to celebrate the launch of their new product WaterWipes with SoapBerry (we reviewed the classic WaterWipes here). The research results revealed that over a fifth of millennial babies have a sophisticated palette and enjoy a variety of on-trend ‘staple’ foods including avocados, quinoa and houmous. Traditional dishes such as toad in the hole (41%) and…

  • Paper gingerbread house activity {from Mrs Mactivity}
    Crafts for kids - gingerbread house

    Paper gingerbread house activity {from Mrs Mactivity}

    December 20, 2018 - By 

    With just one day left at school and work we have been keeping our after school activities to a minimum. Our usual clubs have continued until today, which have made for two very tired and grumpy children. Thankfully I find that a craft or two keeps them calm after school so we have been having lots of fun with festive crafts, including a fun paper gingerbread house activity from Mrs Mactivity. Paper gingerbread house activity from Mrs Mactivity You all know how much I love a gingerbread house so I couldn’t resist printing some of the these gingerbread house activity…

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    What is ethical investment?

    December 20, 2018 - By 

    Photo by Sam Truong Dan on Unsplash The 21st century digital age is one of choice. For practically every decision we make, whether it’s as mundane as ordering a takeaway or as life-changing as getting married, there are now far more choices laid out before us than there were 20 or 30 years ago. The principle applies to investments as much as it does to anything else. Today, we can still walk into a bank, building society or stockbroker’s office if we want to, but where these had more or less cornered the market in the 20th century, there are now a range of additional suppliers, particularly online.…

  • Clay fingerprint Christmas tree decorations for kids to make
    Christmas - Crafts for kids

    Clay fingerprint Christmas tree decorations for kids to make

    December 19, 2018 - By 

    Every year we try and make our own decoration to add to either our main Christmas tree or the smaller trees both children have in their bedrooms. We have made some fun keepsake Christmas decorations from air drying clay so thought we would add clay fingerprint Christmas tree decorations for kids to our collection. Supplies to make clay fingerprint Christmas tree decorations  Air drying clay Christmas tree cookie cutter Paint Black sharpie Bakers twine to hang How to make Clay fingerprint Christmas tree decorations We bought a large block of air drying clay so cut off a chunk large enough…

  • The Curiosity Box subscription box
    Crafts for kids - Elf on the Shelf - STEM activity - subscription box

    Easy Elf Snot Slime and The Curiosity Box

    December 18, 2018 - By 

    A few months ago I won a subscription to The Curiosity Box. This is a science subscription box for kids and I was pretty pleased to win it as my 7 year old just loves science and I love trying subscription boxes. I have to admit that the boxes have been stacking up as we’ve been so busy. However, when the December box landed, and we discovered it was a SLIME box, well we just had to open it straight away. The Curiosity Box subscription box The Curiosity Box is a science subscription box that send you monthly boxes of themed…

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    Family Life - mindfulness - Monday Happy List

    Monday Mindfulness – 5 Happy Things

    December 17, 2018 - By 

    Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. Each week I start off by writing my Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things blog post. It’s a great chance to 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 enjoy writing. Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things I passed my Probation period at work! I can’t believe I’ve been in my job for 5 months now. I am getting used to it and although my role is constantly changing I feel like…

  • Monopoly Cheater's Edition from Hasbro Gaming review
    Family Life - Hasbro Toy Tribe

    Monopoly Cheater’s Edition from Hasbro Gaming review

    December 16, 2018 - By 

    Last week we were lucky to review the brand new Monopoly Fortnite edition. My 8 year old just loves Monopoly so he was very happy to receive the new Monopoly Cheater’s Edition from Hasbro Gaming too. This is an updated version of the original Monopoly game featuring a similar style of board, with paper money, game tokens, dice, Chance and Community Chest cards. Read on to see what we thought…. Monopoly Cheater’s Edition from Hasbro Gaming We are huge fans of Monopoly and love to see all the different versions of the game. Monopoly Cheater’s Edition is closely related to the…

  • How to make a simple twig star decoration
    Christmas - Crafts for adults

    How to make a simple twig star decoration

    December 15, 2018 - By 

    I don’t feel as though I have made as many Christmas decorations as I would have liked to this year. What with my new job, although I’m not sure I can call it ‘new’ for much longer, my crafting time is really limited. Today we had some much needed time at home though, and I was finally able to play with my new Ryobi Glue Gun. A few weeks ago we went for a lovely walk in Ruislip Woods. The weather was beautiful and I collected lots of long twigs for crafting. With Winter coming up I had a few…

  • Kite Sugar Cookies tutorial from the gingerbread house blog
    baking - Crafts for adults

    Kite Sugar Cookies tutorial

    December 15, 2018 - By 

    Next week sees the release of the hotly anticipated film, Mary Poppins Returns. The mysterious Mary Poppins returns to Depression-era London to visit Jane and her brother Michael, now a father of three, and help them rediscover the joy they knew as children. I can’t wait, this is already planned as a post-Christmas treat. When I think of Mary Poppins I can’t help but hum along to the song Let’s Go Fly a Kite which appears at the end of the first Mary Poppins film. They inspired me to make these fun Kite Sugar Cookies. Kite Sugar Cookies ingredients: Your favourite…