• How to make a bee watering station
    Crafts for kids - World Bee Day

    How to make a bee watering station

    June 10, 2018 - By 

    One thing I have started to notice about my 6 year old is that she loves to be outside after school. Whilst my 8 year old is happy playing with Lego or on the Playstation, my 6 year old is drawn outside. Recently she has been enjoying our homemade mud kitchen and keeps asking for water to make her magical mixtures. We’ve spent some time tidying up our garden recently. We took down a tree that was blocking a lot of light which has made it feel bigger and sunnier. We don’t have a lot of luck with plants but…

  • Life isn’t Uniform
    Family Life - school

    M&S Back to School – Life isn’t Uniform

    June 7, 2018 - By 

    I don’t know about you but I’m both excited and sad about the count down until the Summer holidays. The Summer term is my favourite as there are so many lovely events going on. But it’s bittersweet as life with children goes so quickly and my children seem to be growing up far too soon. Recently M&S got in touch to invite me to participate in their latest campaign around school uniform. Love it or loathe, school uniform is a huge part of my childhood memories, and will be a big part of my children’s too. I have quite fond…

  • competition - Family Life - toy review

    Win a Num Noms bundle of goodies

    June 7, 2018 - By 

    Last week we were invited to a very special ‘Kids in the Kitchen’ party with Nigel Clarke in London. I’ve mentioned a few times how much my children enjoy collecting and playing with Num Noms so they were very excited to be invited to this special Num Noms Series 5 launch event. Can you believe Series 5 have recently launched? There are so many fun Num Noms characters and playsets to collect. We were lucky to get a good look at the new series which is full of great new characters including Caramel Croissant, Razzy Loaf, Krispy Kaitlin and Wildberry…

  • Taking the 30 Days Wild challenge
    Happy By Nature

    Taking the 30 Days Wild challenge

    June 6, 2018 - By 

    Have you heard about the 30 Days Wild challenge? 30 Days Wild is the UK’s month-long nature challenge organised by The Wildlife Trust which is taking place now. The idea is simple – can you do something wild every day for 30 days? Who are the Wildlife Trust? No matter where you are in the UK, your Wildlife Trust is inspiring people about wildlife and wild places and saving, protecting and standing up for nature near you. Together, The Wildlife Trusts care for 2,300 beautiful nature reserves and most people live within a few miles of one of these special places. They are…

  • The Father’s Day Gift Guide {what to buy the Dad in your life}
    Family Life - Gift guide

    The Father’s Day Gift Guide {what to buy the Dad in your life}

    June 5, 2018 - By 

    Have you been planning for Father’s Day which falls later this month? I love treating my husband, although I have to admit he can be a little tricky to buy for. Generally he is happy with handmade Father’s Day cards and a cup of tea in bed, which is great because, let’s be realistic, there’s little chance of a lie in at our house! This year I wanted to make Father’s Day extra special for my other half. He’s the most wonderful husband and father, he works really hard to support us all and has been going through a tricky…

  • scrabble inspired wall art
    Crafts for adults - Father's Day

    DIY framed Father’s Day Scrabble art gift

    June 5, 2018 - By 

    Have you recovered from half term? Today my children went back to school and I returned to work. We packed a lot into half term and I was pretty glad to get back to our routine and do something normal like the food shop on my own today! As I sit with a hot cup of tea, Radio 4 playing and a mammoth to do list to get through, I thought I would take some time to share my recent Father’s Day Scrabble art craft. Father’s Day isn’t until June 17th but it’s never too early to start on your handmade…

  • Brand new squishy collectable...Moj Moj!
    Family Life

    Brand new squishy collectable…Moj Moj!

    June 4, 2018 - By 

    My children love pocket money toys. Anything cute and colourful and my children will probably want to buy some with their pocket money. When we were at the Num Noms Party last week the children received some Moj Moj! in their goody bags. They were really cute and so were thrilled to be sent some more to review. Brand new squishy collectable…Moj Moj! The first Moj Moj series, named “” says goodbye to the typical numbered series and brings emoji’s to life – If you love emoji’s you won’t be able to stop squeezing these cute, colourful characters. Moj Moj come…

  • Family Life - mindfulness - Monday Happy List

    Monday mindfulness- 5 happy things

    June 4, 2018 - By 

    Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend and are enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend. I love starting off each week 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 Half term came at just the right time to give us all a well deserved break. I can’t quite believe how much we’ve packed in but we really…

  • DIY Scientist Dress-up Day lab coat
    Crafts for kids

    DIY Scientist Dress-up Day lab coat

    June 3, 2018 - By 

    Have you ever heard of Scientist Dress-up Day? Goodness knows how anyone comes up with these days but the school newsletter gave us at least a weeks warning of the latest dress up day at school. Yes, Scientist Dress-up Day is now a thing. What is Scientist Dress-up Day? Friday 8th June is Scientist Dress-up Day. On Friday children can go to school wearing a ‘lab coat’ decorated with words and pictures linked to science. With two children at school we seem to have a lot of strange requests, but this is one of the craziest. DIY Scientist Dress-up Day lab coat…