I have a wonderful giveaway to share with you today – a lovely storybook and soft toy. This story tells the tale of two toys and how one of the toys (Cleo the horse) is afraid of the dark and thinks that there are monsters in the bedroom. The other toy (Daphne the duck) shows…
Family frolics in Ruislip
What a week we’ve had. Coughs, cold, the flu, Christmas plays and parties. Christmas cards written and sent. Christmas gifts almost all wrapped. Mulled wine made and drunk. Christmas tree bought and decorated. This weekend was lovely and quiet (on purpose) and the only things we really wanted to do was get out to our…
Be your own mixologist with SodaStream this Christmas
I may have mentioned my addiction to a well-known fizzy drink. I’m hoping that will all change as we’ve recently been trying out SodaStream Source. Using water direct from the tap, Source creates an array of fizzy drinks, from classic colas and ginger beers through to custom flavours. SodaStream has always been simple to use…
Hand stencilled gifts for Christmas
A couple of weeks ago I bought a lovely book called Winter Wonderland Stencils which contains 20 reuseable festive stencils. I had grand plans of using them on the windows to make our house look really festive. The only fail was that I’ve been unable to find any cans of fake snow. Instead I started…
Fun with the new Woolly and Tig app
Over the last couple of days my children have been trying out the new Woolly and Tig app featuring Woolly, the loveable cuddly spider from the hit CBeebies show. They love all things Woolly and Tig and the app is a welcome respite from Christmas right now 🙂 My 3½ year old is very app…
Mini Pita Pizzas and McCain French Fries
My children love to help in the kitchen so were very excited by a recent delivery. We were sent everything we needed to create Mini Pita Pizzas with Pick’n’Mix toppings and McCain French Fries. Yesterday I set to work in the kitchen, making a tasty tomato sauce which was smothered over a couple of grilled…
Mini Pupstars – celeb style your 3D pooch iPad app
The latest app to be added to my iPad is the rather wonderful Mini Pupstars from Matoto Play. Mini Pupstars lets you celeb style your 3D pooch in this fun and creative app. Mini Pupstars encourages creative play and helps to develop fine motor skills with the player choosing one of four 3D dogs to style by…
What I’m reading: Christmas crafting by Catherine Woram
I love to craft with my children and since Little Sis started nursery two mornings a week those times are quickly becoming craft time with my 3 year old. He loves to craft but it’s difficult to juggle two children with different needs and abilities so now we take our opportunities by planning in advance!…
Trying to resist buying more furniture!
We’re a bit spoilt for shops selling furniture where we live. Our new house is bigger than the old one so when we moved we needed more furniture. Sitting in my lounge and writing this, almost everything I can see is new, and we definitely didn’t budget for it all in our moving costs! We…