It’s no secret I have a love of gingerbread. Biscuits or cake, I’m not fussy as long as it’s delicious. We were recently sent some gingerbread biscuits from Bee’s Bakery to try. They arrived beautifully packaged, carefully wrapped in paper, tied up with string. The first thing that struck me was the delicious smell followed…
Elbow grease needed!
It was a sad day when I realised that my duties as a stay at home mum would not only include sole responsibility of the children, but also the cooking, cleaning, food shopping, meal planning, washing, toy tidying and general care and maintenance of the house. My husband is a very busy man. Cleaning really…
Justin’s Annual 2013
The toddler, being Justin Fletcher’s number 1 fan, was sent a copy of Justin’s Annual 2013 to review. The annual includes 61 pages of all your your child’s favourite characters from Justin’s live shows, including Engelbert the dog and Jollywobbles the car. The album is crammed with puzzles, games, activities, stories, jokes and over 50…
Win 5 tubs of Kelly’s of Cornwall ice cream
I have a really fun competition today for five lucky readers of the gingerbread house to win one of 5 tubs of Kelly’s of Cornwall ice cream. Don’t let the chill autumn air put you off as Cornwall’s leading ice cream producer, Kelly’s, is launching a nationwide search to find the ultimate home-made pudding recipe…
ProPoints iPhone app
I was surprised to find that I’ve been trying to lose weight for two and a half weeks. I have to be honest and say I’m finding it more difficult that I thought to find the time to learn the ProPoints way and plan healthy meals. Watching what I eat has made me realise just how…
Amazon Family review
As a family we tend to use Amazon a lot. It’s convenient buying online and it’s just got even easier for mums and dads with the launch of Amazon Family. Amazon Family review Amazon Family is a membership programme aimed at making it easier for parents and families to find everything they need at Amazon.co.uk….
Kid-made Christmas cards
I mentioned the other day how we were aiming for a handmade Christmas. The first step was to make a start on our kid-made Christmas cards. There’s so much inspiration on Pinterest but I narrowed it down to simple ideas I could do with the toddler. He absolutely loves finger painting at the moment so…
A day with Yeo Valley
A couple of weeks ago the husband and I were invited to spend a day at Yeo Valley, the people behind the delicious organic Yeogurts, milk, butter, cream, compotes and rice puddings, on one of their farm tours. We jumped at the chance as we love Yeo Valley and, more importantly, the children weren’t invited….
The Anchor Cooking Challenge
I was challenged to bake a family friendly recipe using Anchor Butter. I wanted to get my toddler involved as he loves baking so we made some yummy vanilla cupcakes. Ingredients: 125g Anchor butter 125g caster sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence 2 eggs 125g self-raising flour dash of milk Method: Cream the butter and sugar…