The Mothership has come to stay. I needed to pull out all the stops to impress her so thought I would try the delicious Lemon & Lime Drizzle from the Half-Baked Cake Co. What could be better than readymake cake mixture in a case, made with real kitchen cupboard ingredients, in a box? The Half-Baked…
Fruity summer fun with Club Penguin and innocent
This summer on August 22nd Club Penguin will be transformed into a tropical fruit mecca when the island’s summer party – The Adventure Party: Temple of Fruit rolls into town. Pirate penguin Captain Rockhopper will be bringing tropical fruits to The Adventure Party in his big ship The Migrator to celebrate his fruit-finding adventure like…
Need help with weaning? Plum can help!
Back in June, organic baby food brand, Plum, ran a competition to win a sought after place at the first ever Plum Cookery School. Five lucky mums were invited down to Buckinghamshire where the Cookery School opened its doors to reveal some of the tasty secrets behind Plum’s recipes and offered expert advice to support…
A rainbow of hexagons
Life has been chugging on as usual except for some very exciting days out. Over the last few weeks we’ve had fun at the Rainbow Park on the Southbank, a Day out with Thomas, a Christening, watching the Torch Relay and a trip to Legoland. We’re all feeling quite tired and we still have a…
Mini Victoria sandwich
I had a definite fancy for Victoria sandwich today, so- called because Queen Victoria favoured a slice with her afternoon tea. I really wanted to make miniature sponges though as they look so delicious and you get to eat a whole sponge yourself without being too greedy! For the cake I used: 200g caster sugar…
Are we crazy to take our children to the Olympics?
We booked our Olympic tickets when I was pregnant knowing we would be taking a toddler and a baby to the Olympics. We heard lots of conflicting reports that babies wouldn’t be allowed, prams would be prohibited, and as we didn’t want to carry the baby in a sling we’ve now arranged for her to…
Wood Green charity shops
We’ve lived in Wood Green in north London for the last 6 years but have only visited the handful of charity shops a couple of times. However, last week we popped into Oxfam and were rewarded with a haul! First up were two new-to-us Thomas the Tank Engine DVDs. There was no way the toddler…
A busy summer holiday
I’m quite pleased we seem to be surviving the school holidays <touch wood>. The weather hasn’t been too bad and we’ve had lots to do. We had a great Day out with Thomas, the Christening, trip to Legoland and I’m trying to keep the toddler busy with some structured activities and lots of free time…
Thomas the Tank Engine cupcakes
I looked at my toddler the other day and realised he was dressed head to foot in Thomas clothes – hat, jumper, tshirt, shorts, socks <sigh>. I love him to bits but his Thomas obsession is everywhere! Fortunately for him we were sent some brilliant sugarettes from JustBake who sell all kinds of cupcake decorations,…