This coming year is probably going to be the biggest so far for N now he’s 11. The final year of primary school, Likely changing schools and lots of friends going separate directions. Moving out of mini tennis and into…
It’s been a long time since parties happened, but now they’re starting back up again. Last weekend N went to a glamping party. So different to the parties we used to have as children, but if you’ve got the outdoor…
Birthday parties might be fairly limited at the moment given social distancing and other Covid restrictions around the world, but sometimes it’s good to have ideas for later. Parties to look forward to once everyone can mix again. Or even…
Try these bowling ball iced biscuits I think this year, N’s 9th birthday, will probably be the last year of birthday parties. Not that he really has ‘parties’ but more a few friends together. But it’s more likely he’ll want…
One of my most popular posts has been the decline of party invitation etiquette. I get a lot of searches arriving at my blog asking how to accept and decline party invites. Nowadays, with the decline of snail mail and…
A child’s birthday should be a big thing for them. But I think this year, N turning six was more exciting for me than it was for him. Unless he’s just very good at hiding his excitement (unlikely, although he…
Having children means parties. Their own and other people’s (although so far we’ve avoided having a party for N – I reckon in future we’ll do it in the summer so we stand a better chance of getting decent weather…
Halloween babies. Spooky or cute? It seems having a baby lets you dress them up (poor them, although great photos & comeback for when they’re older and being horrible teens). I hate fancy dress, so wanted something relatively tame for…