Over the next week or so, you’ll see some Christmas posts on here amongst my normal posts. I’m joining in with a 12 days of parenting series in the run up to Christmas Eve. This first day is about preparing…
I love autumn days and it seems N is enjoying the autumn traditions too. Harvest festival and conkers Last week was harvest festival at school. That always means a walk back across the village green with all the children collecting…
In the past I always prided myself on being really organised for Christmas. It helped that it was always a nice family day, and even though we never had a big family Christmas, it always had its traditions. But the…
The temperature’s due to drop here this evening, and being out in the countryside we do tend to see some of the colder temperatures in our region. We’re also just getting the advent calendar ready so that means we’re out…
Halloween is always interesting to explain to children. Especially once there’s the peer pressure from school to go trick or treating. In the past N has had some kind of costume to go to nursery in. Although he’s not really…
I’m not that creative, but here’s some really easy Sharpie based easter egg decorating ideas.
As part of our Chinese New Year themed Weekend Box we reviewed, we made easy fortune cookies. I always thought they’d be really complicated, and had no idea how they’re made, so I was pleased to see how we could…
I’ve finally managed to get some crafting done. It probably helps that to make a 3D snowflake I didn’t need to get the craft supplies out…well, apart from tracking down some glue dots! If you’ve not seen them over the…