{Review} KiddyCharts.com have a chart for everything

holiday countdown

When LBG was smaller we spent a long time one day making her a progress chart or reward chart as a tool to encourage her to sleep in her bed rather than on the floor. It was a big success and we have subsequently introduced reward charts for good behaviour and so on for both [...]

When we went to Center Parcs Longleat

Center Parcs villa interior

A long time ago I was selected to be a Center Parcs Blogger. If you follow the blog you will see that we have been taking part in monthly various challenges since last year, from designing a Water Ride to planting some sunflower seeds. As part of the package, I got to take the DG [...]

How I’ve changed in 30 years: Special K flakeover

Thirty years ago things were very different for me: I was a cute little six year old with blond hair and blue eyes, an annoying younger brother and a mum who made birthday cakes in the shape of fire-engines. Life simply does not get better than that.

And then, after a night away from home, [...]

Leftover Chicken Taquitos with Peanut Dipping Sauce

Chicken Taquitos with Peanut Dipping Sauce

I recently had the good fortune to attend a Chinese Cooking Masterclass given by Hannah Hayes from China Feast to celebrate the launch of Amoy Premium Soy Sauce. It was a busy class which covered everything from the best way to cook your Egg Fried Rice- you have to squish the egg in a plastic bag then add the [...]

Papier-mâché Hen Challenge

paper mache hen

A while ago Molly Moo published a picture of the most fabulous Papier-mâché Hen that she had made at her Papier-mâché course. This precipitated a Hen Craft Challenge which I agreed to take part in, although frankly I was never going to match up to Her Craftyness’s high standards.

I used a cereal packet to do [...]

{Review} of Aromo coffee, Cafepod and Nespresso coffee capsules.

aromo cafepod nespresso coffee capsule

I make no secret of the fact that I consider tea to be the work of the devil. We love our  Nespresso Citiz + Milk- bought for DH as a wedding anniversary gift- I’m fairly sure it’s the thing we’d be most likely to save in a fire. That shot of caffeine first thing in [...]

{Review} What is Zulily?

Zulily clothes review

Have you heard of Zulily?

I’ve been a member for a few months, since I heard about Zulily at a BritMums event. It’s an American company that has branched out to the UK.

It’s an online shop offering ‘daily sales events’ on everything you can think of for mums, babies and kids. In some cases, [...]