It was French Day on Friday for LBG. I had two days' notice to whip up a costume from stuff lying around the house. A pair of navy leggings, a stripey blue and white top- with red rosette, and her velvet jacket and some of my fake pearls was the simplest way of fulfilling the brief. But I had a delivery that day which came in a large cardboard box. And the large cardboard box spoke to me. It said: I want to be the Eiffel Tower. So armed with … [Read more...]
Kids Capture The Colour
I happened to be online when Mammasaurus' post about Travelsupermarket's Kids Capture the Colour competition went live and was delighted to be sent a free camera for LBG to take her very own pictures to enter in the competition. As a child of a blogger she is very used to not eating until I have instagrammed her food, or posing with a product for a review photograph, or just turning around to find her Mamma with a camera in her face, recording … [Read more...]
What does Mamma do?
I recently found a great pin- a questionnaire about Mummy. As we were spending time at the table anyway, I asked my girls the questions and these are the answers I got. [I couldn't help myself from commenting in square parentheses.] 1. What is something that Mamma always says to you? Can I kiss you forever? - Both [I do. It's my most fabourite game.] 2. What makes Mamma happy? When we tidy our beds beautifully - … [Read more...]
{Review} Fisher Price Little People: Big Discoveries
Ordinarily I would not be overjoyed to receive two very large packages of stuff when I am trying to reduce the amount of stuff we have ahead of a house move but it was the first week of our school holidays and these boxes contained Fisher Price Little People: the Little People® Disney® Princess Songs Palace and the Little People® Happy Sounds Home™ to be exact, and they made me very happy indeed. And my children of course. In the past we have … [Read more...]
I-Spy Nature Walk
Now the summer holidays are here I am looking for things to keep the children busy and keep them outside. At least that's the theory- the heat of late means that they are spending most of the day inside and the early morning and evening outside. But 'outside' is a great place for kids to spend time: it's tiring, means they aren't messing up inside and helps them to see what is around them. Over the past year we have been Center Parcs Bloggers, … [Read more...]
Washing Up Liquid or Dish Soap Activities with Ecover
Ecover asked me if I wanted to test out some of their products after seeing my New Home Wreath and I was happy to say yes: what home doesn't need cleaning products? DH was skeptical when I handed him the household wipes the other day- asking if he would need half-a-packet to clean up a small mess. He made reference to when we last used Ecover about ten years ago. He ate his words- though not the wipe- since the wipes were more than able to clean … [Read more...]
{Why You Should} Visit Brogdale Farm
We spent the day at Brogdale Farm this weekend, for their annual Strawberry Festival. We rode the tractor-trail around the enormous orchards, we took a miniature train-journey in the sun. The Girls bounced madly on the bouncy castle before spending what felt like weeks in the craft tent, painting rocks and plates before worshipping at the altar of face-painting. We brought a picnic with us, which we ate in the shade of a hazelnut tree, … [Read more...]
