There's no doubt that Christmas has some wonderful food-related traditions, but if you aren't a fan of dried fruit, or you ate three helpings of Turkey, you might not feel like a Christmas Pudding for dessert. I am a huge fan of Christmas pudding and will happily eat it for breakfast once Christmas Day has been and gone. I recall a few years ago- our first married Christmas- when DH's parents gave us Delia's Christmas Ice-Cream as an … [Read more...]
Dress with Tesco this Christmas
Because I have two girls, I find that whenever I get one something, the other wants exactly the same thing. It's a frustration that I hope they will grow out of. Except when it comes to clothes. Secretly, you see, I quite like them when they wear matching dresses. It's adorable in a slightly kitsch way, makes people say "Oh how sweet!" or similar and- and I do find this a total bonus- makes them much much easier to spot when we are out and … [Read more...]
five ways to set your Instagrams free!
I recently mentioned that I am a bit Mamarazzi when it comes to taking pictures of my children. The thing is that with the advent of digital photography, all those images seem to remain on my phone or Dropbox and I do nothing with them. Christmas is a perfect time to really make full advantage of the pictures you take using the Instagram App so I've been having a look around at what you can do with your pictures: here are five ways to set your … [Read more...]
Beef Carbonnade with Mustard Damper Bread Dumplings
The temperature gauge read 0.5C as I left on the school run this week. To me, this is officially cold, so i'm breaking out the big guns and have been thinking about #WinterWarmer Recipes this week. So I have used mustard in this Carbonnade of Beef -essentially a stew with a posh French name- as well as in the Damper-Style dumplings that accompany it. Mustard is a great ingredient for adding warmth and flavour to a meat dish, especially meat. … [Read more...]
What can you pack in a Playaway Case?
Half-term in our house means House Swap, so we are readying ourselves for a trip to The Continent to spend some family time together. The older that The Girls get the easier it becomes to make ready. They insist on choosing their special things to go into their special suitcases, which I discovered last year at the Baby and Toddler Show. After I wrote the last post about the PlayAway Case, I had a couple of questions about what you could … [Read more...]
{Review} Sense Organic Pyjamas: an easy way to make a toddler even cuter
Dimples was beyond happy that she received some new pyjamas this week. She is the kid that is on the go from the moment she opens her eyes and asks 'is it not my school day today' until the moment she declares that she has 'had enough of being awake' and takes herself off to a quiet spot to sleep. I wish I were joking but the only one able to persuade her that it's time to sleep is herself. When she has had enough, you walk away ad leave her … [Read more...]
{Review} Barbie and her sisters in A Pony Tale
It's impossible to explain the excitement in our home at the arrival of a new Barbie DVD in our home. We watch them all the time and, to be honest, the new one is as much a relief as a joy for me: I end up being word-perfect I watch them so often, and find myself humming Barbie-related tunes in deeply inappropriate places. It goes without saying that we were delighted with Barbie™ & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale. It's such a great story: a … [Read more...]
