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 family to Center Parcs Longleat to give the Center Parcs experience our full and considered opinion. We set off on a beautiful day: the sun shone almost all the way … [Read more...]
Crafts to make for Fathers Day
The thing that I cherish more than anything on Mother's Day are the cards and handmade gifts that The Girls give me. On the same basis, I work hard with our Girls to make something that DH will cherish for Father's Day. It's an important lesson for them to learn: that a gift that is thoughtful, that comes from the heart, that you put yourself into, is far more special and precious than anything you can buy. A couple of years ago, when they … [Read more...]
{Indoor Play Bloghop} Indoor Camping
I often hear people talking about building memories, and I never really understood what they were on about, but used it as a convenient excuse whenever DH complained about the lack of housework that had been done. This is the story of my discovery of memory-building. We enjoy camping, but The Girls and I are most definitely fair-weather campers, so the camping gear spends about ten months of the year in storage. Recently however, we were … [Read more...]
My Top Ten Potty Training Tips
It feels like a thousand years since my youngest was trained, but she's only just three. Which means that this time last year, I was 'in the zone'. She received pants as a birthday present from her Granny and that was it: she insisted she never wear nappies again. I have to say that part of the ease of it is her personality. Once she decided it was time, it was time. Which is my first tip: 1. Listen to your child. You know them … [Read more...]
Stick Puppets using puzzle pieces: Two Little Dickie Birds
I bought a jigsaw from a charity shop recently only to find that there was a piece missing. Yes I could have returned it but at 50p it wasn't worth the effort, so my thoughts turned to crafts suing puzzle pieces and what I could make with them. If you stare at puzzle pieces for long enough, especially when they are turned over so you cannot see the picture, it's surprising what you can see: a bit like staring at clouds until you see images in … [Read more...]
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, we awoke to the news that we had a younger brother, and were taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary to meet the little bundle of joy. The six year old me was … [Read more...]
Local Flavour: Lavender House, Bromley
If you came to Bromley- and why wouldn't you?- to visit me, you'd be in good company. Obviously the people that have come to visit me so far have been friends and bloggers and I have generally entertained them at home, but if you wanted to get a sense of the area, of why I love living in Bromley, then let me tell you where I would take you. We'd drop the Girls at school- you could stand bemused at the edge of a circle of Mother's banging on … [Read more...]
