Bonjour mes petits! This month the Around the World trip is stopping off in France, home to my other family and so many places and people that are close to my heart. We eat croissants and pain-au-chocolat fairly regularly, so I thought we'd try some of the other foods from the land of fine food and great wine. Firstly we had friends round for tea and made a quick chocolate sauce from chocolate, butter, golden syrup and evaporated milk. It's my … [Read more...]
17 Simple St George’s Day Crafts
It's St George's Day this week, and time for us to celebrate our Saint's Day. In the words of LBG, the story goes as follows: 'the people had to give all their princesses away so that the dragons wouldn't attack the villages. Then one day they ran out of princesses. No, there was one Princess left but she was much specialer and they didn't want to give her away. So the king asked a brave-and-handsome-knight to kill the dragon. And the knight … [Read more...]
Our five favourite products at The Baby and Toddler Show, Bluewater
I headed over to Bluewater today with Dimples today to take a look at the great products for babies and young children that are on the market at The Baby and Toddler Show. Glow at Bluewater is a great venue for us as it's just the other side of the M25 and a lot less stressful than driving to Excel. There is so much parking, it's well signposted and generally well laid out. And if that's not enough there's the small matter of over 300 shops, … [Read more...]
Earth Day activity: toilet roll planters, milk jug Earth scoops and planting sunflower seeds
It's been a dreadful year for growing things: the weather has put everything back. So it was only last week that we finally got round to dealing with our spring planting. In particular, we planted some sunflower seeds- provided by Center Parcs- as part of this month's Tots 100 Challenge whilst also incorporating recycling as an Earth Day Activity. The planting also has pertinence because 22nd April is Earth Day, something we try to mark each … [Read more...]
5 crafts using toilet rolls
I was recently unable to attend a hangout with a bunch of UK craft bloggers where the challenge was 'crafts using toilet rolls'. So I thought I'd share with you 5 super crafts that we have made using toilet rolls instead. A simple didgeridoo- some might call it a kazoo- is easy to make from a loo roll when you are talking about Australia. You just need an empty tube and some greaseproof paper! The coffee filter peacock was made using a … [Read more...]
{Review} of Aromo coffee, Cafepod and Nespresso coffee capsules.
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 the morning is all that gets me through the school run. So of course I was happy to try Aromo capsules and Cafepod capsules, both of which are designed so that they are compatible … [Read more...]
Things to do in Suffolk with small children
For the last three years we have spent Easter week at Potash Barns in Suffolk. It's the perfect retreat from our busy city life, run by a lovely couple who retreated from busy City Life with their three children and now run the smallholding and self-catering cottages instead. The cottages are lovely: beautifully decorated, well-laid out and comfortably furnished. There are logs in abundance for your wood-burning stoves for a small price to keep … [Read more...]
