Abney and Teal is one of the gentlest and most lovely programmes on CBeebies and when it comes on the television an air of calm takes on in our living room. Both my children, my girly girl of 4 and my boisterous boy of 2, enjoy watching it and I have to say that it’s one of the ones I enjoy myself too. There’s a new magazine to accompany the programme which is released for the first time today and […]
In the day and age we live in, nothing but an ultra bright white smile is sufficient to attract your potential suitor or impress new people. We could all do with a few tips on how to get our smiles a bit whiter. With so many ‘home whitening kits’ available, it can be hard to know what it best to do for your teeth. Brush regularly This sounds so obvious, but according to an article in the Daily Mail in […]
Florence has had a couple of riding lessons and absolutely loved them though it’s an expensive hobby it has to be said! A group lesson on a Sunday morning for pre-schoolers near us costs £15 which believe it or not is very good value but still, for a half an hour lesson it’s not something we can afford to do every week right now. We do the lessons as and when which is lovely and it is a real treat but […]
Autumn is here and the children are liking nothing more than getting outside to splash in puddles and kick the leaves around. The weather is building beautifully for Halloween and bonfire night and we are dressing appropriately. Living in London you might think we don’t have much countryside to roam or the need for sensible walking (and of course splashing) clothes but you’d be very wrong. Where I live feels almost more rural than where I’m from in Norfolk and […]
This week, quite frankly, can do one. It’s been exhausting. I think sinking a bucket of wine followed by shots of, aherm, sambuca and living it up like I’m 19 (midweek would you believe) cannot have helped my mood or tiredness but really, I’m so glad the end of the week has come! So I spent one day nursing a very poorly head – I’m still in the ‘I’m never drinking again’ phase two days on it was that bad […]
This week for our treat tea to celebrate the end of the week we had a Tinkerbell theme. I found it a bit difficult to make food into things from the actual films so instead just tried to make them fairy like and give a nod to Pixie Hollow and all things fairy! We started off with a Tinkerbell milkshake made with new Bubblegum flavoured Angel Delight (we also finished the meal with a semifreddo made from the exact same but […]
Do you watch Nick Jnr and Tiny Pop? If you do then I’m sure you will have seen the new adverts for Plum! We are Plum ambassadors which means from time to time we get sent toys to review but we also buy quite a bit from them too because we love them! There are so many things I like in the range from the outdoor play equipment to the dolls houses and what I really like is that they somehow […]
A headline for The Mirror flashed up in my Facebook feed (I hate that) this morning about a woman called Josie Cunningham who thinks breast feeding is borderline incest. I don’t read The Mirror but for some reason I decided to click on the link and see this story in full. The first line told me that model Josie Cunningham shot to fame in 2009 when she had a boob job on the NHS. This was news to me, I actually […]
Let’s face it: most mums spend a lot of time in the kitchen, and sometimes that gets old. It’s rarely the most efficient or enjoyable room in the house, and some kitchen appliances are just bulky and difficult to use. My kitchen is small and I have to be careful about the gadgets I choose as we don’t have room for everything I would like. One thing I use all the time is my hand held cake mixer which I bought […]
A couple of weeks ago Aldi had a ‘Bake Off’ theme to some of their special buys and was offering customers the chance to get their hands on all things baking at a very reasonable price. From sprinkles and ingredients to a rather impressive looking classic stand cake mixer which at £79.99 is a HUGE difference in price to most out there. Ina Garten eat your heart out! I bought the digital kitchen scales for £6.99, or rather my Mum bought them […]
