The children were recently sent some Cra-Z-Sand by Character Options and it has been a mega hit while we’ve been playing in the sunshine outside but… The best thing (and there’s lots to say about it), about Cra-Z-Sand, is that you can have it indoors too! It’s so like sand but also so unlike sand it really is crazy and we think it’s flipping awesome! Aimed at boys and girls aged 4+ this is the sand that you can mould and sculpt […]
I’ve written about this subject before but I feel so annoyed this morning that I feel I have to write something again. I am constantly flabbergasted at the fact people think my time is of no consequence and that they expect me to work for them for absolutely free! My blog is three things. 1) It is, essentially, my business. First and foremost. I’m not beating around the bush or playing about with it, this is how I earn my […]
As any parent will be very much aware, getting children to nestle down to sleep at a decent time each night can be a rather long and drawn out process. Tantrums, time wasting and midnight wake-ups; it can sometimes seem as if we’ve given birth to and raised creatures perfectly adapted to eking out the time before bedtime. There are a few ways that parents can minimise this tediousness however, with effects far beyond simply ensuring that mum and dad […]
It’s no secret that we’re massive fans of Bewilderwood, we’ve been telling everyone about it since our first visit 4 years ago and here we are again, shouting about how wonderful it is once more! I really don’t say it lightly when I say that Bewilderwood is one of the very best days out for the whole family. It genuinely, absolutely and marvellously is! Bewilderwood is reason enough alone to visit Norfolk and When we move back to our little part of […]
I’ve been closely following the programme ‘Back In Time For Dinner’ where a family have spent a week at a time living and eating the life of decades gone by. Their own house has been renovated to transport them through the fifties, sixties, seventies and so on and as well as having new clothes, hair styles and hobbies they have had to prepare and eat typical food from the times they are investigating. It’s so interesting to see how food […]
A few week’s ago Sainsbury’s sent me a bulb of the new black garlic they are selling. It costs £1.50 per bulb and is completely different in flavour to white garlic despite the fact it is one and the same only with a gently aged process. They say that the soft jelly-like cloves add molasses and balsamic flavours to anything you cook and I wondered how they would come out with a pizza bread? I often do caramelised red onion, garlic […]
Last year we went to Camp Bestival and I absolutely LOVE our photographs which show exactly what a crazy, fun and amazing time we had! We had a little camp in a circle with some friends of ours and looking at the pictures it just takes me right back to the summer! I’ve been meaning to do something with them all other than just having them on my computer and Facebook but have been quite lazy about it and it’s […]
When I was pregnant with Jimmy I knew he was a boy instinctively. We didn’t find out just as we hadn’t with Florence but like the first time when I knew a baby girl was on the way it was my sixth sense which told me he was going to be a he and I was absolutely right of course. My little bump got patted and touched by friends, family and strangers (how come people do that eh?) and most […]
A nice cup of tea… everyone loves one. My Mum loves it so much that when she goes on holiday she even takes her own tea bags with her because she doesn’t think you can get a strong enough cup on the continent. She likes it dark and strong and probably drinks about ten cups a day. I love tea too but I’m very different in my drinking, I very rarely have an English Breakfast and if I do then […]
Ever the Pizza Express fans and it’s never a chore to write about our experiences of dining in them. We visit them a lot and I can’t help, whether invited to or not, but write about when we have had a really good meal (as we so very often do) whether I have been invited to for the blog or we have just been because we chose to. Jonny actually pointed out that he can’t remember the last time he had a […]
