Easter Holidays 2015 – one week in . . .

Easter Holidays

Here we are always one week into the Easter Holidays, they just fly by don’t they?! As I told you here, I was really looking forward to having the Beans at home for a couple of weeks but I guess I hadn’t factored in just how tired they might be and how it might take … Read more

Saturday Snippets – 28.02.15

Saturday Snippets

{Listening} to Uptown Funk – I honestly love this tune so much I can’t get it out of my head. {Eating} Chocolate M&Ms!!! I haven’t eaten them for years but ever since I bought some to decorate Jelly Bean’s cake for his Cake Smash Photo shoot I admit I am a little bit hooked by … Read more

Feeling nostalgic with Ravensburger Spiral Designer

Spiral Designer

I couldn’t even begin to hazard a guess as to how many hours I spent using a Spiral Designer when I was a child, I loved them because I never ended up with the same design twice. Little Bean has been sent the Ravensburger Spiral Designer and was excited to get started. Ravensburger Spiral Designer … Read more

Don’t shy away from Messy Play, Persil have got you covered!

Persil

I know so many parents who cringe at the thought of allowing their children to do messy play at home. Some have even said to me that they leave messy play to the childminder/preschool/school because they don’t like all the mess and they worry about the children’s clothes being ruined but we LOVE messy play … Read more

#kidsinthekitchen Activities – Week 4

Well this is your last installment of #kidsinthekitchen activities so I hope you have enjoyed them? Have you managed to do all of them? I’d love to know what you think? Oooh we do lots of baking so I definitely think this is something we can try. Little Bean and Beanie Boy have both actually … Read more

Jewellery making because I can!

Bead and Button

My guilty pleasure (other than wine and chocolate) is crafting but I don’t always get the opportunity to do it as much as I would like to these days. When pregnant with Jelly Bean I worked in a local craft shop and I loved it, especially taking part in or teaching jewellery making classes. Once … Read more

#kidsinthekitchen Activities – Week 3

Are you hanging in there, you’re nearly half way through the holidays already. How many of last week’s #kidsinthekitchen activities did you manage to do? Here’s a few more for this week . . . I think this will have to be an activity for when Jelly Bean is in bed or he will be … Read more