Hip hip hooray, in just under an hours’ time I shall be picking the Beans up from school and they will be all mine for the next two weeks. I’m not quite sure why but bearing in mind this has been the shortest term, it’s been a long term!! The Beans seem extra tired and … Read more
Yes that’s right folks, Easter is just around the corner and I can smell the chocolate – oh yes I can!! In the past we have celebrated with family, we have been away for a weekend at Center Parcs, had days out to the beach, or just kept it quiet at home. I’m not too … Read more
When you have four children in the house you can stack up quite a mountain of chocolate over Easter and then if you add to that all the sweets they get given throughout the year at Birthdays, birthday parties, events, Halloween then it’s a whole load of sugar which I would rather not actually contemplate. … Read more
We had really enjoyed our Easter holiday together. As our last day stretched out before us and we started to plan what we would like to do a knock at the door would put all our plans into place
It seems daft doesn’t it that you can live so close to family but hardly ever see them? Unfortunately I have found that is the way that it is when you have young children. Some people don’t worry too much about keeping their children into a routine and their children thrive on it but I’m … Read more
As we rolled out of our beds to see the sun shining a plan for the morning formed in my head. Once breakfast was finished I set to work on building the Little Tikes Trike which we had been sent to review. It perhaps wasn’t my best idea to build the Trike with 3 *ahem* … Read more
In this next term at school Little Bean’s topic will be Under the Sea so we decided to fire up her interest by taking her and the boys to the Sea Life Centre in Birmingham. The Beans have always enjoyed visits to Sea Life Centres in the past as we have been to two or … Read more
In the past I have often wanted to dye eggs for Easter but when it came down to it I used every excuse in the book not to do it because I was worried about using dye around the children. Then I received an email last week asking if I fancied having a go at … Read more
I always think the first half of the year flies past in the blink of an eye; it doesn’t seem five minutes since we were celebrating Christmas, then it was JB’s First Birthday, Mother’s Day, Hubby’s Birthday and NOW it’s time for Easter!!! It has to be said Easter is perhaps one of my most … Read more