In the days before little people called me ‘Mummy’, the word I was most proud to type on my CV was ‘organised’ because I prided myself on how ship-shape I kept my working life. My desk was always tidy, I never missed a deadline, and I got tasks done quickly and efficiently. The one thing … Read more
I’ve often heard of other people who buy in vegetable boxes and I think it’s a great idea for a healthier lifestyle if you’re a ‘foodie’ and know what to do with stuff but I’m not a foodie. I like food but I’m not often inspired by it so if I received a random box … Read more
If you know me well, you’ll know that mealtimes are my least favourite meal of the day as far as the Beans are concerned. I never intended for it to be that way, obviously, but over time Little Bean’s dislike for most foods coupled with the boy’s tendencies to copy her have resulted in most … Read more
With fussy eaters like ours, we don’t tend to eat out very often because it’s usually too stressful and quite frankly a waste of food and money trying to feed the Beans but we were asked recently if we would like to try out Beefeater Grill. Initially, I’ll admit I wasn’t so sure, not only … Read more
Mealtimes have always been a pretty stressful affair in our house with the Little Bean’s fussy eating and her younger brothers beginning to follow suit so a little over a month ago I made a stand. I drew up a meal plan for the Beans so that I would know what to cook each night … Read more
For the past couple of weeks I have been trialling a new Reward System with the Beans in an effort to encourage more favorable behavior from them. Initially it worked perfectly but last week was pretty much a write-off as they didn’t seem interested in even trying to move forwards on their charts. All of … Read more
There are so many things that we would like to take our children to see and to experience, many of which we will never be able to afford with four children but sometimes the opportunity comes knocking on our door thanks to my blog so who are we to turn them down. Just after Christmas, … Read more
One thing that I have found which has family meals easier for me and to take the stress out of cooking as a new Mum is my slow cooker.
We have been living in our house for 2 years now and there is one room, in particular, that has never really worked and that’s our dining room. When we planned each room there were two rooms left downstairs, one which is designed to be a study and the other larger room as the dining … Read more