People used to say “I don’t know how you do it!” when we home educated. Let me tell you a few things, now, while the “Back to School!” signs prepare to pop up in shops before the kids have even broken up. Here is why school is worse than home ed if you are a […]
Me time? When you from Skid Row, there ain't no such thing.
All together now… “Alarm goes off at seven… and you start up town…” Ahem. Last year Max and I gave up watching TV in the evenings. We were suffering from the “87 channels and nothing to watch” syndrome and our internet is so slow that downloading things isn’t an option. Streaming from free online services […]
Soothing Stitches: Knitting again but crochet too.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve done any knitting but the opportunity to review some yarn came up recently and it was too good an opportunity to resist. The first item is a work in progress but you might have seen me Instagramming it; it’s been quite enjoyable to get back to knitting for […]
Sponsored Post: Walkers Snacks & Merlin Attractions
My children are experiencing a collaborative attack on their delight and excitement in the shape of limited family funds and a sister currently being violently assaulted by a stretching GCSE revision guide. This means days out are limited in the extreme and when holiday are also filled with half poorly baby boys, exams, competition practice […]
Soothing Stitches: Another crochet hat with a Hungry Caterpillar theme.
This book has been Bene’s favourite since the earliest of times. In fact, it has probably been all their favourite book at some point; I imagine that is why after 45 years, The Very Hungry Caterpillar is still going strong. I imagine that is why “pop!” and “caterpillar” and “sun” and “be-uuuutiful butterfly!” have been […]
Sponsored Video: Dream the Blues
You don’t have to know much about us to know that sport is a major theme in this house; from gymnastics to taekwondo, rugby to dancing, running to netball, everyone in the house spends many hours a week partaking in team or individual sports. It’s one of the few places that we all overlap in […]
Sponsored Video: The Glorious Nothing Day
We don’t get enough nothing days here, even though all too often it feels as if every day is a nothing day because we spend too much of it driving between places to drop the girls at one thing or another, dealing with tired toddlers and stressed out teenagers, hustling people through homework and music […]
Spring Crafts with Bostik Products
Last month we tried our hand at some crafting with Bostik glue and sticky pads; this month the challenge is Spring and Easter crafting with some Glitter Glue pens and extra strong Glu Dots. I got the jump on this a bit as we put together the craft pack this month via our CraftMerrily website […]
Older Teen Novels – Recommendations from Fran.
A while ago I asked some friends who have girls of similar ages to Fran and Maddy for some book recommendations. They all make reasonable use of the school library but I was pretty depressed a while ago at sight of another school library where the teen section was mostly stuff with books like “A […]
Valentines Day Card Craft with Bostik.
I’m not totally sure about Valentine’s Day, if I’m really honest; Max and I don’t do it and none of the girls seem particularly bothered either so I was slightly surprised by the verve with which the girls set about our first Bostik Craft Pack. Perhaps I’ve just not noticed their longing to produced handcrafted […]
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