Wooden toys and encouraging simple, imaginative play
Before we had our first child, I hadn’t really given too much thought to the type of toys that we would rather fill our home with. Being the first grandchild...
Month: August 2016
Review | Milk and Biscuits Kids Clothing
I love stumbling across great new sites for kids clothing – especially for Vega as I’ve found I have to look that little bit harder to find great boys stuff...
Homeschool Planning
While we take our month or so break from homeschooling through August {well, at least any formal kind of work – there has been plenty of learning going on all...
Review | Epson Workforce Printer
Working from home and homeschooling four kiddos means that I do a ridiculous amount of printing, we’ve always just had cheap and cheerful printers in the past, that do the...
Family holidays, and Disney themed cruises
So far, we’ve only taken UK holidays with the kiddos. Mainly due to finances, we’ve just not gotten around to heading abroad yet. But I’m seriously thinking we really need...
Long, summer days
August is drawing to a close, and I feel like I’ve barely been in this space all summer. I’ve been here, posted and shared a few snippets of life, but...
A magical weekend at the Just So Festival
I’ve heard lots of good things about the Just So for the past couple of years. Friends of ours always go and come back full of tales of all the...
4 tips for getting kids to grow their own
When Kiki was a baby we had an allotment for a year or so. Having grown up with parents who grew a lot of our own fruit and veg, it...
A scandi wishlist for the home
I’ve long admired the clean, calm, pared-backness of Scandi interior styles. Grey and white walls, wooden furniture and geometric, monochrome prints. Since moving home last year, I’ve been keeping a...
Childhood film heros and heroines
Growing up, I was never especially interested in Disney or princesses, I wasn’t the girliest girl, who longed to marry a price, have a big wedding and live in a...
Divorce in numbers
One of the best pieces of marriage advice I ever read, was from a 90-year-old lady who had been married for 70 years. When asked what here secret was to...
Casual Summer Style
Dress / Skirt / Jeans/ Cami’s / Birkenstocks / Pendant / Watch / Earrings I love summer clothes – it’s nice to not have to be wrapped up in twenty layers {and...
The buyer’s guide to Olive Oil
I don’t know about you, but when I go grocery shopping, I always end up standing a little bewildered by the Olive Oil, trying to pick which one I should...