Festive movie nights
As soon as December hits, the Christmas movies get pulled out. Elf is always our first watch right at hte start of the month. There is nothing better than a...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
At the start of last week, the excitement in my house was building – the kiddos were waiting for the tree to be delivered on the 28th, ready to decorate...
Those Everyday Moments
It was late afternoon, there was fresh Banana Bread not long out of the oven {I constantly seem to be baking banana bread, one because we always end up with...
Reasons I love Autumn
And the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep and Autumn was awakened. Raquel Franco Last week, when it was wet and cold, I was sat...
Bathroom Products You Should Make From Home
Cosmetics and toiletries are full of potentially harmful chemicals, with women coming into contact with almost 700 ‘chemicals of concern’ each month. Many ingredients can be carcinogenic, meaning they could lead...
Festive Rituals | Stockings
Do you do stockings at Christmas? For me, I think it’s one of my favourite things. We’ve had a Christmas stocking tradition for the past 12 Christmases now. The first...
Festive Rituals | Christmas Movie Nights
The thing I love most about Christmas is the rituals. The things we do year after year, that we look forward to for months beforehand, the things that bring us...
35 Advent Activity Ideas
With just a week until December 1st, I’ve been putting together this years activity advent calendar. I’ve made the kiddos an activity calendar for the past few years, and they love...
Embracing Autumn
As much as I’m a warm weather gal, living for the summer and sunshine on my skin, there’s something magical in the air that calls to me as September...
A family meal plan for September
I was weirdly excited for this month’s meal plan. September feels like the start of a new season. Summer is over, kids are back to school {or not back to school},...
Encouraging kids to eat healthily
I have four kiddos, and four very different eaters, both in terms of what they like, how often they eat, and what they avoid. I have one vegetarian, one who...
Recently Read Books
I made a pact with myself to read more this summer. I used to devour books, then the last few years I just haven’t ‘had time’ to read as...
When silence isn’t golden
I’m sat in my living room, there is the buzzing of a fly somewhere, the faint sound of the radio coming from the kitchen and the occasional car whizzing past...
Slow days, garden time and a life, lately
I’ve stepped away from the online world of late. The noise and pace of a life lived online felt too much, and I felt called to slow down, to step away...
10 ways to celebrate the summer solstice as a family
The summer solstice is just around the corner – this year, here in the UK, it falls on June 21st {at 5.24 am to be precise!}. We love to celebrate...