I'm sure we've all had those days when we're feeling a little down and worried about our parenting or our children. I know that no mother would agree that raising young children is easy. I'm saying this as a mummy to two small boys, I still want to keep the illusion that things will get easier ...
20 Things To Do With Lolly Sticks
Last month I wrote a post about 20 things to do with a paper plate. This month we're going on to the useful little lollipop AKA popsicle stick and 20 things to with lolly sticks. The main reason for my decision to start a series of busy bag ideas based on as few items as possible is for us to use ...
Vegetables Galore?
We went to the local potato day a couple of weeks ago and now our potatoes are well and truly chitting, I decided this week to start sowing indoors for our veg patch. One of the first things we did to our garden when we moved in was build a raised vegetable plot at the back of our garden. ...
Watch the sun shrink!
This Friday, the 20th March, there will be a partial solar eclipse, where we can watch the moon pass in front of the sun, blocking a whopping 94% of the sun. Further North at the Faroe Islands there will be a total eclipse, but down here we will still see an impressive partial eclipse, if we have ...
Is it Spring Yet?
The last few days we've had lovely sunny spring mornings and then the rain starts at lunch time. Or, as Tuesday, the hail starts! There was me thinking we were finally getting into spring! We've made the most of the mornings by getting outside and enjoying the sunshine. Either in our garden or ...
Rock Monsters
This week when O was looking for a craft to do I pulled out some googly eyes from his craft drawers, which I can't fully open as my craft cupboard is a mess, so with the eyes and paint which was easily accessible I decided we could try making some rock monsters. First we needed to collect some ...
