A great new Christmas tradition seems to be emerging among families with young children – some call it a cosy box, some call it a snuggle hamper, some a Christmas eve hamper. On Christmas Eve, before a ridiculously early bedtime (because it will take hours to get to sleep anyway when you are THIS EXCITED!) parents give […]
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Christmas… is in December!
For me, Christmas shopping is all about feeling the atmosphere and the excitement of Christmas. Christmas shopping shouldn’t be a chore or a burden, it should be fun and festive. I never understand the people who shop before mid November – they’re missing out on that festive feeling. Really if you shop before December, it’s […]
Paralympics – Explaining Disability to a 5 year old
If you’ve read my post about our families Olympics obsession, Olympic Fever and our trip to London 2012 to see the Olympic Swimming Marathon, you’ll know how we’ve gone from being non-sport watchers, to heavily supporting Team GB and loving every second of the tv footage. So it was no surprise that today, with the start […]
Supermarkets with kids #1
If you noticed I put #1 in the title, that’s because, it’s when you go shopping with kids that irony, mother nature and indeed the kids themselves climb aboard your last nerve! Like when you decide to walk to the supermarket because the weather’s nice and you want to get a bit fitter and healthier. […]
Bad Mummy Moments (Crazy Mums Corner)
For the very FIRST EVER Crazy Mums Corner, we are talking about Bad Mummy Moments (hereafter referred to as a BMM)… We’ve all had them… Those absent minded silly moments where we’ve done something odd, or forgotten to do something for our children; and no matter how trivial, felt guilty aftwerwards! Like… Calling one of […]