Christmas by Dick Bruna has to be one of the most delightful children’s nativity picture books I’ve come across, telling an elementary tale of the nativity story with simple, but charming pictures in a hard back book. To mark the 50th anniversary since the book was first published in 1963, a stunning gold and white …
Miss M’s Homemade Cheese Scones – Recipe
With the half term upon us and 5yr old Miss M’s love of cooking I promised her she could make me some cheese scones for lunch on one of the days I wasn’t working. She was so excited and couldn’t wait to get making and baking. She loves to cook things she can get her …
Making Model Map’s – Half Term crafty fun at the Museum
For a half term activity we decided to go to the local museum’s craft morning. The theme took inspiration from one of their current exhibitions “The Making of a Modern City” which shows the plans, documents and photos of the rebuilding of the City Centre following the heavy bombing it suffered during World War II …
No Mess Play Foam from Learning Resources – Review and win
When I was sent No Mess Play Foam to review from Learning Resources, I was very intrigued. Would it really be no mess? How well would it stick together? Would there be little balls of foam all over the floor? Miss M who is 5 was very keen to try the Play Foam – she …
Chocolate cupcakes with Miss M – easy recipe using drinking chocolate
Miss M loves baking so with an excess of eggs in the house I decided to let her make some cupcakes this weekend. We were also short on cocoa powder but having loads of drinking chocolate in the house we decided to substitute that in our recipe instead of cocoa powder. For 12 small cupcakes …
Little Tiger Press Children’s Book Reviews
We were sent two lovely books from Little Tiger Press to review. They are both large square paperbacks of excellent quality with beautiful illustrations throughout. Firstly we looked at Mouse and the Moon, a story about a mouse who’s best friend is the moon, but one night it disappears and mouse goes looking for …
Saltram House and Garden – a fun day with the children!!
With the husband on a ten hour shift at work today and the sun shining, I knew the children would be itching to get outside but I didn’t really fancy venturing down to the local park on a busy Saturday. So whilst having a quick peek at my twitter feed over breakfast I noticed that …
The Sooty Show DVD – Review
With the release of the new “The Sooty Show” DVD this week, it brought back many childhood memories of sitting watching endless episodes of Sooty with my brother. I didn’t realise until now that The Sooty Show is the longest running children’s programme on tv celebrating 60 years this year!! Abbey Kids Media kindly sent …
Homemade Pizza with Miss M
Miss M loves to help out with cooking and baking whenever she can, so when I mentioned that I was making a homemade roasted vegetable pizza for dinner the other night, she jumped at the chance to assist mummy in whatever way she could. She started off by kneading the dough for the pizza base …
Sudocrem Sunscreen Mousse SPF50 – Review
Having two young children, I am always very cautious when the sun comes out and ensure they are covered head to toe in suncream and protective clothing. Although we haven’t had many hot sunny days yet this year, I believe they are just a few weeks away in time for our annual family summer holiday!! …