Let’s face it, by Friday, most parents feel like they’ve just had a 12 day week. On Saturday, I relax… I don’t set an alarm, I spend time with my family and let the routine fade. By Monday, I make…
No Spend Family Activities: 31 Ideas
Whether you’re watching the pennies or just because you prefer wholesome family fun, here’s a list of No Spend Family Activities. I was chatting with a friend recently, and we both agreed that our favourite childhood memories were not only…
Motherhood and Mental Health: A Toolkit
If there is one great favour that social networking has done us as women, it’s removing the stigma connecting motherhood and mental health issues. Let me assure you, if you were a mother a decade ago and you were struggling…
Crumble Recipe: The Salted Caramel Edition
There’s a million things I wanted to teach my children, yet the only thing they seem to want to learn from me is a crumble recipe! If there’s one thing that has me feeling autumnal, it’s a homemade crumble. Autumn…
Be More Present With Your Child: 7 Tips
Learning to be more present with your child is the same as learning anything else: It takes practice. I have found that there are two things in life that really matter to me, but that I’m not naturally really very…
Book Advent Calendar: A New Family Tradition
When my older children were little, we began the tradition of a Book Advent Calendar. I love a family tradition! To be honest, I fall more in love with it each year – it’s as much for me as it…
11 Autumn Children’s Books Your Bookshelf Needs
We have many loyal wooden shelves groaning under the weight of hundreds of books throughout our home, but these are the Autumn Children’s Books that I would be running to the bookshop to repurchase if our copies were lost. Hot…