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December, 2013

An elf update

Our elf on the shelf ‘Jack’ has been with us now for over a week and the children (and us parents) have been having lots of fun and giggles with him. If you are new to the idea of the elf on the shelf, take a look at my previous posts all about it here …Continue reading

Dec

Let Kids Be Kids Linky 10/12/13

Welcome to let kids be kids linky. This is a linky all about letting kids be kids, getting back to basics and having great childhood fun. We live in such a fast paced modern world with loads of technology and stresses round every corner, we need to remember to just ‘play’ and have fun, it’s …Continue reading

Dec

Winter wonderland magic

It’s now december, so I feel it is acceptable to start building up to christmas. I love this time of year, especially with children. It is watching the children’s excitement grow, seeing their faces light up with all the decorations, lights and wonderful things that happen at this time, that makes it so special for …Continue reading

Dec

Handprint christmas tree

I love christmas crafts, so I am excited to be able to start now it’s December. This week we loved making a handprint christmas tree. It was so easy, fun and messy! Handprint christmas tree I put some green paint on a sponge and the children used that to create lots of handprints. They did …Continue reading

Dec

A snowy holiday…a kids paradise

This blog is all about letting kids be kids…..basic childhood fun. What better holiday can you possibly imagine for a child, than a skiing holiday? Snow, skiing, sledging, snowman building, snowball fights and hot chocolate, I think it would be my kids idea of paradise! Mark Warner are looking for 5 bloggers to become #MarkWarnerMum …Continue reading

Dec

Welcome back Jack (elf)

Yay, welcome back Jack! He’s our elf on the shelf. If you are not familiar with the elf on the shelf tradition, you can read all about it here. Last year we said goodbye to our elf ‘Jack’ on christmas eve. The children really missed him, so when he arrived back again on 1st December, …Continue reading

Dec

Let kids be kids linky 3/12/13

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Reading challenge

Last week I read a post, linked into my Let kids be kids linky, over at 92three30, by the lovely Erica Hughes. It was a reading challenge. It really inspired me to do something similar for BB. We love christmas and all the build up to it, but sometimes it can get a bit much …Continue reading

Dec

Christmas card making fun

Every year I like to make my own christmas cards for family and friends from photographs of the children. This year is no exception. I saw something on pinterest which I thought was a fantastic idea, so I set to work. I printed templates of a father christmas, reindeer and angel mask, coloured them in …Continue reading

Dec

Christmas books review

We love books and now we are heading into christmas season, we were very pleased and excited, when we received two lovely books from Top That Publishing to review. Fuzzy Christmas The first was Fuzzy Christmas. It is a fuzzy felt play book where a variety of christmas scenes are described. The children get to …Continue reading

Dec