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Fishy windsock fun

Last week we were at Nana and Grandads caravan in the New Forest. We love it there, but staying in a caravan with three small children can be fraught at times, if you are not prepared. I have found the best thing to do is to take a few art or craft activities to do …Continue reading

Apr

Fishy races

We love having good old fashioned family fun, so when we heard about the Center Parcs indoor family-time challenge, we had to have a go. It’s all about making up your own family game from what you’ve got at home. Whilst reading Lisa Brown’s top tips for making the most of what you’ve got at …Continue reading

Feb

Park fun

The storms and rain have meant we have all been taking a bit of a battering, with fences and walls down, power cuts and floods, not to mention children climbing the walls being unable to get out as much as they’d like. So as soon as we glimpsed the sun at the weekend, we were …Continue reading

Feb

Rules

Over the last few weeks, things have been building up in this house. The children have been making a horrendous mess with their toys, I have been having a terrible fight with them to get them to tidy up and this week it has all come to a head. We needed to do something about …Continue reading

Feb

Lets go fly a kite

Going to the park is fantastic. Most of the time we visit the park to play on the swing, slides, climbing frames etc. However, last weekend, the sun came out for a change and I thought, how about taking the kite hubby got for his birthday (erm, back in September), which we haven’t tried yet. …Continue reading

Feb

Screen-free day link up

Hurrah!! We did it! All screens were turned off for 24 hours on sunday! Well done to everyone who took part in Screen-free day. I hope you enjoyed it, without mutiny from the children. We found it quite refreshing, a slower paced day. It seemed peaceful (bar the children’s noise of course) and fairly invigorating. …Continue reading

Jan

Our Screen-free day

We did it! We had our screen-free day and turned all the screens off for 24 hours. We put aside modern society for a day to remember the basics of family life. It was quite refreshing. The house felt quieter (despite the children’s noise), slower. We entertained ourselves, rather than letting technology entertain us. We …Continue reading

Jan

Homemade marble run

Children love marble runs. We don’t have a proper one, so I thought, why not try to make a homemade marble run. I saved up all the toilet rolls, kitchen rolls, foil tubes etc from the house over the last few weeks, got some tape and blue tack, then set about making a marble run …Continue reading

Jan

A child is precious

Parenting is the hardest job in the world. You have a little life in your hands, who you are totally responsible for. At times it can be overwhelming. You have to be there to love, guide, support and comfort this little life. You have to show them the world, show them how to discover its …Continue reading

Jan

Screen-free day reminder

Our world runs at such a fast pace, sometimes we need to remind ourselves to take a step back, have a look, think about the important things in life and slow down. It can be tough for children living in this modern world, there is almost too much to offer! I believe it is important …Continue reading

Jan

65 Screen free winter activities

It can be difficult thinking of things to do with children and as a family together, here are my 65 suggestions for screen free winter activities….. Indoor activities Play games – have a games afternoon, board games, charades, I spy Puzzles Cooking – cook dinner together as a family, bake bread, bake cakes, Bake biscuits …Continue reading

Jan

Family face painting fun

One of my philosophies, is that us as parents should get involved with our children, so here is an example of us getting in on the fun over christmas….. Face painting Our children’s God mother came to stay over christmas and brought them some face paints, so of course, we had to have all have …Continue reading

Jan

Word of the week – family

One blog I love reading is ‘The Reading Residence’ and new for 2014, she is starting up a new linky called ‘word of the week’. It is a lovely idea of choosing a word that sums up your week. I am keen to join in with this as much as possible, so here’s my word …Continue reading

Jan

Keeping kids calm

Children love christmas and if my children are anything to go by, they all get very excited and rather hyped up before christmas, especially on christmas eve. Here’s how we controlled their excitement this year. On christmas eve morning, we all made cookies for Santa together as a family. After this, we felt it was …Continue reading

Dec

A family and work balance

Life can be tough sometimes, we get busy, especially at this time of year and it can be very easy to loose track of having basic fun. I am lucky enough to be able to stay at home with my children, but I am aware that it can be even tougher when you have to …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