The Three Little Pigs is a story that has really captured Jessica’s imagination at the moment and so this game seemed perfect for her. As soon as Jessica spotted the ‘piggies’ on the front, she got quite excited and while Sophie had her afternoon nap, we sat down to play together. The pieces for the… Read More
I must have driven past them at least a hundred times. Those four big mounds alongside the A40 near the Northolt roundabout. Watching the people walking up them whilst I was stuck in a traffic jam, vaguely thinking that they looked like an interesting place for a walk. Despite living only a couple of miles… Read More
Last year we enjoyed several trips to Legoland before it closed for the winter. Today it reopened for the 2015 season and Jessica was very excited this morning when I told her we would be going to Legoland for the day and was looking forward to seeing the pirates again. Hubby bought me an annual… Read More
The morning sunshine was too tempting to resist and having dropped Jessica off at preschool, Sophie and I headed for the park instead of going straight home again as we usually do. It was the first time that I had taken Sophie to the park on her own; the first time I had been to… Read More
Paper plates are a key item in our craft box. They are so useful as a paint palette whenever Jessica is doing painting or as the basis of a craft project. This week we’ve been making a paper plate aquarium. You will need: A blue paper plate (we used a white one that we… Read More
Sunny afternoons in the winter time are definitely not to be wasted and so last Sunday saw us heading out for a walk around Fassnidge Park, a pretty little Edwardian park in the centre of Uxbridge. I’ve driven past it quite a few times and hubby grew up within walking distance of the park, but… Read More
I have to confess I’ve been a little envious of all the snowy photos I’ve been seeing across social media in recent weeks. We hadn’t had any snow here so I was very excited to see a light dusting across the lawn when I opened my curtains this morning. The girls didn’t quite share my… Read More
