When we were compiling our list of gold postboxes to visit around the country as part of our Olympic and Paralympic gold postbox challenge, we also discovered that two sets of lock controls had been painted gold in celebration of the gold medals won by British rowers. One sunny afternoon, we decided to head off… Read More

Friday Fabulous Five #38

05/06/201530/12/2015

The Friday Fabulous Five is my regular feature where I share five of my favourite posts that I have read in the previous week – posts that have made me laugh, made me cry or made me think. Here are this week’s Friday Fabulous Five: Modern Dad Pages has a bit of a rant… Read More

The Friday Focus 05/06/15

05/06/201505/06/2015

A combination of hubby having been away in Germany since Sunday morning, several unsettled nights and bedtime struggles, getting the monthly church magazine put together for printing plus some much-needed updates to the website and trying (and mostly failing) to keep on top of blogmin has left me feeling rather knackered this week. I’ve been… Read More

Making a bracelet using a pipe-cleaner and foam beads

03/06/201516/03/2020

Threading foam beads on to a pipe-cleaner is a great activity for toddlers and pre-schoolers as there are so many things they can learn through doing it. Threading the beads on to the pipe cleaner is great for improving fine motor skills plus it can also help them with counting numbers, and shape and colour… Read More

Easing eczema – what worked for us

02/06/201501/06/2016

Sophie has suffered from eczema since around the time of her first birthday. At first I thought the dry patches on her wrists and cheeks were just irritation from the juice of the satsumas she had been eating at the time. I started using some baby moisturising cream on the dry areas although it didn’t… Read More