Getting Creative with Design Bundles The kids are back to school, things seem to be getting back to normal (ish) and the evenings are starting to draw in. The kids are not outside as much any more, so I am needing to find stuff for them to do inside. The boys seem to have a …
We have attended The Food and Drink Festival 2020 and you can too. Normally by now, the kids and I are regularly visiting local food and drink festivals in the region. Not only do they enjoy an amble around a sunny outside space, they, in their own words ‘get a load of free food’ in …
Lockdown Activities While my eldest two are busying themselves on Google Classroom. The youngest of the team is finding herself ‘bored’ more often than normal. The primary school age group seem to speed through their required pieces of work at the speed of light. Some Lockdown activities were needed. I have been making use …
Silver Lining As we fast approach the end of week 5 of this unprecedented era of lockdown. People across the country are learning to deal with rules that to begin with felt so unnatural. But does every cloud have a silver lining? The majority of children are off school, many people told to not work. …
Being single I hadn’t really planned a ‘valentines’ post. So why do I find myself writing one and why is a day late? So, this is my valentines day. I have an urge to start this post with, ‘Once upon a time, in a far distant place……..” and give you a story about being single …
How to rob a bank Just to clarify, I don’t know how to rob a bank and I am not about to teach you. Well not a real one anyway. How to rob a bank a board game review. We are particularly fond of a board game in our house. Especially over the winter months …
I’m hiring I can always tell that it is December. Not because everyone has flashing lights outside their houses, or the temperature has dropped below freezing. It isn’t even, that there is a feeling of excitement in the air You could be mistaken that I have seen the most recent tear jerking TV commercial, or …
Keeping up with everyone Chatting with another Dad this morning on the school run, it became clear that we all seem to be obsessed with having an even level of life. We obsess about how our lives are at either one end of the spectrum of craziness or the other. On the seesaw of life …
Anyone that knows me well will know that I am not keen on mentioning the word Christmas before December. However this year I have decided to abandon my normal rules and bring it up in November. In an attempt to keep with the remit of the blog, I decided to attempt a budget Christmas dinner, …
How To make slime (again) FFS! I promised myself I would never do this again. I informed the kids that I wouldn’t be doing this again. So why do I find myself at the supermarket buying slime ingredients on a Sunday morning (again). How has she managed to twist my arm again, how does she …
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