The Forest of Dean sure is beautiful and it’s the perfect place to have a picnic. Here are 5 gorgeous spots you could try…
Feather Hunt Adventure
We decided we were going to embark on a feather hunt! A few weeks before I had managed to find a peacock feather in a charity shop along with an old straw hat that we would use to display all our collected finds, I hid these from the kids as they were to be the basis for our hunt. (You… View Post
Recycled Hanging Stained Glass Window – Lockdown Family Project
How wonderful does our stained glass window look! We decided that we wanted to make a piece of art together as a family to hang in the garden. This was something that we made on the kitchen table and everyone took turns to dip in and out doing a little during the day.
Stop Bashing Each Other – A Parenting Irony
Isn’t it true that we all want the same for our children? We all want them to thrive, to flourish, to sail through childhood and emerge into adulthood unscathed, intact and rounded into thoughtful caring and considerate people. And to get there they need the utter basics to be covered: food, sleep, hygiene, comfort and love.
Litter Fairies – Raising Awareness
A while ago I witnessed some people mindlessly throwing litter from their car and I was appalled. 😢 And it played on my mind, so I wanted to try and reiterate with the children that dropping litter is not right.
We’re a BritMums BiBs 2018 finalist!
…and it feels pretty awesome. But what does that mean? To us it means, regardless of what happens next, we’re already winners just to get this far.
Have We Lost Control of Our Kids?
Does anyone else feel like schools/society have gone soft and they hold no control over kids anymore? Teachers and authority, in general, have evolved and now have their hands firmly tied. And kids know this. They play on this.