Dumping Ground to Bedroom #HomeImprovementHero

This post is an entry into the Money Supermarket #HomeImprovementHero Competition. They provided me with £50 in order to see if  it is possible to change the look, feel and even functionality of a room on a low budget? I’m sure I am like many parents in that I always put my children first. So when it … Read more

National Play Day August 7th 2013

Every Summer we all go over to the Park (some of us travel in cars, some on the bus) and have a fab fab day out, all for a couple of £s per child.  It really is a bargain as there’s so much provided  – and it’s all in the name of National Play Day. … Read more

Page 3 Girls or SAHM – Are they both bad role models for girls?

During the early years of their lives children are required to (and do) learn how to behave in certain situations. Society holds certain expectations of males and females that embody a cluster of conceptions and beliefs about how each sex ought to behave in the way that they display their character and personality, and in … Read more

Should schools dictate the rules

Today my reception year son has gone to school with a spare clothes and a towel ready for a water fight. Although he’s very excited he is confused about why he isn’t allowed a water-gun – you see it’s in the name isn’t it “gun.” I guess I can see where the school are coming … Read more

Recycled Christmas Crafts:

Christmas can be such an expensive time that I wanted to share some Christmas Craft that has been pinned onto the Christmas board which are made using recycled materials. Click on each of the pictures to visit the original websites with instructions on how to make them. This is not a sponsored post

Flamingo Land

If you can engage your child in activities that are linked to things that they are currently interested in, then you have a much better chance that they will learn. Our youngest currently has Global Developmental Delay (he is still awaiting an assessment to see whether he will be diagnosed as having Autism/being Autistic), he … Read more

Cadbury World – Birmingham

I’m sure every, if not most nearly every, child loves chocolate and so a trip to Cadbury World (if you are local enough to Birmingham, UK) is a must! We went a couple of years ago and, our then, 2-year-old wasn’t speaking very much, but his new word was chocolate (funny as our children don’t … Read more

£9.50 Sun Holidays July 2013

Saturday 6th July 2013 sees The Sun  £9.50 holidays token collecting begin again! To book take your reference no. and visit here, OR if you haven’t got a priority booking go here then type in the TEN Keywords – which are out every day from 6th July, with the booking site opening on Sunday 14th July 2013. … Read more