Daffodil

I love this mainly because I’m rubbish at growing anything.

Treasure Hunt

You may have noticed that I’ve not been participating in things as much (or you may not), I’m still on Twitter. Basically February is awful for me. No matter how much I try I get really depressed. I focus on my children, the wonderful things I have in my life, try improve my diet, positive … Read more

No Monkeying Around this Valentines

Valentines doesn’t have to be a commercial time of year – it can be a time when you show someone how much you care about them. One year I filled a tin full of heart shaped paper with words on them – they were all words describing how wonderful my husband is – and he … Read more

Step by Step Egg Carton Roses

You may have seen these lovely Roses we made from Egg Cartons. Here’s my step by step in photos. I cut the big box into each cup. Here my son had great fun playing with them – stacking, counting etc. Then we painted them. I talked about inside and outside. It’s easier to paint inside … Read more

Peggylicious Books

How are you doing? My car broke down this week and I’ve had to do a lot more walking, in a lot quicker time. Ouch my legs have been killing me. I put some “deep heat” type stuff on – and it worked wonders! Food I’ve not done so well at though as it’s made … Read more

25 Years of Comic Relief #TeamHonk #GoodWork

It is the 25th Anniversary of Comic Relief so #TeamHonk Alexander Residence, Mammasaurus and Mummy Barrow have travelled over to Ghana, along with Davina McCall and Jonathan Ross, to help celebrate and share the #GoodWork, they will be Tweeting, Blogging and sending out Virtual Postcards. They are visiting three areas and one of those areas … Read more

My Week that Was.

  Sunday: In his favourite upside down position. Monday: Cooked a roast and when I cut it open it was green. It was one of Asda’s finest – and according to the packaging and website they will refund and replace – alas they did not. Tuesday: Little man keeps thinking he can fly – least … Read more

Trying to do the Best for your Child (DLA)

When you have a child there’s no doubting that financially it’s a large commitment, one that you can’t really comprehend. Some people try to save up and make sure they can “afford” a child before they have their first, or subsequent children. Some things inevitably you cannot predict; how many days off sick your child … Read more

I’m very Proud and Excited to Announce

My Exclusive Britmums Live Sponsor Britmums Live (June 21st-22nd) is the  UKs biggest social media conference and blogging event. It is a chance for lifestyle bloggers and social influencers to gather to meet and socialise and network with brands. It has grown out of BritMums, the UK’s largest parent blogger community, made up of more than … Read more

Your Hand in Mine

I wanted a simple activity that would help my youngest develop. So I decided to focus on helping him to learn the colour red. This for me was an obvious choice with Valentine’s coming up. He also used drawing and glueing skills. These can then be used on a Valentine’s card – or make a … Read more