Things that are to do with the life of a family. Including discussions, home, education, clothing, shoes, etc
One of the easiest places to start to reduce what you send to landfill is to start with your food. Reducing food waste isn’t just good for the environment but it is good for our pockets too. The Bacofoil Zipper Bag Challenge is a great way to really think about how you can cut down … Read more
Today’s Zero Waste Week theme is #TrashlessTuesday. This is a challenge for people to have a ZERO WASTE day of your own. Anything you cannot think how to recycle then carry around in a clear plastic bag (well that’s optional). But think about what the trash is that you are producing? Is there no way … Read more
I first took part in Zero Waste Week when I had 2 children in nappies. With 6 of us at home and I think no recycling (before the days of collections) I was really proud of our half a carrier bag full of rubbish at the end of the week. Fast forward to now and … Read more
I do love having the children home for the summer but where do they get all their energy from? Since cutting back on caffeine and sugar things seem to have become even harder. Therefore, when I heard that Berocca was partnering with TOTS100 for parenting bloggers to trial their fizzy tablets to give them more … Read more
Going Vegan was not something I ever thought I would do, never mind getting my whole family involved. If I am completely honest I cannot see it happening either BUT; the Teen came home from school suggesting that we try to give it a try for at least a week. He has come back armed … Read more
I don’t want to go back to school and it really makes me question whether I could home educate. It isn’t the fact that my boys aren’t being educated at their level, or having things adapted for them to help them not to be different, it isn’t even the other parents (let’s be honest some … Read more
You may recall that recently our 9 year old son was the first in our family to take part in a junior triathlon. His favourite part of it was most probably the cycling as he loves his bike (although we discovered that day that it was actually too small and he needs a new one). … Read more
Obviously Fire Safety in the Home is really important – but especially when you have children to think about. I was completely unaware that the local Fire Department offer FREE home safety checks – which includes providing and fitting smoke alarms if you haven’t got them. Honestly there’s no catch at all. We already have … Read more
The Sun £9.50 Holidays are back but things have changed! It has got very confusing and feel free to comment below anything you know – and obviously I will edit it this as things become clearer. From what I can gather there are now four ways to collect tokens: Earliest access to The Sun £9.50 … Read more
I knew this Junior Triathlon meant a lot to our nine year old son because I had to cancel an overnight trip to London for it – and he loves sleeping at London hotels. I think it was the fact that he is confident that he can swim, ride a bike and run so had … Read more