Things that are to do with the life of a family. Including discussions, home, education, clothing, shoes, etc
Did you grow up with a video recorder? Have you lots of video tapes that you filmed with your video recorder? Most of my second son’s first year was recorded onto video tape and so when I was given the opportunity to convert Video to DVD (via my laptop) by Magix I was absolutely thrilled. BUT … Read more
You may have noticed that we really enjoyed our holiday to Duinrell in Holland. Of course a holiday wouldn’t be a holiday without a trip to the beach! We knew it was a bit of a walk to the beach And there were lots of clear cycle paths it turned out to be about 5km! … Read more
You may have noticed that we really enjoyed our holiday to Duinrell in Holland. One of the main things I liked about it was the fact that normally we are a very technology minded family, who, probably is always glued to an i-gadget or laptop spends a little too much time inside than outdoors, and this holiday … Read more
Regular readers will know that I’ve been teaching my son the alphabet (Letter Learning Journey). But since we’ve moved house and he’s started school it’s kind of fell by the wayside. I have been teaching him in alphabetically order and he’s been learning phonetically at school. I think TREES are really interesting this time of … Read more
So the letter came today (with the wrong address might I add) to say that it’s time to decide where my son is going to school. Now lots of parents have difficulty in deciding which school to pick. With this being my 4th child and having 2 already at primary school then this should have … Read more
With a week off school and not much money, families need to find more thrifty ways of amusing their children. We spent a few hours just walking to the supermarket and back looking at what Mother Nature had to offer during the Autumn season. There were cobwebs And a bee and flowers and blue mushrooms … Read more
Well the clocks go back on Sunday 28th October 2012 I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who seems to have children who have just started sleeping in. Well now it’s all going to shift about and I will not GAIN an hour – oh no I am going to lose it!! Because say … Read more
Our youngest son most likely has Autism. I say most likely as we haven’t actually seen anyone that can officially give him the “label” diagnosis. I would like to go and see the pediatrician, and for them to tell me that, no actually he is fine – that I just have very poor parenting skills and … Read more
It’s almost the end of International Babywearing Week 8th-14th October 2012 and so I thought I would share my favourite carrier with you. I have tried many different types of slings but my all time favourite, and one I would recommend is the Connecta. The only problem with the Connecta is that your children will … Read more
You may have seen that our holiday to Duinrell was so amazing that I’m having to blog about it in small doses. I think my then 4, now 5, year old loved the FAIR the most. It was all free and you could go on again and again. There were hardly any queues because of … Read more