There is one thing that always keeps the girls busy on cold, rainy days – that is crafting. Getting creative kept us going through TWO lockdowns. They absolutely love getting creative, making things and drawing, we spend HOURS a week at the table and have art folders brimming with so much ‘work’ I don’t know
It was Pearl’s 2nd Birthday last week so I thought I’d share what she got for her birthday as I know lots of you have children of a similar age and might be looking for present ideas for toddlers! Pearl loves building so we’ve got a bit of theme going on, lots of Duplo and
I can’t quite believe this but Pearl is TWO. I still see Pearl as the baby of the family, however, she’s growing up FAST – with a big sister to copy it’s faster than I was ready for! Pearl’s birthday was a bit of a strange one this year. Being in the middle of a
Post in paid partnership with Safe & Sound Health How many times have I said that to myself, yet halfway through a day out we’ll have a bump or a scrape and I realised I’ve forgotten to pack the first aid kit…. again. Mum fail. However, during lockdown as we’ve been out and about so
Post in paid partnership with HiPP Organic I can’t tell you how excited and proud I am to be sharing today’s post as – I wrote a children’s story! It’s been a long time coming with all the planning in the background, I am so thrilled I can finally tell you all about it. So, I’d
Photo Credit This week Pearl has started nursery and it feels like the end of an era. Life is about to change again after nearly 2 years with no child-free time, I’m sipping my coffee, listening to the news in the background without the crashing of toys or the constant calls of ‘Mummy, mummy!’ and
AD – post contains gifted PR Samples Violet absolutely loves her babies and will often have an array of dolls surrounding her as she goes to bed at night. Every evening she diligently feeds, brushes their hair and baths them too. This year for her birthday, she received a BABY Born Soft Touch baby which
This week Violet and I made a very simple bug hotel in our garden, we had so much fun collecting the materials and putting it together I thought I’d share the idea with you as I’m sure you are running out of ideas to keep your toddlers busy during lockdown, we certainly are! Bug hotels
Post contains affilate links Keeping toddlers busy during lockdown is such a challenge, activities seem to last only a few minutes and the clearing up never ends! Lockdown is stressful for us all, I find keeping on top of the house, looking after the children, working from home and doing the laundry means my days
Post written in paid partnership with Emma’s Diary Today we are having a little flashback as I’ve teamed up with Emma’s Diary to talk about 18 month development milestones! There are so many lovely moments in our babies first couple of years, it was hard to decide which age to write about, but as Pearl
Well, this is a strange, surreal situation, isn’t it? We’ve all found ourselves in amongst a global pandemic that is effecting absolutely everyone – schools are closed, people are working from home and worryingly the virus is spreading. I would be lying if I said I hadn’t been worrying about it – lying awake at
