Lifestyle, Parenting, Health and Love
Monk Park Farm is a petting farm in Thirsk, North Yorkshire that has new owners and managers. We decided it was time to go back and review the changes. Like a lot of local people, Monk Park Farm is my son’s childhood. He adores the place and we have spent hours and days of our …
If you’re stuck inside with nothing to do, simply download and print these clues and you’ve got a trick or treat replacement. Just hide sweets by following the clues and set your children off. Leave sweets and the next clue and try to place them so that the kids have to go up and down …
This recipe for Natural in-wash scent boosters couldn’t be easier – they can be made with as little as 2 ingredients, they make your washing smell fabulous, they also help soften your washing and don’t contain the cocktail of chemicals that the leading brand does. What’s so wrong with the leading brand? Well, if we …
Bear had a terrible, serious treadmill accident and received a full-thickness friction burn when he was 4 years old. My parents had a treadmill at home but we never knew how dangerous that could really be. I was recently reminded of Bear’s accident when a friend suffered terrible burns and was hospitalised. She spoke of …
So here we are, day 3 of enforced homeschooling. How many of us chose to be teachers or chose to home educate our children? Hello? Anyone? That’s what I thought. Not many. Those who chose to homeschool originally will be all set up with a rhythm and all the resources that they need, but here …
So here we go. A nation, if not a world of parents, most of whom chose a career outside of childcare and teaching, suddenly thrust into being their offsprings full-time educational providers and providers of entertainment. All-day. Every day. For the foreseeable. Here are 20 websites of Homeschool and Boredom Busting Ideas for Isolation. I …
Most of my followers will have not failed to notice that for some time, I sported a shaved head. The quick story is that my Mum was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer and I felt helpless and needed to do something to ‘help’. So, I ‘braved the shave’ and my head was shaved by …
Disclosure: We received payment for our hotel and travel costs and were given vouchers, meal vouchers and money to spend in Coral Island. Despite this, all views are my own and unbiased. Coral Island is located just to the right of Blackpool Tower on the Central Promenade (with your back to the sea) and almost …
It’s been over a year now. A lovely lady (the Mum of a successful blogger in fact) and I were talking. She asked me how my blog was going. I explained that I had struggled to write since Mum died – that I found it hard to write about parenting and to do reviews etc, …