I love photos. I take literally hundreds each week with my phone. And, sadly, that is where they tend to stay...on my phone. In most ways I have fully embraced the digital age but when it comes to photos, a little part of me yearns for the cameras I had as a child. The excitement of picking up your holiday shots from the chemist with little or no idea of what you had actually taken. The obligatory thumb over the lens shot. The moments you had completely forgotten about. The smell of the prints. Although I take a million photos each year I ...
Archives for February 2015
Can You Be Too Young for Fashion? The Rise of the Mini Fashionistas.
I must confess to being pretty lazy when it comes to fashion and my children. I was part of the 'practical over pretty' brigade of Mums, keeping my children in easy-to-access-nappy baby-grows until they were two. (I exaggerate...a little.) Particularly as Little Miss is getting bigger I am becoming more and more aware of the rise of the celebrity mini-fashionistas which leads me to question, can you ever be too young for fashion? This is something perhaps the Kardashian-Wests are now asking themselves after baby North had a spectacular tantrum whilst attending Kanye's ...
Travelling in Style: The Cosatto Hipstar Hug
As a Cosatto brand buddy we were lucky enough to be given a choice of car seat from Cosatto's new SS15 collection. Their motto of 'baby stuff with personality' is absolutely bang on for this collection. It is bright, cheerful, colourful and can't fail to make you smile. The Boy was beginning to get too tall for his old seat so we took a look at the Group 1-2-3 seats and decided on the Cosatto Hug. This is a high-back booster seat which is suitable for children weighing 9kg right through to 36kg, so approximately 9 months of age until they are eleven or twelve. ...
New Baby Stuff, Where Do You Start?
I remember all too well being pregnant for the first time. Although ridiculously excited at the prospect of becoming parents Mr B and I were too scared to start shopping for baby stuff until we had our twenty week scan and all seemed well. Then, the sheer reality of the AMOUNT OF STUFF we needed to buy began to sink in. Where do you start? I am a list person. I made lists of lists of lists of the stuff that needed to be bought, borrowed, investigated, invented and suddenly the next twenty weeks didn't seem long enough to get it all done. Not only that, the ...
Monday Parenting Pin It Party #92
Happy Monday folks. I am hosting this week's parenting pin it party *shakes maracas* so come on in, grab a glass of punch and let's get started. There were so many lovely Valentine's posts linked up last week, you old romantics, it was hard to narrow down my two favourites to feature this week. I finally settled on these DIY Cupid's arrow marshmallows from Momdot.com. So sweet and just how I like my crafts, super simple! Definitely worth a pin for next year. Moving on from Valentine's the next post was always going to be a favourite of ...
Sight Word Scavenger Hunt
We are at the very exciting stage with The Boy of beginning to learn to read. His letter recognition is now pretty good so we are just starting to practice some simple words. To help him with this today we decided to make our normal walk into town a bit of a game inspired by this treasure hunt over at Me and My Shadow. I printed out some simple words, things we could easily spot, and then laminated the sheet so that it will wipe clean. I then punched two holes in the bottom and threaded some ribbon so that it can hang easily around his neck. Then, armed with ...
Monday Parenting Pin It Party #91
Monday again folks and this week's party is being hosted by the delightful Fairy and the Frog. Please do pop by and see which two pins from last week's party they have chosen to feature. There were some fabulous Valentines posts linked up and I am sure there will be even more this week so do check out the list for inspiration! We would love for you to join in with us again this week. if you are a newbie here is what to do: 1. Pin up one, or more, of your own parenting/family posts. Each entry will be pinned to the Monday Parenting Pin-It Party board on Pinterest. 2. ...
Simple Valentine’s Day Card and Wrapping Paper
It has been a while since we have done anything crafty and with Valentine's just around the corner today we decided to have a go at some homemade wrapping paper and Valentine's card. Supplies for this are very simple so great if you are on a budget. We used: Brown paper Red paint Toilet roll tube White card Googley eyes For the wrapping paper we simply squished our toilet roll tube a bit to make a slightly wonky heart shape, dipped in the paint and stamped away. The other paint pots came in handy for holding the paper flat. For the card ...
Community Hits Netflix. Cool Cool Cool
I received an unexpected mail this morning from the lovely folks at Netflix. As regular readers will know I am currently a member of the Netflix #Streamteam and they occasionally send me updates of new additions they think I would like. The latest was simply THE BEST news. The entire five seasons of 'Community' are now available on Netflix. We are huge fans of this show at Casa B. For those who have not seen it Community documents the experience of a lawyer whose degree turns out to be bogus and has to return to college. He becomes a member of a small study group ...
Monday Parenting Pin It Party #90
Look up there folks, yep there *points*. It is our NINETIETH #pinitparty this week. Can you believe it? When I first started the linky I was so worried that nobody would join in and I would be sat, all on my lonesome, waiting for my virtual guests to arrive. But arrive you did. Each week we regularly see more than 50 or 60 of you come along and share with us your fabulous crafts, recipes, printables and family stories. It really has turned into the most fantastic parenting and family resource and for that I would like to say a huge thank you to all who have ...