This weekend we are feeling particularly festive at Casa B. Today is the day we go to pick out our Christmas tree and yesterday we were lucky enough to be treated to Breakfast with Santa himself. Across the country Wyevale garden centres are offering families the chance to have breakfast, or tea, with Santa and his Elves and yesterday we headed over to Jack's Patch in Teignmouth to do just this. The restaurant area had been decorated, Xmas music played and we set about pulling our crackers and donning our hats. Whist waiting for breakfast the smalls amused themselves with ...
Top Tips for Taking The Stress Out of Family Travel
As a family of four we are gradually learning that the small things can make a big difference to our family holiday, in particular the journey. Having just survived a relatively stress free trip to Italy we have put together a list of our top tips. This is an annual excursion for us and has not always been stress free. I guess practice does make perfect but here are a few ideas to help get you to your destination without losing a child and hopefully still talking to each other. Consider your flight times. If you can be a little bit flexible with the date and ...
What Can My Baby See?
Beginning out as a parent for the first time can be an utterly terrifying prospect. You have spent the last nine months preparing for this arrival but, in reality, nothing can really prepare you for exactly how much your life just changed. When The Boy arrived the only words to describe how I felt were, other than total adoration obvs, complete blind panic. How was I ever going to look after this tiny, wriggly bundle? How would I manage to bathe him, feed him, even get him home without actually killing him. He was so precious and, goodness, so so small. The ...
A Letter From Santa via the NSPCC
Children’s charity NSPCC have been bringing Christmas to life with their latest activity, Letter’s From Santa and asked me to get involved – spreading the word keeping the magic of Santa alive. To this end, I provided them with information about my son William including hobbies, achievements, friends and siblings and then the wonderful people at NSPCC worked their own Santa magic to produce an incredible response to William’s information provided. And here it is... LFS NSPCC to William There is still time to create one for your own children and print out ahead of ...
Monday Parenting Pin It Party #129
In our final parenting pin-it-party before Xmas we are heading on over to the inspirational Otilia from Romanian Mum. Do pop by and see who she has chosen as her featured pinners from last week's awesome lot. It is so strange to think that this time last year we had only just moved to the countryside and couldn't light a fire. Thankfully, the house is a lot warmer this year and we pretty much live now in our wellies. I hope it has been a good year for all of you. If you are new to the party, it is very lovely to have you here and, if you wish to join in, here is ...
Monday Parenting Pin It Party #128
Welcome to a brand new week lovely pinners. Hope you all had a fab weekend. This week I am happy to be hosting another monday #pinitparty. Please come join us this week and link up any family/parenting/craft/recipe posts you might want to share. They don't even need to be recent. Perhaps show some old classic posts some love. As host I get to choose two of my favourites from last week's entries to feature. My first are these brilliant, and fantastically frugal, advent calendar bags from the awesome Dabbling Momma. Her blog is so full of great craft ideas ...
Our Little Morning Dance
This morning was an unexpected one. To be perfectly honest, having had my work clinic cancelled due to too few patients, I had kind of scheduled in a hiding-under-the-duvet-day. But yesterday you threw up at nursery. Just a little but you were pale enough to worry them enough to send you home. I was in Bristol, sorry darling, but Daddy came to get you. And, thankfully, although today you are completely fine you are on the dreaded 48 hour nursery ban. So now, today, it is just me and you. I love this time. It is only since your brother started ...
Monday Parenting Pin It Party #127
This week's parenting pin -it-party is being hosted by the inspirational Otilia from Romanian Mum who . Do pop by and see who she has chosen as her featured pinners from last week's awesome lot. If you are new to the party, it is very lovely to have you here and, if you wish to join in, here is what to do: 1. Link up one, or more, of your own parenting/family posts. You can link either the post itself or a pinterest pin, whichever you prefer. Each entry will be pinned to the Monday Parenting Pin-It Party board on Pinterest. 2. Follow the Monday Parenting ...
Monday Parenting Pin It Party #126
Welcome to a brand new week lovely pinners. Hope you all had a fab weekend. This week I am happy to be hosting another monday #pinitparty. Please come join us this week and link up any family/parenting/craft/recipe posts you might want to share. They don't even need to be recent. Perhaps show some old classic posts some love. As host I get to choose two of my favourites from last week's entries to feature. With Halloween approaching I could not resist my two featured picks. First these amazing crafts from Royal Little Lambs Second, these adorable ...
Teaching Your Little Ones How to Manage Money
It doesn’t seem like two minutes ago that I was holding my little ones in my arms for the first time and, although I would love them to stay small forever, I am under no illusion that they are going to grow up so quickly that I’ll wonder where the time has gone! It’s true what they say - time really does fly when you’re having fun! I love being a mum. I can honestly say that it is the loveliest and most rewarding job in the world but, since my little ones have found their voices, I have encountered that dreaded stage of parenthood when the only words that seem to come out of my little ones’ ...
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