Make an Oh-So-Easy Holiday Scrapbook – careful, it’s addictive.
Holiday photos are always special. I mean, ALL photos are, but there’s something about holiday photos, and their ability to transport you back to a time and a place, and oddly recreate that warm sense of happiness. But like all our digital content, how often do we stop and take a look at it? I remember when I was a kid, a rainy afternoon could always be filled by pulling the photo album’s off the shelves and poring...
What Should You Stock In Your Family’s Medicine Cabinet?
When you have children you have to deal with a whole range of accidents and illnesses. Most of the time they are minor, and can be cured with a few hugs, but occasionally you’ll need to get the first aid kit out or offer an over the counter remedy. That’s why it’s so important to have a medicine cabinet stocked with all the things you need, so you don’t have to dash to the supermarket in the middle of the night...
I’m running. Oh yes. Thanks to the Zombies…
I have tried a Couch 2 5k running programme 4 or 5 times. The farthest I’ve reached is week 8. Not because I can’t do it – Oh no, I know they work.But I get bored. The principle behind it is brilliant – take a non-exercising Couch Potato, plug them into some headphones and into a pair of trainers and get them out the door. Tell them when to walk, and when to run – in tiny baby steps which slowly increase...
Forest Holidays – fancy a last minute tree house break?
Spring is the perfect time to enjoy a forest break for families, couples, and groups – tree climbing, hiring bikes, picnics, barbecues, archery… then enjoy your own private hot tub at the end of the day. Last minute availability for an amazing Forest Holiday break here – and yes there is still some tree house availability, as well as the usual woodland cabins! I’ve always wanted to stay in a Forest Holidays...
You’re Fierce. LOVING this Beautiful Little Enamel Pin.
Teens are ridiculously tricky to buy for – but oh what a perfect gift for your girl this is. Shakespeare said it first: “though she be but little, she is fierce.”. And how right he was. But sometimes your girl will feel a little fragile, and may just need reminding of her own fierceness. Which is, I think, where this beautiful little enamel pin from The Old English Company comes in. Buy it spontaneously, just...
Top 5 things to do in Denmark for family holidays
Denmark’s always been on my ‘to go’ list. Of all the Scandinavian countries, it’s the one I probably know most about (thanks, Hans Christian Anderson) – I’ve always wanted to see the iconic Nyhavn harbour, plus the Little Mermaid statue obviously. But what else is there to do? If I took the family for a stay on Denmark, what could we do (beyond a lot of cycling, of course)? Turns out, lots…...