Flower Press Tutorial
So, in my 'Explorer Kit' gift idea from the other day, I included a hand made flower press. Here, as promised, is the tutorial of how I made it! What you will need: Two pieces of wood, 17cm x 23cm, 6mm thick. I
Gift Idea: Explorer Kit
Autumn is birthday season in our family, and every year I'm faced with the same question: what gift to get kids that already have everything? Books are a given, but they have a playroom spilling over with toys, so I
Holiday Snapshots Part 2: New York City
The Big Apple! I've been in New York a couple of times - once with The Husband - but it was the first time for both kids. Although there are about a gazillion museums in New York I still want
Holiday Snapshots Part 1: Washington DC
I just remembered, I promised to share some holiday snapshots from our trip to the USA last month. We had three days in Washington DC, then five days in New York, then another three days in DC (not counting travel
Construction Site Birthday Cake
So, today we celebrated The Boy's sixth birthday! It's such a cliche to say it, but goodness how quickly they grow up! Stop the clock please. Anyway, it was a much anticipated event - he is the youngest in his
Schwebebahn Lantern Tutorial
We have the annual 'St Martin' festival coming up in Germany this week, one of the main elements of which is lantern processions around town. In the past, the kids have always made lanterns at nursery, but this year neither
October Snapshots 2016
October in snapshots, according to my iPhone (mostly)… Most of my October photos seem to be from our trip to the US, and I'll be sharing some more of those later, but here are some other snapshots which really seem to sum
Happy Hallowe’en 2016
Happy Hallowe'en everyone! Apologies for the silence here on the blog, we've just been in the USA for two weeks for the school Autumn holidays. I meant to post a heads up here before going, but Mr Fox came down
DIY Mini Pompom Trick
We have the school Autumn holidays coming up here in Berlin, so I'm going to be taking a little break from blogging to spend some quality time with my family, but before that I wanted to share a really quick
‘Pumpkin Pie’ Porridge & a Book Recommendation
I have this terrible habit of buying cook books, marking all the pages of things I want to try, and then never making any of the recipes. But when I had my wisdom tooth removed last week, I got pretty bored
Autumn Crafts: Chestnut Creatures
It's been three years since we last did some Autumn crafts with chestnuts, but now that we have a massive chestnut tree in our yard, since moving house last year, we really no longer have an excuse not to. We
September Snapshots 2016
September in snapshots, according to my iPhone (mostly)…