Planning for January
Happy New Year everyone! I’m not really one for new year’s resolutions, but I do want to try and be more organised this year in planning ahead for each month so in case it helps anyone else be more organised
Recycled Cardboard Christmas ‘Gingerbread’ Village
I have a tendency to hoard cardboard from delivery boxes and such like, much to my husband's dismay who thinks we have too much stuff in the house, but it came in very handy when the boys and I decided
Citrus Peel Star Garland
We love making our own Christmas decorations, and where we can we try to reuse materials that would otherwise get thrown out. There's nothing like decorations that look pretty AND make you feel good about being eco friendly. One of
German Christmas Baking Round-up: Our Top 5 Recipes (GF)
Happy 1st of Advent! It's been a bit quiet on the blog over November. It was a really busy month for us - not only did we celebrate both my boys' birthdays, but my parents finally made it over from
Some More Favourite Halloween Books
Happy Halloween! Welcome to the third and final part of our Halloween books mini series. Due to some computer issues this past week, this episode is going out much later than planned, but I hope you still enjoying discovering some
Our Top 8 Picture Books About Ghosts
Welcome to part 2 of our mini series featuring our favourite Halloween picture books, and today it's all about ghosts! While we do have books about witches, monsters, vampires, werewolves, skeletons and more, it's ghosts that seem to be most
Home-made Crab Apple Jelly
We're been foraging for apples at our local community orchard again this year, and this time as well as the other apples we also brought home a bag full of crab apples to make crab apple jelly out of. It's
9 Picture Books about Pumpkins – and one Turnip!
We absolutely love Halloween, and our seasonal Halloween picture books! We've added a few more to our collection since I last made a video, so I thought it was time to do an update. But as our collection is quite
Pflaumenkuchen – German Plum Crumble Cake
Hands up if you love plums! Seriously one of the best things about early Autumn. Even better baked in to 'Pflaumenkuchen' - delicious German plumb crumble cake. Read on for how to bake your own
DIY Halloween Gravestone Decorations
With Halloween only a couple of weeks away, we’ve ramped up our decorating and have been crafting some spooky gravestones out of recycled cereal packets. These are really super simple to make. The puns are optional, haha. I made these
7 Favourite Books to Welcome Autumn
It's been a while since we've had a good old round-up of book recommendations here on the blog. So with my favourite season in full swing, what better excuse to share some of our top recommendations for picture books to
Review: Pirate Stew for me and you!
This post contains gifted items. All views are our own. Ahoy there, me hearties! It's Talk Like a Pirate Day today, and we have the perfect book for it to share with you. Pirate Stew, the swashbuckling adventure by master storyteller