Chapter Book of the Month: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
We've been on a bit of a chapter book review hiatus, but today we're back with a new Chapter Book of the Month! My 11 year old is studying World War II at school, so for his home reading I
Smoked Salmon Pasta with Spinach & Canellini Beans
This one-pot salmon pasta is one of our new favourite mid-week meals. It’s super easy to throw together, and using smoked salmon means you don’t need to worry about pre-cooking any raw fish. It does have spinach in it, with
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