Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? We’ve got a review for a great game today which has been a big hit with my boys. It’s our review for this month’s Asmodee UK Blogger Board Game Club, whom we are currently working with. Asmodee UK is an established distributor of toys and games, and the […] Read more…
It’s been a bit quiet around here recently, as I’ve been really busy with my shop in the run up Christmas, as we are approaching peak Christmas shopping season. Speaking of Christmas shopping, we have a great review for you today which you might want to consider as a gift. My boys really love robots, […] Read more…
It’s been a while since we’ve done a chapter book of the month, but we were recently sent a book for review by a local Scottish author and Oskar loved it so much that he wanted to make a video about it. The Mystery of Insch Brae House is the debut adventure children’s novel by […] Read more…
November is birthday month for us, with both my boys celebrating their birthdays – just ten days apart! Yeah, we didn’t plan that very well… November is also not a month you would associate with outdoor birthday parties, but with the current situation in the ongoing pandemic, we had to get creative. Luckily there are […] Read more…
Today I have a cute DIY to share with you, for building your very own kids book shelf, which I think fits really well with Autumn as it’s apple picking season, but would suitable all year round. We actually built this kids book shelf several years ago, when Mr Fox was just a baby, and […] Read more…
Since guising (as we call trick-or-treating here in Scotland) is off the cards this year, I’ve promised the kids a spooky Halloween dinner instead, and we’re going to make some Halloween mocktails. These eyeball mocktails are not as creepy as it sounds though, the eyeballs are just lychees with blueberries. We gave the drinks a […] Read more…
I’ve got a really easy Halloween cookie recipe to share with you today. In fact, it’s so easy, does it even deserve to be called a recipe? Consider it more of a Halloween cookie inspiration – they just require a little assembly. Ingredients 8-10 cookies. We used Sainsbury’s gluten free chocolate chip cookies, but you […] Read more…
It’s been a bit quiet on the blog over the past week, as my kids have been on their October half term holiday and I’ve taken some time out to spend quality time with them. But the good news is we did lots of fun Halloween activities over the break, which we will be sharing […] Read more…
Happy Museum Monday. We’re back this week to share another of our recent cultural day trips with you. This week, we’re sharing last month’s visit to St Andrew’s to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We had booked in to visit St Andrew’s Castle, which is under the auspices of Historic Scotland. Visitation is by pre-booking only […] Read more…
We have a vase with branches on the dresser in our hall, that I like to decorate for the different seasons. At Easter we had little eggs hanging in it, and over the summer our clothes peg dragon flies that we crafted. But it was time for a change for the Autumn, before the Christmas […] Read more…
As I mentioned in my post from earlier this year, I decided that this year I would record all the books my 5 year old and I read together. I’ve been snapping a quick picture of all the books from each day, and collecting them in an album over on my blog’s Facebook page – and now […] Read more…
The first pumpkins have started appearing in the shops, which means an excuse to bake pumpkin pie! This is actually a recipe I have shared before on my previous blog, but it’s so good I thought it needed sharing again. And now, if you have to eat gluten free you don’t need to miss out […] Read more…
