While we ourselves may not have experienced any snow yet this Winter, there has been plenty going around elsewhere. What better excuse to get our our favourite Winter picture books? Christmas may be over, but there are many beautiful Winter picture books that don’t feature Christmas to enjoy. Here we share 15 favourites with you: […] Read more…
Love is in the air…not long now until Valentine’s Day! If you’re looking for an easy idea to create a special, non alcoholic drink for your loved one(s), novelty ice cube trays are your friend. Kids especially will love this! I experimented a little with these heart shaped ones from Ikea (sadly, they don’t seem […] Read more…
Happy Museum Monday! We’re back with another great museum for kids to share with you – The Världskulturmuseet (or World Culture Museum) in Gothenburg. We visited this during an Easter holiday a couple of years ago, and I think it’s possibly one of our favourite museum experiences ever with kids. In fact, we loved it […] Read more…
Hi everyone, it’s been a busy week, preparing for our trip to Japan, but I’ve managed to squeeze in a video of what I’ve been reading lately. Maybe I’ll even get to finish one of these during our holiday! Maybe there’s something here that catches your eye too… If you enjoyed the video, I’d be […] Read more…
Last weekend my 4 year old was recovering from a tummy bug, so we had to shelve plans to go and explore a new (to us) local park with a flask of cocoa, and stuck close to home instead. So it was perfect timing that the Weekend Box Club sent us one of their winter […] Read more…
Happy Chinese New Year! It’s the start of the Year of the Pig, so I thought I would share a little anecdote with you of how my mum ended up knitting a pig for the world’s largest pig museum! When I was about four years old, my mum knitted me a pig, hence forth known […] Read more…
Hey, February! How did we get here so quickly already? To mark the new month, I’ve decided to introduce a new feature to the blog. As you may or may not know, I’m very passionate about taking kids to museums, so I’m going to introduce a regular ‘Museum Monday’ slot, where I will be both […] Read more…
It’s Hedgehog Day again tomorrow! How did that come around so quickly? I’ve got a new video to share with you – as you may be able to tell from the fact that it features our old living room, I recorded this a while ago. In fact, this was the demo video I made when […] Read more…
Konnichiwa! We’ve got a very exciting trip coming up. My husband is working in Tokyo for three months, so I’m taking the boys over to see him in a couple of weeks, over February half term break. It will be my fourth trip to Japan (my husband and I actually met in Japanese night class, […] Read more…
Happy Burns Night! Today’s the day Scotland celebrates its national bard, and to mark the occasion I’ve put together a video with our favourite Scottish picture book recommendations! If you enjoyed the video, I’d be really grateful if you would subscribe to my channel. Thanks! List of books: N is for Nessie, by Kate Davies The […] Read more…
