Summer Holidays 2024 – Free Family Events in Edinburgh
It's back! My big, bumper issue of what's on for families for FREE in Edinburgh over the school summer holidays. We've got festivals, museums, libraries, outdoor events and activities, and more! It has been a real labour of love pulling
Nudelsalat – German Pasta Salad
Whether picnic, BBQ or party, next to Germany’s favourite Kartoffelsalat (potato salad), a Nudelsalat (pasta salad) is never far away. It’s also great in summer as a dinner dish, when it's too hot to want to cook after work -
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Free Family Friendly Events
Hot on the heels of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024 programme launch, comes the launch of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 programme. With over 3,000 shows to choose from it can get a bit overwhelming - and the costs
One-pan Chicken & Broccoli Rice
I love mid-week meals that don't require much washing up, and it doesn't get much better than a one-pan recipe. This one has a couple of steps, as there's a fair bit of peeling and chopping involved BUT if you
Edinburgh Book Festival 2024 Children’s Programme
Last night, I attended the launch of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2024 programme. This year, the Book Festival will take place at its new permanent home in the Edinburgh Futures Institute. I was if course particularly interested in the
Speedy Summer Gazpacho
We often have soup for dinner on Mondays, when everyone is off to sports at different times, but it's been too hot these past few days for anyone to want to eat soup. So today I made some gazpacho, which
Book Tour: The Rainbow Flamingo
This post contains gifted items. All views are our own. We are delighted to be joining the book tour for the newly released The Rainbow Flamingo, written by Catherine Emmett and beautifully illustrated by Claire Powell. It's a heartwarming story with
Say Hello! Bookbug Week 2024
We have a fabulous early years programme here in Scotland called Bookbug, run by the Scottish Book Trust, which supports families to read, sing, and play with their little ones - with book bags gifted to children between birth and
{Edinburgh} Family Play at Collective on Calton Hill
I love discovering new places in Edinburgh, even after living here for all this time. Today, my 9 yr old and I visited Collective on Calton Hill for the first time. Collective is a free contemporary art centre, located in the
Dandelion Cordial or ‘Honey’
One of the very first foraging recipes I ever made, many years ago, was dandelion cordial. I was visiting my sister in semi-rural Eastern Germany with my eldest son, who was about 2 at the time. They have a very
{Edinburgh} The Anatomical Museum with Kids
This past weekend, we visited Edinburgh's Anatomical Museum. We've visited before, but that was almost ten years ago when youngest child was only a baby so he couldn't remember any of it. He's quite interested now in anatomy and how
When Love Takes Its Time
It's Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week this week (29 April - 5 May). It's been thirteen and a half years since I first became a mother, and seven years since I first shared my story of how I struggled to