Books for First Time Swimmers
It's been just over a year now, since our eldest son started swimming lessons. Spaces in after school classes are hard to come by in Berlin, but we managed to snag one. He was a bit fearful of the water at
Slotted Cardboard Dinohouse (or Dollhouse)
When my elder son said to me a while ago, we needed to build a house for our dinosaurs, what was I going to do? Of course, I had to rise to the challenge! We still had a couple of empty
Family Favourite: One Pot Chicken Alfred
It's time to share another one of our quick, easy mid-week, family favourite meals with you. This recipe actually comes courtesy of my husband, it's one of his signature dishes! The name is a derivative of the dish 'Chicken Alfredo', of
5 Tips for Nurturing Language in Kids
Today is International Mother Language Day, a worldwide observance held annually on 21st February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. It reminded me, that it's been a while since I wrote about bilingual parenting. Although I
Danish Kids Favourites
Somewhere between my first and my second baby, I discovered my love for Danish design. Since we'd saved pretty much all our baby stuff the first time round, baby no.2 was fully equipped, which I took as an excuse to invest
Orange & Almond Cake (GF)
What better excuse than National Almond Day (yes, it's a thing!) to share one of my favourite recipes with you! Almonds are great for gluten free baking, because recipe with ground almonds often don't require flour as sell, eliminating the
5 Reasons I Fell Out of Love With Winter
I love Winter. I’m a cold weather person through and through. My unnecessarily large collection of knitwear and wooly hats will attest to that. And unlike most people I know, the prospect of months and months of subzero temperatures and
Favourite Books About the Mail
Following on from my post about the mini post office we made for our eldest's fifth birthday, I'm sharing some of our favourite picture books about delivering and receiving mail with you, in this week's Friday 5! The Jolly Postman, by
You’ve Got Mail! DIY Mini Post Office
I've been getting quite a few questions about the little grocery store in our playroom, that keeps popping up in my Instagram feed, so I thought I would write a post about it and how we revamped it. I've previously
January Snapshots 2017
January in snapshots, according to my iPhone (mostly)…
Chocolate Almond Torte
There's no Friday 5 post this week, because it's National Chocolate Day - yes, there seems to be a national holiday for just about everything these days! - and what better excuse to share my recipe for chocolate almond torte