Quick Midweek Supper: Toast Hawaii
If you've grown up or lived in Britain, chances are you will be familiar with 'beans on toast', that quick stop, put-together-in-minutes supper when you're short on time and everyone is hungry. My kids loves baked beans - especially the
Park & Playground Kit (Berlin Edition)
Yesterday was the official start of Spring, and with the weather getting better - though the last couple of days it's been pouring with rain - we are heading out more for longer trips to the park or one of
Books My 2 Year Old Loves
After having several themed book suggestions, in this week's Friday Five I just wanted to share a selection of some of the books my 2 year old is loving right now. Some of these you will see advertised for slightly
A Guilty Pleasure – Solo Travel Without My Kids
I’ve written before about travelling solo with my kids, i.e. without my husband. It’s challenging, but fun. Most of the time. Today I want to talk to you about another kind of solo travel which is also fun – the
Favourite Scottish Kids Books
I'm off on my annual long weekend away without the family, catching up with much missed friends back in Scotland, and leaving my three men to fend for themselves in Berlin. So, with Scotland on my mind (ha, who am I
Mini pillow from an old favourite sweatshirt
In the past, I've shared a tutorial on how I sewed a memory quilt out of my elder son's old baby clothes. Today I'm going to show you an even simpler idea, of how to repurpose old children's clothes you
Gluten Free Puffed Breakfast Cereal
It's National Cereal Day today, believe it or not, so what better excuse to share another of our favourite breakfast recipes with you! As you can probably guess, it's a recipe for a breakfast cereal. Being a Scottish family, we are
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