Crafty Christmas

This Christmas I set myself a challenge, less commercial more home made. This wasn’t about money but about the experience of christmas, the joy of doing things as a family …

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Styling Christmas with F&F

Being given a £50 voucher to spend on clothes is fantastic, being told I had to spend it on the kids? not so good however with a bit of cunning, …

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I need sleep!

I am not sure why but at the moment I seem to be in a perpetual cycle of exhaustion. I wake up in the morning feeling as though I have …

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Creative Christmas presents

Christmas time is special in any house and choosing the right Christmas presents for the kids is really important. Every year we ask the girls to choose one present to …

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Making a mess in the kitchen #OvenPride

Last week I headed over to Cheshire Cookery school with a few other bloggers to spend an evening cooking with Kurt Thomas and seeing the wonders of Oven Pride in …

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Letters to Santa

It is that time of year and the kids have already started writing their letters to Santa. In our house they are only allowed to ask  Santa for one present. …

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Have you turned on your heating?

October had been a bit of a cold month all round (well apart from our holiday to Kos) and November no better but the last few days have certainly had …

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Life is too short

This year I have had a few health scares from lumps under my armpits to a sore upper arm none of it has been serious but it has certainly made …

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