Last year (!) I posted about how I had decided to make presents for the adults in our family this year, as our budget was more stretched than we had been used to since I gave up my teaching salary. In fact, I rather enjoyed it, leaving aside that in an ideal world I would Read more —>
After spending half the morning searching for shoes for Plum, I spent much of the afternoon baking with Bean. He wanted to try out some more of the recipes from his Kids’ Kitchen card deck and had spent some time during the week choosing what we would make today and making sure I knew what Read more —>
Today is Samhain (pronounced Sow-in), the Celtic Day of the Dead. It is a time for honouring our ancestors and remembering loved ones no longer with us. It’s the readon we don’t celebrate Hallow’een – the day has real meaning for us, and we celebrate as a family. We eat a celebration meal together, and Read more —>
Well, it would be rude not to …
This week I received an email from Boots Parenting Club, announcing that my daughter is now 6 months old (infact, she still had a week to go then). It then launched into its sales pitch with the following tidbit: Your little one is probably quite familiar with solids now so you might want to try Read more —>
Baby Led Weaning Wordless Wednesday
Cupcake Heaven … Today was the day of my cupcake decorating workshop, and I had a thoroughly enjoyable three hours surrounded by buttercream, fondant and glitter. The idea was to learn the technique for perfect buttercream icing as well learning how to make fondant decorations for the top. I had hoped to learn the secret, Read more —>
I’m being a little bit cheaty today by borrowing a post from my other blog again, but I’m only doing it because I think this is such an important issue and I want to reach as many people as possible. So there. Coeliac Disease affects as many as 1% of the UK population (rising to Read more —>
How did we get to this point already? My daughter is almost 6 months old, but it doesn’t seem 5 minutes since she was born. If you read this blog regularly, you’ll know that we’ve been hanging on til the 6 month mark before we start weaning, but my daughter has had other ideas. We Read more —>
I’ve borrowed this post from my other blog, The Sated Coeliac, mainly because I want everyone to know about my crazy couple of days and the deliciousness that came out of them. ~~ Question: What do you get when you combine two days, 750g butter and flour, a dozen eggs, a kilo and a half Read more —>
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