A range of healthy lunch ideas for school children’s lunchboxes
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Preparing Chunk For School
Read moreChunk starts school next month…EEK! I’m a bag of mixed emotions about it at the moment, both excited for him (and to get some me-time/work-time) but also very aware this is a new milestone and once he’s in there I cannot protect him or see what he’s up to for five days per week. Regardless…
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Fun Outdoor Activities On A Low Budget
Read moreSome fun outdoor activities with kids can be really expensive if you’re not careful so I’ve been looking for fun activities that can be done for free or very low cost.
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Why We Need The Spice Girls For This Generation’s Young Girls
Read moreI cannot believe that this week 20 years ago the Spice Girls released their first single Wannabe. TWENTY YEARS!? Where has this time gone? Image from Usmagazine.com I was eleven years old and about to finish my final year at primary school when this came out and this group literally changed my whole perspective on…
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#WhatsYourX Moment?
Read moreThere are moments in life that are so quick, so fleeting but so very precious and I really want to remember them. These blink and you’ll miss it moments are sadly things I so easily forget, so to minimise this I’ve joined a new hashtag on Instagram to try to record these X Moments. Sony…
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The 10 Best Things about Being a Single Parent
Read moreRecently I wrote the 10 Worst Things About Being a Single Parent, so it’s now time to tell you the ten BEST things. It’s not all bad so it’s about time us solo parents bigged ourselves up! I’ve included quotes from some of the lovely single parents I’ve chatted to in the single parent…
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Confessions of a SUMMER Parent #TheGoodStuff
Read moreHow do you cope with your kids over the summer? And by that I mean how do you HONESTLY cope with them? Just Hanging At The Park This is the last summer Chunk will attend nursery three mornings a week (yes his nursery are open all year round!) before he starts school in September. Those…
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Single Parent Linky 19
Read moreThis is where single parent bloggers across the world can add links to any of their recent posts to show off. It can be posts of ANY TOPIC, as it’s about showing off your favourite posts that have been published recently. All I ask is that any bloggers who add links simply comment on at…
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Educational Play the Schleich Way
Read morePopular toy company Schleich has launched a new campaign called Educational Play the Schleich Way which includes a 16-page guide to the best in imaginative play and development ideas for parents and their preschoolers. The guide covers topics including how to have a balanced play diet, encouraging imagination and early language skills, and it also has helpful hints…
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My Views on Myleene Klass’ Single Mums on Benefits Documentary
Read moreOn Tuesday evening there was a documentary airing on ITV by Myleene Klass about lone parenting, called ‘Single Mums on Benefits’. I didn’t get to see it when it first aired as I was flying back to the UK after my family holiday, but I heard about it the following morning when the BBC emailed…