School Shoes Sorted with Maddie & Mark’s [AD]
We're half way through our Summer holidays already, and preparations have started for the new school year. This August, I'll have not one, but two school kids to kit out - my eldest is going in to P5 and my
Banana Pancakes & Berry Platter
It doesn't matter when I pick my boys up from nursery/ school - whether they've just eaten or not, they are always, ALWAYS hungry and begging for snacks. Sometimes I take the easy option, but sometimes if we have time
Gift Guide for Kids Starting School
I can't believe that my youngest will be starting school in just four weeks! In Germany, this was a very big deal. When Oskar started school in Berlin three years ago, they had a big enrolment ceremony on the Saturday
{Germany} Exploring Evolution at the Neanderthal Museum
Happy Museum Monday! We’re just back from our summer holiday in Germany, and have a fab museum that we visited on our travels to share with you. The Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann is located at the site of the first Neanderthal
Chapter Book of the Month: Mr Penguin
We're back with another Chapter Book of the Month! This month, Oskar has chosen a book he got for his birthday last year - it's a fun adventure story, with some very unique characters and great illustrations. We hope you
‘Kartoffelpuffer’ with Apple Sauce (GF)
One of my favourite German dishes, is "Kartoffelpuffer mit Apfelmus". The "Kartoffelpuffer" are a kind of potato pancake, made from grated potatoes, and "Apfelmus" is basically just an apple sauce, which you traditionally serve with them. When I was younger,
June Snapshots 2019
June in Snapshots, according to my iPhone… For more daily snapshots, you can follow me on Instagram at @bearandfoxblog!
Review: Canal Toys DIY Bath Fizzers [AD]
Hands up if your kids love bath bombs, or bath fizzers are they are also known. My boys are completely obsessed with them, which is great because it makes convincing them to have a bath much easier. So when we
{Germany} Wuppertal’s Sculpture Park Waldfrieden
Happy Museum Monday! Since we are spending our summer holidays in Wuppertal this year - one of Germany's lesser known and underrated towns - I'm going to share a bit of a gem from there with you in the form
#KidsBooksBingo Summer Reading Challenge
So, we have made it through the first week of our summer holidays. Have your summer holidays started yet, or are they still ahead of you? The thing I loved most about the summer holidays, as a kid, was the
Apple & Raisin Cookies (GF)
Summer holidays mean children begging for snacks all hours of the day. We try to keep it healthy with things like fruit, carrot stick with hummus, oatcakes with peanut butter etc but every now and then they'll want a cookie
Travel Journal + Free Templates
As I mentioned yesterday, the summer holidays are in full swing here in Edinburgh, so I wanted to share another holiday resource with you that I made for my own kids earlier this year. In February, we travelled to Japan