Fantastic Mr Fox 1st Birthday Party
Last weekend, we celebrated Mr Fox's first birthday. Yes, one year old already, can you believe it! When The Boy turned one, we kept it really low key, because really they are too young to care at that age -
Activity Advent Calendar
Less than a week to go until the beginning of Advent! Though since it starts in November this year, you have a few extra days until you need to have your Advent calendars ready. Whether you are feeling stressed out
Thoughts on…raising bilingual children
People are often confused by my German sounding surname and my native command of English. My equally native command of German, yet my frequent interjections of "in English we say
Up-cycling daddy’s old shirt in to a doctor’s coat for dressing up
We've been doing a bit of Spring cleaning and decluttering, including purging our wardrobes. In the course of this, the husband tossed out an old shirt, and I thought it would be perfect for up-cycling in to a doctor's coat for
Big Brother Kit
Today I wanted to share a little more with you about how we prepared for Mr Fox's arrival. I think any parent who introduces younger siblings in to the family spends a lot of time worrying about how it's going
Books for Big Brothers
We ended last year by becoming a family of four, so this year's first Friday Five is, appropriately, a selection of our favourite books for little boys* who are about to become or have just become big brothers. The Boy
{Home Tour} Baby’s Room
A couple of people have been asking if I'd do a post about Mr Fox's new room, after sharing a couple of snapshots on Instagram of things we'd bought for it. Well, he actually just has a corner in our
Teddy Bear Wardrobe
Are you ready for this week's DIY gift idea? We're back to sewing this week. Earlier this year, we attended my sister-in-law's wedding in Scotland and I wanted to bring along something quiet for the boy to play with to keep
Personal Challenge: Baking a Novelty “Postman Pat” Cake
11 November At the weekend, we celebrated the boy’s 3rd birthday. As previously mentioned, he’s a huge fan of Postman Pat, so I’d got it in to my head that, as he was now old enough to appreciate it, I wanted
{DIY} Toy Garage
1 August 2013 Recently we have progressed from chunky toy cars of the kind that babies play with, to small matchbox cars of the kind that little boys play with, and that seem to multiply like rabbits when you’re not looking.
DIY Play Kitchen
10 January 2013 As you may know, we were having a home made Christmas (with a few exceptions such as books and stocking fillers). Our biggest project was our present for the boy - a home made play kitchen - and
{DIY} Fairy Lights are not just for Christmas
I have to admit, I absolutely love fairy lights. In our flat in Edinburgh I had some up all year round. Inevitably, people would say “you forgot to take your Christmas lights down”. No, not Christmas lights, fairy lights! Humpf.