Category: Parenting
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5 Quick and Easy Hairstyles for Little Girls
5 Easy Hairstyles for Little Girls I’m crap at doing my daughter’s hair and it often resembles a burst mattress! For the last two years running I’ve forgotten to even brush her hair on school photo day. I wouldn’t have bought the photos but parental guilt kicked in. During the school year I don’t have…
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How to treat Swimmer Itch (Duck Itch)
What is Swimmer’s Itch? Growing up in Canada everyone knows what duck itch or swimmers itch is and you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn’t had it. Once it flares up it resembles chicken pox. It’s a ‘worm-like’ parasite that burrows in the skin resulting in itchy spots and usually lasts 3-5 days. How…
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Outdoor Theatre near Kamloops
Caravan Farm Theatre – Armstrong, B.C. The Caravan Farm Theatre in Armstrong, near Kamloops has been running for 35 years. I’m trying to work out the first time I went and think it was about 18 years ago. We went again about 3 years ago and again this week to see Head over Heels. ‘There…
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How to beat the heat!
Summer Activity Camps for Kids Near St Albans Even though we love to moan about the weather in the UK we have to admit that we’ve had a pretty good summer so far. When we had the mini heat wave a few weeks ago, it was challenging trying to think of things to keep my…
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It’s that time of year again! School Uniform Review
Where is the best place to buy school uniforms? Last year an experienced mum said ‘Don’t wait until the end of August to buy school uniforms’ I’m so glad I listened or my daughter wouldn’t have had any uniforms to start school as most places would have sold out. We had some left over M&S…