Category: Parenting

  • Sneak HD – iPad App for kids

    Do you worry about your kids sitting like lumps in front of the iPad?  Then this app ‘Sneak HD’ by Made in Me (£1.49), is for you.  It gets them up off the sofa moving around, perfect for the looming school holidays. It does what it ‘says on the tin’.  There are 5 monsters that…

  • The Hidden Killer: Flapjacks

    You have got to be fricking kidding me!  A school in Essex has banned triangular shaped flapjacks due to sharp edges!  A child had to go home after being hit with one.  Apparently, the rectangular ones are still safe. WTF?  Surely four corners are far more dangerous than three? I have to admit I’ve tried…

  • Activities for Kids Over Easter 2013, near St Albans, Herts

    Just having my pre school holiday panic!  We don’t have any built in playmates for our 5 year old except the cats and us and we can only take so much so I do try and arrange a few things for her over half-term.  As an only child we really like her to socialize with…

  • We’re going on a Raindrop Hunt!

    It rains 1 day out of 3 in the UK.  I know I’ve researched it.  So we have to make the most of it.  Last week, when it had just stopped raining,  I armed my 5 year old daughter with my camera phone and we went for a walk in search of rain drops.  It…

  • Things to do outdoors no matter what the weather!

    I’m always desperate to get Madame to play outside in the garden more.  However, are garden is the size of a postage stamp and really not that appealing. The other night I was cooking dinner and to amuse her, while I was busy, I passed her this book with a few post it notes and…