Category: Pre-School (3-5)

  • We’ve recycled our Christmas Cards!

    I was looking for ideas of what to do with my old Christmas cards.  In the past, I’ve used them to create gift tags, thank you postcards but mostly end up burning or recycling them.   However, after a quick troll on the internet I found these wonderful placemats.  They were very easy to make and…

  • How to talk to a complete stranger?

    Nearly broke my heart today. My daughter asked to go to a soft play centre, which is equivalent to hell for me. However, in an attempt to be a good mother, I said no problem, but I explained that we would be going on our own and wouldn’t know anyone there. She said she wasn’t…

  • Top 5 Christmas Presents of 2011

    Overall, I think we did fairly well on the present front, not too much tat. In a way, we are lucky that my family is overseas and posting presents is extortionate.  So they, tend to send money for me to buy presents for our daughter.  I really like this as it allows me to control…

  • Best cottages to visit this Christmas

    It’s Christmas and it’s time to do something special with your family. Have you ever considered searching holiday cottages UK to do something really unique?  There are so many fabulous places in the United Kingdom, so why not drop one a visit during the festive season? I know what you’re thinking, it’s impossible to pick…

  • At what age do children become self conscious of how they look?

    Firstly, I must preface that this has nothing to do with the particular parent, child or their parenting skills.  It could have been any child even my own. We were at a Christmas party on the weekend.  There was a pretty little 4-year old girl in a lovely party dress.  She accidentally spilled a glass…