Category: Pre-School (3-5)

  • Happy Valentine’s Day!

    Madame has taken to leaving her own design flare around the house recently. So I don’t know what possessed me to buy her these for Valentine’s Day.  They’re super cute though.  They’re home-made crayons from the Little Green Paintbox, which come in a lovely little canvas drawstring bag. They also do other shapes as well…

  • Polly Parrot, Peppa Pig App

    Available from Itunes for £1.79 ‘In addition to being a mum of a 3 year old, I used to be a former primary school teacher and I’ve been an ICT trainer for 10+ years (I do software/hardware training in schools). All apps that ‘we’ review are not only trialled by Madame but I’ve also had…

  • Banoffee Cupcakes

    I was sent these from the people at Baking Mad.  And I was supposed to turn it into this, using this recipe. Stop laughing!  Overall, it wasn’t too bad except a few minor hiccups, which was mostly due to my being domestically challenged. How to make them Mediocre Mum Style: Work out what the hell…

  • What is Wellie Wanging?

    We just returned from a spot of Tree planting and Wellie Wanging in Heartwood Forest, Sandridge, Herts.  It was a great day albeit freezing cold.  It was a bit of a trek to the wood but we managed it.  We only planted a handful of trees and wish we did a bit more but if…

  • Welly Wanging in Heartwood Forest, Sandridge

    We are very lucky where we live.  We live in a lovely market town which is steeped in Roman History, it’s only 20 minutes from London by train and we have access to loads of green space; within minutes you can go from being in the city to being in the country. We recently discovered…