Mediocre Mum

Tag: christmas

  • Thank you cards using left over Wrapping Paper!

    What on earth can you do with all the left over wrapping paper?  It takes you ages to wrap them and about 5 seconds for the kids to tear them apart.  If I’m honest we do burn a lot of it but I do hold a small selection back for crafting. I’ve done this in…

  • Slow Cooker Sunday: Eva’s Slow Cooker Mince Meat Pies

    I was inspired by @utterlyscrummy to have a go at making mince pies using my slow cooker.  I’ve never made mince pies in my life and I almost chickened out when I saw you can buy a box of them for a £1.  However, the end result was much better than I expected and we…

  • Family Christmas Activities at the Science Museum, London

    If you’re stuck for things to do over the Christmas Holidays, I really rate the Science Museum in London.  We went last Saturday and had a brilliant day and learned a lot. After a bit of deliberating we decided to drive in, as it worked out cheaper than taking the train even with the price…

  • Decorating the tree should not be stressful???

    Fess up!  Do you let your kids help decorate the tree and then rearrange the decorations once they’ve gone to bed?  I’m a bit obsessive when it comes to things like this.  It may be the Libra in me, everything has to be balanced.  Prior to having kids my tree wasn’t perfect, like Michelle Obama’s,…

  • So why the h*ll is it called a Snood?

    I appreciate you can wear it around your neck like a scarf or pull it up over your head like a hoody?  So, why is it not call a Scoody, Hoofy, Scardy, Shoody, Hody, Horf or some other daft combination?  The ‘sn’ bit has me a bit perplexed.  Can anyone shed some light on this?…