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Oxfam Unwrapped

It’s that time of year again when thoughts turn to Christmas presents and huge lists of people who you *need* to buy for are written, on my list as ever is the huge number of teachers and teaching assistants involved in looking after my children at school, there is just loads of them! Teachers, teaching [...]

Halloween Cupcakes

The lovely people over at Silver Spoon sent me some Cakecraft products and what better way to use them than baking gorgeous little Halloween cupcakes.  The children had a great time baking these and an even better time decorating them!

What you need: (makes 12)

4oz unsalted butter
4oz caster sugar
4oz self raising flour
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla flavouring
2 [...]

Is childhood over entertained?

I recently read an article in the Telegraph about Getting Kids Cooking all about how if you want to get kids really interested in cooking and producing good food you need to take the fun out of it.  Well okay not all the fun, it details how Nigella Lawson was brought up ‘helping’ her mother [...]

Domestically challenged & a whole new word

Today’s election has caused me to be domestically challenged… With both children off school, whilst the government uses the school hall (despite the church hall offering gargantuan amounts of empty space and being within spitting distance of the closed for voting school…)

I love having the children at home, they are brilliant and hugely amusing and [...]

School Dinners!

switching to school dinners… oooo the [...]

Hand that rocks the cradle & the multitude of skills needed to do it!

A little on the skills required for a full day at home with children & [...]