Alternative Boxing Day Meal Ideas
I love Boxing Day. To me it’s basically a second Christmas day since my husband and I take turns which of our families we see on Christmas Day, and then spend Boxing Day with the…
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On The First Day Of Parenting – Five Ways To Prepare For A Less Stressful Christmas
Hello and thank you for hopping over from The Newby Tribe and welcome to the 1st day of #12DaysOfParenting. Today’s sponsor is More2Explore who are offering an Adventure Belt and the theme is preparing to survive the…
Five Reasons Slimming World Is The Best Weight Loss Programme
I was a slim teenager but I’ve been a big girl for most of my adult life, and lately I’ve gotten bigger than ever. When you start outgrowing normal high street stores I think it’s…
Beautiful Gifts For Milestone Birthdays With GiftsOnline4U
We have two big milestone birthdays coming up in my family – my dad’s 60th later this month and my husband’s 40th early next year. Does anyone else struggle to find great gifts for the men…
Traditional Homewares From JD Williams
We have lived in our current home for almost six years now and, sadly, the only rooms we have decorated so far are the nursery and the conservatory/dining room. Creating your perfect home environment can…
Trying New Baking Kits From Sweetpea Pantry PLUS giveaway
Caterpillar’s love of baking has only grown since we last tried out some Sweetpea Pantry kits. I love that now he’s four he can do a lot more in the kitchen and wants to be involved…
Parenting Is A Messy Business
The media just love to pit women against each other, don’t they? Especially mothers. There are a million different ways to parent – everything from breast vs bottle, spoon-fed vs baby-led, attachment vs authoritative –…
Seven Housework Tips For Lazy, Busy Mums
For someone who doesn’t enjoy cleaning and housework I have a really weird habit. I love watching my favourite You Tubers show off their cleaning routines and their lovely minimalist houses. My house is definitely not…
Nine Awesome Toys & Activities For 3-4 Year Olds
Favourites lists are becoming a bit of a tradition on this blog and you can find links to mine and Caterpillar’s favourite toys and products up to age three below. Today I wanted to summarise…
Colouring Books With A Twist (Plus Giveaway!)
Welcome back to the Butterfly Book Club and apologies for the long break. I’m hoping to get all my regular features back up and running now and I’m starting with a lovely one – a treat…