Advent Activity Jar
Since Caterpillar and I enjoy crafty things and baking I’ve decided to bite the bullet this year and do an advent activity jar. I admit, I may live to regret this even by day five…
Since Caterpillar and I enjoy crafty things and baking I’ve decided to bite the bullet this year and do an advent activity jar. I admit, I may live to regret this even by day five…
This week we’ve been reading The Great Ape Escape by Fiona Manlove and Pascal Biet. This is a fun, amusing story about a group of monkeys, chimps and other primates who hatch an ingenious plan…
Shopping for clothes for Caterpillar is so much more enjoyable than shopping for myself these days (not to mention the fact that he is a far superior model than me!). I squealed a little bit…
I never understood the significance of a child’s birthday party until I became a parent myself. It’s only now that I realise it’s not only a celebration for the child but for the parents too.…
Following their lovely Spring event, we decided to head back to Marsh Farm Animal Adventure Park for their Wizards & Witches Pumpkin Picking Festival this week. Despite my recent threenager post, Caterpillar was on fabulous…
Parenting toddlers and preschoolers is hard, that’s a given, but did anyone else fall into the terrible twos trap? Did you heave a sigh of relief on your child’s third birthday thinking at last that…
Like many special occassions, Halloween is suddenly much more fun now Caterpillar is around. He went trick or treating for the first time last year and loved it so we’re planning on going again. The…
Reading is such a special activity in our house and Caterpillar adores books, much to the joy of the reader and writer inside of me. One of my favourite things to do is theme our…
For the last six months or so Caterpillar will often choose games over toys. I think a big reason is that it ensures we will be there to play with him, which is certainly easier…
Humour is probably the number one feature that we look for when finding great books for Caterpillar, it makes for such an enjoyable reading experience. Mayday Mouse, although really an adventure story, has a fab…