Reading with my children has always been something that I have loved to do. From small babies we would look at books and read nursery rhymes daily, they enjoyed it and it was a great opportunity to bond. Now they’re getting older and ‘one more’ bedtime story is becoming less and less requested. It used to be their favourite time of the day now they would prefer to spend an extra 5 minutes playing in their tablet than listen to me. So when Ebookadabra contacted me and asked me to put the app to the test with my girls I thought…
Pumpkin spam galore….. We love hitting the pumpkin patch; it is one of our favourite autumnal traditions. This year was no different and of corse I have a load of photos to share! Lottie soon discovered a wheelbarrow is there perfect size for a lazy three year old so in she jumped. Bella was on keen look out for the perfect pumpkin, I was after some littler ones this year that I can spray paint copper because I think the look so cool! I love this cheeky little face. Everyone say ‘PUMPKIN’. Lottie looks like she’s crying here but I can…
To think when I was the same age as my daughters I had never used the internet! It was when I was in one of my final years at primary school that our classroom got one computer! It was a huge thing with terrible graphics but it was so exciting. Now my daughters have all the latest tech readily available to them at home and school, it’s brilliant. I used to have to nip to the local library for books on school topics but the answers for them are a mere google on the tablet away. The internet has brought…
Spending long summer days at the beach are part and parcel of life living the Dorset. With all that gorgeous coast on our doorstep it would be almost inhuman not to make the most of it. Unfortunately this is England and those ‘long summer days’ I mention are often few and far between. What do we do? We hit the beach anyway! It may be grey, a little wet and incredibly windy but it’s nothing a decent coat can’t see off! The girls were recently gifted these lovely little rain coats from Trespass; I love red on them and this little…
I love to bake with the girls; I have done since they were really young. It seems like so long ago now that we made these delicious tripe chocolate muffins, I am finally getting round to sharing this super simple recipe with you! We also filmed the recipe so check out the video at the end of the post.. Ingredients 150g Dark Chocolate (melted) 60g Cocoa Powder 250g Self Raising Flour 100g Light Soft Brown Sugar 300ml Milk 100ml Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp Baking Powder 2 Eggs 2 tsp Vanilla Extract 150g White Chocolate (roughly chopped) 150g Milk Chocolate (roughly chopped)…
