Christmas is fast approaching and so is my first year of cooking a Christmas dinner! Yes you heard me correctly in my 25 years I have never cooked Christmas dinner for the family. I am kind of excited and kind of dreading it in equal measures. I want to have a lovely, relaxing Christmas Day with my girls that doesn’t involve me being a slave to the kitchen but I also want to make the best roast dinner our household has ever seen (perfectionist aren’t I). Christmas to me is all about family time and enjoying our day together and…

Christmas is looming; I am actually feeling pretty organised this year and am well on the way to finishing my shopping before the mad Christmas rush starts in December. With Maisy birthday also falling in December and three over excited children to sort out I need to be on my A game yet this never happens so I am gloating  just a little bit at how I am getting on this year. Today I wanted to say a big fat thank-you to everyone who has followed and supported my blog and youtube channel throughout 2017 it really does mean a lot and without…

All three of my children are avid snackers; I have no idea where they get it from. She types while snacking on some humous and breadsticks! They are much happier having 5-6 small snacks meals throughout the day than just three large meals. That’s fine by me but it is tough to find new healthy snacks that they enjoy and wont leave them asking for more all the time. I was recently introduced to the new Punk’d bars from Organix; they are aimed at children ages 5-11 and come packed with real fruit and wholegrain oats – no junk in sight. I…

This half term the girls an were invited to take part in one of the Mini Ninja’s cooking classes put on by YO! Sushi. Considering neither I nor the kids had ever tried actually tried Sushi before; I knew it was going to be an interesting experience all round. If I am honest I wasn’t sure if it would be for us but I am always up for trying something new. We were greeted on arrival by non other than Darth Vader! He would be teaching the girls how to make some of YO! Sushi’s most popular dishes; they couldn’t…