As a mum of three, my weaning journeys have changed somewhat with each child. With my first, I was a spoon feeder. Some people may judge me on that but, as a first time mum who hadn’t discovered the online world of parenting advice, it was the only thing I knew. My own mum spoon … [Read more…]
You know you’re in for trouble when the toy comes with a padlock and a special key to undo them. If your little monsters love anything weird and wonderful, Crate Creatures are definitely for you. This toy is not for the feint hearted. Just one pull of their tongue and up to 45 ghastly noises … [Read more…]
We love being outside. The younger two especially start climbing the walls (literally) if they are indoors too much. Obviously living on a farm helps but I think once the fresh air has entered the souls of children, it is hard to get out and, to be honest, I don’t think I would want to. … [Read more…]
Wow what a month is has been. The weather has been glorious and, for once, my house has been exceptionally tidy because the children have hardly been inside. We have been to the beach twice, enjoyed dinosaur crazy golf at our local garden centre and generally had a lot of fun outside. Despite lathering them … [Read more…]
I love our life. We are lucky in so many ways and I am so grateful that my children get to live an outdoors life and have so much space to explore every day. For the sake of other farmer’s wives though I felt I had to write this post. This time of year is … [Read more…]
I love toys that are multi functional and can transcend age groups. We were recently sent a 3-in-1 Sports Zone from Little Tikes and multi functional it certainly is, as well as multi purpose too. With a basket ball, soccer or ten pin bowling option children will have hours of fun learning to trow, catch … [Read more…]
We’ve been a family of five for over a year now and I am not going to lie, at times it is crazy. Meal times are interesting. Getting everyone dressed is some kind of Olympic sport and hardly anything comes in packs of five. I love it though and, while I am by no means … [Read more…]
We live in a society where germs, bad weather and dirt are almost a taboo subject. Children do not play outdoors as much as I did when I was a child and the advance in 24-hour children’s TV channels and video games mean it can be a chore rather than fun tog go outside. Play … [Read more…]
April marks by blog anniversary. I’ve never really thought about it before but this year, I have been blogging for five years. It all began when I was working at the newspaper and a lady I regularly spoke to on the phone at work suggested I should start a blog because of all of the … [Read more…]
At first glance, babies and farms don’t sound like they marry very well. Thousands of farming families have babies every year though and, if you make your living from farming, you will know that babies just seem to fit into the farming life. If you are feeding pet lambs or calves, what’s another little mouth … [Read more…]
