Household

Mother’s Day Highlights

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There were lots of rustlings and secret things in our house over the past week and on Mother’s Day I was quite overwhelmed with all the home-made cards (excellent work nursery, school, cubs and Beavers!) and flowers and chocolates (thanks Daddy).

Not a shop-bought card in sight!

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Cold Caller vs 3 Year Old

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Recently we have been inundated by unwanted telemarketing calls.
Here’s how my 3 year old reacted to the concept of cold-calling!

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Making a Meal out of a Marrow

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It’s happened to the best of us. We turn our backs on our vegetable gardens just for a few days whilst away on hols and return to find an enornous marrow where only days before we had baby courgettes. So today I decided to try some of my ‘experimental cookery’. . . . and if I say so myself the results were pretty tasty!

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Welsh Cakes Recipe for St.David’s Day

It has become a tradition in my house that we make Welsh Cakes for St David’s Day.  As a child in Wales St David’s Day was a big event.  We would go to school dressed in traditional costume. The morning would involve a special assembly during which we sang Welsh songs and presented prizes for [...]

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Mums Tip

After picking up the after school debris which had been dumped in my hallway for the umpteenth time, I suddenly realised that my young children weren’t really to blame for not hanging up their things as our adult coat hooks were difficult for them to reach. I put up new low level, child-friendly coat hooks, along with space for book bags [...]

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