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I’m putting this list together as a reference tool as I often forget the things we like to cook and eat as a family. The girls in this house will eat anything put in front of them but the Beale boys are a little more discerning… We are quite new to menu planning and the [...] Another post which starts with the disclaimer ‘Sorry to everyone who was shown this trick when they were mini and therefore thinks this as being another piece of obvious knowledge’… But to all the people out there who,like me,weren’t born knowing that the best place to keep the role of bin bags is [...] Both my kids have successfully beaten two irritating habits this month with the aid of sticker charts fashioned from games published in two of the comics they have been given. My daughter was coming into my bed each night at least once usually twice. I was having to wake up to escort/carry her back to [...] Two of my already domesticated girlfriends asked me this weekend whether I had made my Christmas cake yet. There is a great recipe in my cooking file ripped from last years Good Housekeeping entitled ‘The Easiest Christmas Cake Ever’. I made it last November and it tasted great but scanning over the list of ingredients [...] Our kids play with their playdough almost every day making little pretend dinners,worm families or faces on the table. They have a tub full of playdough tools which their 93 year old great grandmother bought for them. 1 Minute Playdough recipe: Your will need: 1/2 cup of salt 1 cup of flour [...] The other day we chanced upon a toy library when we had to go and pick up some business cards for my husband. It was tucked away on a little tiny business park but had bright coloured signage. Today we went with proof of address back to join Borrowers Toy Library and all three of [...] On our way to pick up some Freecycled jam jars today the kids and I happened across a beautiful playground today with great wooden structures,fresh bark chippings to fall onto and a great view of the nearby hills. It was a nice tidy clean playground so when a crisp packet blew towards me without [...] A simple swap to make life easy when bunging the ingredients in the breadmaker last thing at night especially when doing it after a nice bath and in fresh clean pyjamas when the last thing you want to do is get sticky ingredients all over you… Although the recipe calls for tablespoonfuls of butter instead [...] I’m very interested in the idea of home education and have not yet made up my mind whether I want to send my kids off to school when they reach school age next September. There seems to be so many long-term benefits to be gained from teaching your kids at home (instilling the values that [...] | ||||||
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