This is our little present to D. A blog post and video to celebrate nearly 3 years of home-schooling:
Dear D,
We are so proud of you.
So proud of everything about you.
You are kind, considerate and compassionate.
You have a flair for your drama, a real skill in karate, and you are The Brilliant Chef.
Whatever you choose to do, we will support you.
We will...
A year of Blogging: Our blog anniversary!
It was around this time last year, (I can't pinpoint the exact day as we wrote up some backdated blog posts of things we wanted the boys to remember) that we had a lovely break at Bluestone and spent our evenings there setting up this blog.
We had just found out that we had been picked as Toyologists and so needed to get the blog set up in time to start our reviews...
This Is My Child
This is my child. He is 9. He loves reading books - especially books like Horrid Henry, Dirtie Bertie, Roald Dahl stories and books with anything gross or yuk in them. He adores Moshi Monsters like many other kids his age. He loves playing outdoors in the garden, in the woods, at...
Me Books Review: The Brave Beast
First up, I need to come clean. I don't like e-books. Apps fine. My boys use educational Apps as part of their home-schooling all the time. They have loads of game Apps on the ipad, too. But for me, I have always preferred proper paper books and nothing else quite seemed right....
Lollibopping!
We had our first taste of Lollibop last Sunday. After looking into train times and prices it turned out much more time effective and cost effective to drive in and park in the nearby Westfield Stratford City shopping centre.
We set off earlyish and although it was getting...
Cable and Cotton lights review
When Cable and Cotton offered to send us a set of their stunning light strings, we couldn't wait to choose from their lovely selection of colours. You can order one of their pre-selected colour sets (as we did) or fully customise your own string of 20, 35 or 50 lights (at no extra...
A few of our favourite recipes over at The Brilliant Chef...
Just wanted to give a shout out to a couple of new recipes over on seven year old D's 'The Brilliant Chef" blog at the moment. One of the things we love about D's interest in cookery is that he is not just into baking cakes and cookies as many little ones enjoy so much...
Canada and California: My two-stop holiday to visit my two Aunts
I had never travelled particularly far during my life and holidays as a child were few and far between, but when I lost my mum 11 years ago, I realised that I really wanted to travel to visit my two aunts who she had been incredibly close to when growing up but who I hadn't...
Sleep - or rather lack of!
Our son with Asperger's, now 9 years old has never been a good sleeper. He dropped his day naps completely as a baby when he was 15 months old whilst all the other babies we knew were still having one or even two naps a day.
He always struggled to settle to sleep even before that point. He slept well for the first 2 weeks of his life and from there on sleep was a struggle!...
Our treasure hunt to find our Hidden Gem!
This is our entry into the Tuscany Now 'Hidden Gems' Blogger Competition. Tuscany Now is a villa rental specialist for Tuscany and Italy (somewhere I have always dreamed of visiting!) and they have challenged bloggers to blog about any holiday 'hidden gems' they have...
Britmums Book Club Book Review: The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
My main objective for signing up to review this book for Britmums bookclub was the same as the last book I reviewed - to force myself to make a little 'me-time' to read. And although it was a shorter and quicker read, I found myself really looking forward to reading it each time I got a few moments to myself.
The style of writing was perfect for being able to just pick...
Reasons to be cheerful: Family and Fun
We got to visit family who we hadn't seen for a while last week and got to see a cool surprise whilst there. My big sis had made a fab Spanish meal and the kids really enjoyed playing in the garden.
Today, I got to spend some lovely quality time with T whilst the boys were at playscheme....
Musical nails
Last weekend we got to visit my big sister. We don't get to see her that often and she works strange shifts and has been busy moving house so we haven't even been able to catch up by telephone recently.
She isn't online so doesn't do social media and doesn't read our blog. So...
The Play Agenda - Special time with T
I got to have some special time with T today whilst the boys were at summer playscheme. With both boys homeschooled, time with just me and T is indeed a rare moment.
She seemed a little grumpy so we headed out into the garden and, inspired by Leoarna's post, added some shells...
Draw with me linky - Summer theme
Just spotted this really lovely new linky over at This Mummy Loves and I adore the fact that it has been inspired by her daughter and the drawings that she does. One of the things we have tried to do since starting this blog a year ago is to make it a family effort and that...
Competition: Craft Your Dream Car: #DreamCarCraft
D's entry into the #DreamCarCraft competition
When we spotted this 'Craft your dream car' competition over on Carcraft, I just knew it was something the children would LOVE to get involved in!
Seven year old D put his thinking cap on and came up with his dream...
Plus Plus Giveaway and Review
Plus Plus is an innovative Danish toy
As a thank you for helping with jokes, The Toadstool sent J and D a couple of packs of Plus Plus which you can find out more about here.
Essentially Plus Plus is a set of small building pieces shaped like two plus signs joined together....
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