I feel lighter, happier, calmer – pretty surprising given that I’ve just spent the weekend camping in a field and am so tired I feel like I could sleep for a week. But the three days at the Just So…
Kids’ owl costumes
This weekend we’re off enjoying ourselves at the Just So Festival on our first ever family festival experience. We’re hoping for clear skies, good food and imaginative entertainment. If you want to, you can embrace fancy dress for the festival….
Sand, sea and itchy feet
A couple of weeks ago we headed off with friends to Mallorca for a week for our summer holiday. We stayed in a wonderful villa and spent our days enjoying the warm sunshine, with daily trips to the beach, dips…
12 go camping
It’s been a while, but I’m finally rediscovering my love of camping. All of my childhood holidays were spent under canvas or in a battered old caravan, and after investing in a tent last summer, I’m remembering how much fun…
Twin myths: who’s in charge?
It’s a question I get asked a lot about my twins: “Who’s the boss?” I can honestly say that when it comes to my two, there isn’t one. More often than not, it’ll be Ez directing play (she has…
{Monday Movie} A sunny day on Southbank
Southbank in the sunshine from Heather Young on Vimeo. I enjoyed every single one of the six weeks on the Shooting Stories eCourse I did with Capturing Childhood, learning more about shooting, editing and crafting my home videos. I can’t recommend…
The secret fairy woods
This afternoon we went in search of fairies. We had a tip off that a fairy kingdom had recently appeared in a local wood, and so we set off to visit the fairy folk that had taken up residence. Eyes…
{Monday Movie} Mini ballerina
Ez started ballet classes this term (her Christmas present) and has loved every single second. I worried about how she’d react to going to a class where I’m not in the room with her, but on the first day she…
{Monday Movie} A snow day craft session
The weather got the better of us this weekend. I’d been looking forward to trips out but hardy as we are, even we couldn’t face going out in the heavy, wet, snow, so we had to make do with indoor…
Fingerprint thank you cards
I’ve got the fingerprinting bug and I’ve got it bad. We had great fun as a family making our fingerprint reindeer Christmas cards and the twins enjoyed it so much that I created a Pinterest board full of fingerprinting ideas for…
{Christmas Craft} Toddler-friendly toilet roll Christmas trees
This is a brilliant Christmas craft for toddlers that don’t like to be given instructions! Crafting with Ez and Fonz can be very frustrating because they hate to be told what to do. But the other day, when Ez popped…
Potette Plus travel potty review
The Potette Plus travel potty system is something I want to shout about simply because I think it’s fantastic – not because I’ve been asked to write a review. I would recommend it without reservation to anyone about to start potty training,…