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Category Archives: Parenting
Cooking With Kids: Coconut Parfait
When you open the curtains on a Saturday and see the weather is as driech as it is today, baking (or cooking) with the kids is the only option. I’ve been slowly building Erin’s repertoire and confidence in the kitchen. … Continue reading
Kids and Inheritance
My peer group work hard to create a reasonable lifestyle for themselves and their children. I’m proud of the fact that I’ve managed to work as a team with Alex to create the lifestyle we enjoy. It’s modest but it’s … Continue reading
Buying Birthday Gifts For Your Children’s Friends
At seven we’ve definitely hit the age of the birthday party. Not a month goes by when they’re not soft playing, painting pottery or dancing at yet another birthday bash. At first I was totally disorganised with the present buying, … Continue reading
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What Can a Seven Year Old Do On a Cruise?
After my misconception that the food on cruises would be low quality, my second concern was that there wasn’t much to do for kids. How wrong I was (again). I’m focusing on a seven year old in this post as … Continue reading
Teaching Kids How to Manage Money
Erin’s seven now, she’s at the age where she’s beginning to understand money and what it can buy. I’ve always wanted her to be quite independent and she does seem naturally inclined that way. One of the skills I really … Continue reading
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Baking with Kids: Pitta Bread
After our success baking bread we decided to give pitta breads a go. We used the recipe in my Paul Hollywood How to Bake book which is turning into a baking bible for me. Erin’s getting really into baking, so … Continue reading
Creating a ‘Big Girl’ Bedroom
Since moving we’ve been slowly making the transition from toddler/little girl bedroom to big girl bedroom. It started with the soft toy collection which was seriously pared back before the move. Then we moved onto the book collection. Almost anything … Continue reading
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Pretty AND Pregnant?
When I was pregnant, I was a whale. Seriously. I used too look around at all the other pregnant ladies with their little round bumps and feel a little envious. Obviously it doesn’t help that I’m short and my cankles … Continue reading
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Gift Ideas for a 7 Year Old
We’ve just celebrated a seventh birthday, here were the top picks. 1. Kindle The top pick was a Kindle, not cheap but in terms of gadget gifts that are educational you can’t go wrong with a Kindle. We opted for … Continue reading
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Are We Ready For 7?
Another year, another birthday. Already? I used to scoff at mums who went on about how quick the years go and here I am doing the same. Seven has arrived, and with it one direction, opinions, a bigger bed and … Continue reading
Why We Love our Unlimited Cinema Cards
Guest post by Alex Erica’s note: I’ve been writing quite a bit on saving money recently. These cards have been such great value for us, great unlimited entertainment to fall back on when things are tight. Last year, after much … Continue reading
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Increasing Nursery Ratios is a Disaster for Good Childcare
So the government, with their infinite wisdom, have decided that the way to improve childcare is to increase nursery ratios. The ratio for under ones will increase from 3:1 to 4:1 and the ratio for two year olds from 4:1 … Continue reading
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First Theatre Experience: Dirty Dancing
I deliberated over whether to buy Erin a ticket to see Dirty Dancing in the Edinburgh Playhouse. She’s been to see a few kids things before like The Wiggles but nothing on this scale. I’ve been a huge fan of … Continue reading
