Disclosure: This post includes some gifted items  (marked with *)  including those  sent for the giveaway.  Clearly, it’s no surprise to ...

I've had quite a few new followers recently, so in the interest of you all getting to know ME a little better, I am veering away fro...

For James and Stuart on your Engagement x I wrote this poem a few years ago now, and it has been sat in my notes, waiting for tod...

“The dilemma still exists as to whether play can provide any kind of ‘excellence’ in relation to ‘real’ learning for children as current a...

Last year, I wrote about our extension building work - Project Playroom Extension - Planning and Building . Once the build itself was com...

Last month, the lives of some of my closest family were changed forever as one of the younger members, Quinn, took her own life a few short...

Last year, when Arthur was still 2 yrs old - I spent almost my entire Christmas Eve sat on Arthur's bedroom floor trying to help him ...

We were recently sent a Miele Complete C3 Pure Red Bagged Cylinder Vacuum Cleaner to review from AO, here is how we got on... It&...

A little creative poetry post for a Friday - something I wrote in the middle of the night a few weeks ago and had no recollection of un...

A few EYFS child development activity ideas using plastic rainbow test tubes in a stand and pipette droppers... If you follow my soci...

I was going to start this blog post by stating that if you are my Father-in-law, ‘look away now!’....and then I realised - THIS is exactl...

We are currently looking around Primary Schools for Arthur for next September when he will be leaving preschool to start in Reception clas...

After writing that title ^ I sat here for a good ten minutes unsure of what to say next. I'll probably sit here for another ten after...

  For this activity post, we will be using Librio’s beautiful, personalised book - The Tree, The Key and Me. The book tells the story of a ...

Using props and activities to bring a story to life can not only help to instill a love of reading and excitement around a book, but it al...

Charlotte has just turned 13 months, so I thought it was about time I did a blog update for her as I did a  12-13 month toddler update f...

This summer we saw Charlotte turn one, and as is the tradition in my family - I make the cakes myself. I don't come at this from a pr...

It might sound like a bit of a mouthful, and of course you could change the name, as long as the intention stays the same - but a 'think...

This isn't the first time you will have read about Wicked Uncle on this blog - a few years ago I wrote a post about whether children...

It's that time of year again folks - the one where you show your appreciation to the person or people who have put their heart and soul...