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60 Gift Ideas for an Only Child
So you have only one child to buy Christmas presents for, awesome. You don’t have to worry about siblings squabbling over each other’s gifts. But you will have to consider what gifts will be suitable for your child to play…
Best Christmas Gifts for Toddlers
So your baby has found their feet and they are now ‘toddling’ around the house opening cupboards they shouldn’t be opening and trying to squeeze through the stair gates. The toddler stage is super cute and super challenging. This is…
Christmas Traditions for Small Families
Family Traditions are extremely important, especially at Christmas time. It doesn’t matter if your family traditions involve the whole extended family with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunty Ethel, and strange Uncle Jim with their even stranger children, or you have a small…
The Etiquette of Giving and Receiving Gifts
Giving and receiving gifts can be a bit of a minefield. It shouldn’t be, but it is. People have different approaches when it comes to giving and receiving gifts. Some people value a sense of fairness, whilst others value homemade…
9 Things to Do During Autumn Half Term
It is the middle of Autumn. The nights are drawing in and the winds are picking up. Sops and I love the Autumn Half Term. We enjoy going on long wooded walks and crunching through the Autumn leaves. We like…
How to give the perfect gift using personality types
There is always one in every family. You know who I mean, the really awkward person that no one knows what to buy for Christmas. They just seem to have everything they want and they don’t really appreciate what you…
Quick and Easy Lunch Box Ideas for Kids
Let’s face it, we all want to give our children a healthy packed school lunch all the time. We want to mix it up a bit, so they don’t get bored of the same ham sandwiches every day. Also, we…
5 Different Ways to Celebrate Halloween
Halloween is an interesting ‘holiday’. It is about honouring the deceased and celebrating the lives of the saints. It is also about burning fires to keep evil spirits away. Halloween is steeped in Spirituality and Superstition. There are many different…
20 Free Things to do with your Child this Summer
The summer holidays can be expensive for parents, even if you only have one child. Recently Sops’ dad took her to a popular zoo in the UK and it cost him over £100 for the two of them on that…
17 Unique Activities to do this Summer
Are you racking your brain trying to think of activities to keep your child entertained for 6 weeks solid? Does the thought of hearing them constantly moan, “I’m bored,” fill you with dread? Are you bored of doing the same…
