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…
Preparing Your Child For Their First Residential Trip
Whether it is summer camp, a school trip, or camping with a local scouting group, at some point your child may be invited to a residential. This is when they will stay away from home with a larger group of…
How to be a peace with only one child
Guilt. It’s an ugly word, yet it seems to be a prevalent feeling amongst parents. People can feel guilty for having too many children and not being able to give each child the attention they deserve. Maybe parents feel guilty…
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…
10 Ways to Pay It Forward during the holidays
Christmas is a time of giving. Everyone knows this. We work hard to teach our children that Christmas is about giving more than receiving, and then we give them heaps of Christmas presents. One way to remind our children that…
24 Activities to do in Advent
Christmas is coming, but it’s not here yet. Now we are in the season of Advent, which is a season of preparation for Christmas. This is the time to go Christmas shopping, make decorations, sing Christmas carols and do tons…
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…
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…
Back to School Essentials
Whether your child is starting school for the first time or about to sit their exams they will need these essentials. Your child’s school will give you a list of items you will need. Sops is in the latter years…
