Ragtales – Beautiful Toys with a Beautiful Story
AS you can imagine, we have been sent a LOT of of soft toys over the years. I once tried to add up the value of all the soft toys in the daughter’s then-five-yr-old bedroom. It frankly made my eyes water. We’ve been sent toys by the biggest high street giants, and tiny little handmade gems by Etsy sellers. We’ve got a 5′ rabbit (named FluffyWully. Don’t ask.), and an entire house full of small Maileg...
10 Things Killed By Technology (that I sort of miss…)
I love technology – we owe our entire lifestyle to modern technology, and we’re grateful for it every single day. The internet allows us the amazing flexibility of working from home – and I would never ever have considered home educating four children without the world wide web at my (and their) fingertips. Not just for their unbelievably busy gaming social lives, but for the knowledge that is right there for the...
Just the Best & Prettiest Kindle Fire HDX Case – Lente Designs review
When the 8yr old got a Kindle Fire HDX for her birthday, I kew it should have been a double-gift, and come with a Kindle Fire HDX case. Because it is utterly pointless anyone at all having a nice tablet if they haven’t got a nice case. Quite apart from the pretty-factor (let’s be honest, tablets are NOT attractive things), there is the serious issue of protection. Having an unprotected tablet around is simply asking for...
Healthy bedtime routines for children
Bedtime is a constant battleground in some households. There’s always an element of psychological warfare as the master small people find ever more ingenuous ways to get out of going to bed. But it’s very important that children get a good night’s sleep. Whilst there is no precise amount of sleep that your child should get, the NHS recommends that by the age of four they should be getting a solid eleven hours at night. And this number...
Valentine’s Gift – the USB Mix Tape
I know, it’s ridiculous. almost £30 for a mix tape. But… there’s a charm to them that just refuses to die. And this is as close as we can get without tracking down a tape player and blank cassettes – and then how much use is that going to be for your loved one when they want to actually listen to it anywhere but their bedroom? Unless you can track down an old cassette Walkman too… So, in the absence of...
Choosing a new bed… it’ll be divan!
We were bought our bed as a wedding present – 23 years ago. Yes. For twenty three years we’ve slept on the same basic honeyed pine bed frame (before you fret, we have had new mattresses, obviously). And with 2015 being the year of the Bedroom Makeover, it was time we started to look at a new bed. It’s the most important piece of furniture in the room, obviously, and going on our track record it’ll be with us a...