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Portland Marina – Our New Home! 25 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm
After four long years without and a lot of hard work, scrimping and saving we have finally bought another boat! Mr TS and our teen boys sailed Chiron from Shoreham near Brighton to our new home in Por...
What On Earth WallBooks, a Review – and See the Author in Action! 13 Aug 2013 | 04:03 pm
Every now and again I stumble across something which makes my teacher/mum nose twitch and my eyes light up. Something which is so brilliant that I have to have it in my children’s lives and, these day...
Go Ape Competition – Win a Trip to the USA! 12 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
I’ve written about Go Ape before, I may even have raved on a little bit but it really is a perfect family day out with outdoor adventure fun for everyone! Based all over the country, and with the Bri...
Busy Doing Nothing – The Importance of Play 9 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
I asked a question on my facebook page last week ‘What is the best thing about the long summer holidays?’ all the answers I received had one thing in common, Time. Time to do things, time to slow down...
OlPro Knightwick 3 Berth Tent – A Review and a bit of a ‘Oh My Goodness’ Moment! 5 Aug 2013 | 04:18 pm
WOMAD was a stepping stone festival for us as a family. It was the one where we needed an extra tent, bigger than our pup tent, as Teen 1 was bringing his girlfriend with him! Eek! Big parenting momen...
Family Friendly Festivals – WOMAD Charlton Park 2 Aug 2013 | 03:37 pm
I’m not sure we are actually back from WOMAD yet, I’m pretty certain I have left a little bit of myself in a field in Malmesbury – it is possibly the perfect festival for a family like mine. Our wide ...
Summer Holiday Reading – In Which We Read About Pooh and Have a Chance Encounter 22 Jul 2013 | 07:47 pm
Two out of four of mine have now broken up for the summer, the two eldest have one more hot sweaty day to go before they are let loose to sleep until noon. Every year we make a long list of things we ...
Summer Wand Making Tutorial with Violet Mackerel and a Book Giveaway 15 Jul 2013 | 06:53 pm
Today is St Swithun’s Day and legend has it, here in the UK, that whatever the weather does today it will continue to do for 40 days and 40 nights. The sun is blazing down in Somerset but, not being o...
The Ecover Garden at RHS Hampton 2013 12 Jul 2013 | 06:15 pm
On Monday I attended the preview evening and gala dinner at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show as a guest of Ecover, on Wednesday I was back again with Mr TS – I keep pinching myself to see if I have died ...
How to Make Elderflower Cordial – Foraging with my Daughter 11 Jul 2013 | 04:12 pm
My Darling Girl is very outnumbered in our house so we head off together whenever the opportunity arises for a bit of a potter. Last week she had an inset day when the boys did not so we headed off to...
