Valentine’s Simple Food ideas

They say the way to a man’s heart s through his stomach. Well here’s some simple love (heart) ideas for Valentine’s The cake mix 8oz of self-raising flour, 8oz butter 5oz castor sugar 5 eggs Red colouring Vanilla essence Cut strawberries into hearts, cover in yoghurt and then freeze. Even vegetables can get into the … Read more

Snow is NOT for children!

It’s obviously not PC for children to play in Snow! At school they have been told they cannot throw snowballs because there could be ice in them – and then someone gets hurt. I can imagine many a parent moaning to the Head about how their child has got wet/hurt/upset – so, to some extent can … Read more

Mental Stimulation as opposed to Violent Computer Games

Sometimes as a parent I think you have to re-think your ideals. When our son was 14 he wanted to play violent games that were rated 18. You may be aware that I did my dissertation on violence in children’s television advertisements, and so really was not happy for him to play them. But, it … Read more

Review of £9.50 Sun Holiday to Devon Cliffs

Everyone knows that The Sun’s £9.50 holidays don’t actually cost £9.50. First you have to buy the papers (unless you have a priority booking form to do it online with the codes, then it is £9.50 per person – with a minimum of 4 people – then added costs will be based on when and where … Read more

The Statementing Process

It’s all been a bit busy here (well still is). When the Health Visitor told me that as Parents we could apply for a Statement of Special Needs ourselves, we didn’t really know what it meant. Really it was just something we had heard about and knew it had something to do with children in … Read more

Some fresh air

Well no sign of snow here so we walked home from school a few times.   Erm it has rained a bit though and was a tad bit muddy.   There’s new houses been built and my youngest tells me that this is a dinosaur.

Would you rather show your Boobs

Than your belly? It seems that there are images of boobs everywhere! Currently there is  a campaign to get Dominic Mohan to drop the bare boobs from The Sun newspaper (to sign the petition no more boobs on page 3 go here) A recent conversation with some friends seemed to reveal that actually women’s bellies are only every shown … Read more

Book your Cheap Holiday NOW – code words included (UK & Europe)

Looking for March 2013 code words? Go to the website here and enter the following codes: Break, Dance, Ball, Seagull, Candy, Pier and Walk. Featuring more than 290 holiday parks across the UK and Europe – including France, Italy and Spain. UK holidays start from £15pp*, Europe holidays from £20pp** including Dover to Calais ferries. Additional charges … Read more