Road Safety Week

road traffic accident

As you may be aware Road Safety is a subject matter very close to my heart. My big brother was only 6 years old when he knocked over by a car, and subsequently died. Tomorrow would have been his birthday and so I feel it quite fitting that this week is Road Safety Week November … Read more

Holland – The Beach

You may have noticed that we really enjoyed our holiday to Duinrell in Holland. Of course a holiday wouldn’t be a holiday without a trip to the beach! We knew it was a bit of a walk to the beach And there were lots of clear cycle paths it turned out to be about 5km! … Read more

Holland – The Go Karts

You may have noticed that we really enjoyed our holiday to Duinrell in Holland. One of the main things I liked about it was the fact that normally we are a very technology minded family, who, probably is always glued to an i-gadget or laptop spends a little too much time inside than outdoors, and this holiday … Read more

T is for Tree

Regular readers will know that I’ve been teaching my son the alphabet (Letter Learning Journey). But since we’ve moved house and he’s started school it’s kind of fell by the wayside. I have been teaching him in alphabetically order and he’s been learning phonetically at school. I think TREES are really interesting this time of … Read more

An Autumn Walk

Autumn Walk @Pinkoddy

With a week off school and not much money, families need to find more thrifty ways of amusing their children. We spent a few hours just walking to the supermarket and back looking at what Mother Nature had to offer during the Autumn season. There were cobwebs And a bee and flowers and blue mushrooms … Read more

The Clocks Changing

Well the clocks go back on Sunday 28th October 2012 I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who seems to have children who have just started sleeping in. Well now it’s all going to shift about and I will not GAIN an hour – oh no I am going to lose it!! Because say … Read more