My youngest boy is very keen on birthday parties. He loves the dancing, the games, and he especially loves the cake. Last year we had a great hungry caterpillar party, which we did on a budget, and with a zero plastic into landfill policy. I wanted to do something along the same lines this year. …
We have been keeping chickens for a couple of years now after Mike bought me a lovely purple eglu, with two lovely laying ladies; Barbara & Margot They have brought us lots of laughs, plenty of eggs, and have been so very easy to look after. In the winter months, they have free range of …
It’s been weeks since my last blog post. Everything went a bit January – you know what I mean – snow days, awful viruses, over-ambitious resolutions to sort the house out, a knitting project that REALLY needed finishing before a friend’s baby arrived etc. Amongst all that I just haven’t felt like writing much. The …
Our eldest son, who was due to have a January birthday, obviously thought that a January birthday would be rather dull and pulled the plug three weeks before his due date. Our January baby turned into a December baby and arrived right in the middle of the Christmas party season – the midwives’ Christmas party …