Sharing Family Life and Travel
With October being Black History month, the kids have been learning about prominent people in history at school. Freckled Face number 2 has been learning about the person who invented the traffic lights; Garret Morgan. In 1923 he improved the old traffic lights, which just had 'stop' and 'go', and invented the 3-Way Traffic Lights that [...]
I'm not really a soup fan and nor are the kids. I'll eat soup, but don't usually choose it. This soup however, we like! Yum! It is easy to make and healthy. It's a nice thick soup. Ingredients 4-5 large Sweet Potatoes 4 Red Peppers 2 Red Onions 600ml Vegetable Stock A Pinch of Salt [...]
These are so easy to make and guaranteed to taste yummy! I have a friend who refuses to bake for people (including her family) because she is scared of making people ill and doesn't want to risk the embarrassment of what she has made, tasting disgusting. So with her in mind, we made these! What [...]
Freckled Face number 4 and I made these fun Halloween Treats! It was so fun to do and the kids loved the look, and the taste! What you'll need Rice Krispies Coloured Chocolate Melts (we got ours from Hobbycraft!) A black icing pen White icing Green icing Halloween Cookie Cutters (again, we got ours from [...]
A lot of the time a mother witnesses a whole lot of 'firsts' in their children's lives;first steps, first words, first day of schoom,etc, and the father tends to miss a lot of them and hears about them happening, or might see a video or photo if they're lucky. Recently I missed one of my [...]
How to make fabric pumpkins Recently I had a great morning learning how to make fabric pumpkins. My very talented friend agreed to write a post for me! So here it is! Materials needed Fabric – fat quarter or larger Felt for the stalk Die cut felt leaves (ours were from http://www.lilacsprig.etsy.com) Polyester Stuffing Quilting [...]
With the older 3 Freckled Faces all being in full time education now, me and number 4 have more time during the day to play....work, I meant work....hard.... A few weeks ago we decided to ditch the housework and all our other responsibilities and have a play date with some friends at the farm! We [...]
October 10th is Mental Health Day. Mental Health is something we all need to be aware of and work on. You may feel like you have not had any mental health illnesses or issues, but whether we have or not; we all need to look after our mental health, and help look after and encourage [...]
So Freckled Face number 4 is loving getting arty and crafty! This morning I really needed to clean the kitchen, so I set up a little activity for her, which she absolutely LOVED and cried when she had finished it! Haha I decided to write the colours on the paper because I wanted her to [...]
Freckled Face number 3 has been learning about owls at school recently, so this weekend we decided to make some owls and go over things we know about them. The kids want to share with you what they did, so here they are! Conker Owls This can get a little tricky for the younger children, [...]
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