With just a week to go until the 1st December, I have to admit to be a teensy bit excited now that Christmas is a month away. I mean the boys will be too and that is understandable because they are, you know, children, but here I am an adult, a grown woman and yet … [Read more…]
Having had our Christmas fayre at school yesterday, I have decided to face up to the fact that Christmas is really not that far away now. For me the 1st December marks the start of my own official countdown to Christmas, and is of course the start of advent.
You cannot beat playing a game to keep children entertained, and it is a great way to get a family to interact with one another and have some fun. My two boys love playing board games and guessing games with their Daddy and I, and when the weather is wet outside (much like it has … [Read more…]
When I was a girl a popular dessert for my brother and I was a slice of arctic roll. It is a very simple pudding really, a vanilla swiss roll containing jam and vanilla ice cream, and yet it was quite a threat to have a slice! Nowadays artic roll is still available in the … [Read more…]
Once you make a Slow Cooker Butternut Squash, you will ever want to roast or boil one ever again!It is so easy to do and once cooked, you can try this tasty mid week family meal. With autumn in full swing now, and the nights drawing in dark thanks to the clocks going back this … [Read more…]